More difficult to become happy/satisfied as we grow up?

yes after reading your post..i too feel that i am not satisfied by anyhting...what i used ot get satisfied in my early days... may be human jealousy and greed increases with years...and not satisfied by what we have...

As knowledge goes up ... happyness goes down!

I think happiness is something that you have inside your soul ,and neither money or success can bring you happiness. Sometimes the simple things in life like going to the park with your family can bring you more happiness than any type of success.

Isn't it wonderful to see children and wish the best for them. Why is it that when we get older we find it more difficult to become happy? I think it may be because we come to realize that there is absolutely nothing we can control. It is easy to be a child and let others keep us safe and take care of us. We become adults and suddenly we are face the world on our own and come to realize: there is nothing I can really do! I am getting older too and see the excitement of my own children getting ready for the world. Happiness is going to be exactly where we find it. It is just a matter of us not looking so hard for it!

When we were still a kid we were just happy and satisfied when our parents feed us and buy us toys and new clothes.Yes its true that when we become mature it seems like we don't have satisfaction.Our happiness just come and go.Theres no permanent happiness.I had tried shopping every week.I got all i wanted materially but after getting them the happiness just faded away.Thats when i realized that true happiness doesn't come from material things.Theres something else that would really make me happy.I guess i was looking for a family of my own.A kind and loving husband and children that would make me happy because my parents both passed away and my brother.I feel so empty and i guess i needed someone to love me and take care of me.Now,i finally have it.I am happy being with my family but i still want to do more.I still want to achieve something but my family will always here to inspire me.

I think it all depends upon your expectations. People now adays are pressed into thinking they require all these things that there's very little way they can afford. So they tend to think they don't have enough money when maybe they do. Often we compare ourselves to stereotypes and things we see on TV. Do you have food, house, power and are you able to pay for yours and your children's needs (not wants)? I dunno i've found a lotta people, in my personal experience, who think if they are not rich they are not successful and they hate themselves for it.

i think the older we get, the higher our satisfaction level becomes. we become harder to satisfy. there are even times when instead of being thankful of the things we have, we end up not being happy because we want something more. it's really great to look at kids just happy with the lollipops or ice creams they have. happy myLotting! anne

As we grow up our responsibilities will increase and our life totally changes after our school and college days.After completing our studies,next tension is to get a good job,then marriage,children..etc.

Yes. As we grow up, it's harder to be happy and satisfied with what we have. We are more exposed to other things when we get older and we tend to know more. Because of that, we become envious and jealous, and we tend to dream impossible dreams and fly higher... When we were kids, we just play all day. We go to school, go home, watch tv, eat and sleep. Now we're older, we think of how to get money to buy food, to buy a new shirt, to make our crush fall in love with us....etc. We tend to ask for more. Kids just get what they are being provided with. They get what they need. They get what they want too. But adults like us now, we have to work for what we need... We have to work harder to get what we want. We hav more responsibilities now that's why it's harder to be happy and satisfied with everything.

I think it IS more difficult to become or be satisfied as we age. The things we were clueless abut growing up seem to slap us in the face when we are older and recognize it. We understand what is going around us and in the world better as we age and we can see how this effect us and our families. When kids..all we had to worry about was playing? But now with kids..in my case grown ones, I see the struggles of them over this economy and the war going on and he rotten folks out ther emessing around with and stealing kids, etc...All things I did not know about when I was younger. Getting older means being able to see more of the truth of what is happening in society around us. I makes it ALOT harder to be satisfied. (At least for me it does.)

Yes, I agree with you... When we are getting older we learned and discovered many things in this world not like when we are still young/kid.. When I graduated college, I never new how cruel the world is, how difficult to understand the minds of others especially when you went to another city/country, and most of all I didn't know how value the time and money... Being a student is really different being an employee.. If in school the only problem that you might encountered are grades, accomplishing all the requirements, dealing with professors/teachers, and passing all the exams/quizzes.. But in the office there are many things need to understand such as dealing with your officemates and most especially with your boss, performing your work with what your boss wants and agreeing what your boss says even when you know that he isn't right.. Maybe, I am not yet used to in this kind of life because I had just graduated this year, and this is my first time in working and dealing with this kind of situation.. Being older means you need to deal with everything, trying to understand make your life easier in no matter means and ways, trying to be contented on what are the things that you have, and most of all being happy even sometimes you know that it is hard to be happy... Unlike being kid,when they mother/father gave them a new toy they are already happen even a cheaper candy can makes children happy.. They don't know yet what happiness really means.. For them, having a new clothes, buying their favorite toys, eating chocolates, chewing gum, and candies, playing with their friends, going to the picnic, and keeping once promises they are already happy and contented.. They won't ask for more.. When you told them enough they will stop.. Isn't it nice to be a child?? It seems that everything is perfect.. No problems.... Well, I guess this is what our world makes.. No matter what the life what we have, we like it or not, we need to accept it and just try to cope up with all of this things.. Happy posting..

yeah i agree with you, the more we grow as a person the more we realized the true nature of life, the pressure is building in most if not all aspects of opur lives...the desire to be a better individual as the days goes by, the search for contentmetn and happiness is all over..mainly becoz of life's complexity that not all people really understand... happiness is a gift but not all people realized it until it is gone and they will search for it again, not knowing that they let it slipped away..

i agree with you 100%.the more we grow,the more unhappy we are. yeah,so much stress,so much work to do,so complicated relationships to deal with, so many things need we to comb its place in our minds,so many so many,but life is still going on,no matter you are happy or sad,so i think we should find a best way to make us happy,to live a relaxed life,to reduce our pressure,to manage our daily life. put every small deeds into action and do it well,then we'll be satisfied,be oblivious to those small trivial chores and to be generous. take care,dear.

When we are young...we always set our goals. When goals are attain...we set goals again to attain next level. But when when we are already in the levels that we set...then we realize that its not what we want. Maybe its time for you to think what your heart wants. what will really make you happy. Goodluck.

i really wish i could go back to my chilhood.when i am around my children,my craving increases.they are so innocent which decreases as they grow up.

Not really, It depends on how you see life. It's good that you are aware of the troubles of life. But still, in all of these conflicting stuffs, those that you consider hard, are not really that hard. The reason why we see it that way is we're just worrying. Free yourself from worries and you'll see, life is not that hard, after all, life is actually fun.

when I was at the peak of my career, I found it hard to satisfy myself. i always wanted to achieve more than what I can do. Then when I became a mother, everything changed. I became more realistic and became contented with what I have.

It's quite the opposite in my experience. I found life very difficult when I was young. Life has always been a struggle but I as I get older I am finding it much happier and more satisfying. I was into my thirties when everything started to change. I did well in my new career, I had a great social life, I was more easily able to mix with people of all ages and backgrounds. I found love and I had a much more satisfying life. I have continued getting more out of life and I appreciate what I have now, rather than thinking about what I don't have, which is how I viewed life when I was younger. I may be getting old now but I do think the best is still to come.

For me, it's gotten easier for me to be happy and satisfied as I've gotten older. I had a hard time figuring out my world and coming to terms with my problems when I was younger, but I've become very accepting of my shortcomings and more understanding on how to manage myself. Things aren't so shiny and new and exciting, but satisfaction is a lot deeper and gives a lot more contentment than that shortlived burst of happiness and excitement that I used to get.

Yes, that is true. When we were young we are happy if we receive gifts or anything from our love one. We are generally contented with our life. But as we grow old everything changes, we begun to see the world in different light. Sad to say, those innocent days is already gone. We can visit it in our memories but we can never go back to the tings they use to be.