Are being happy and being alive mutually exclusive?

well i certainly don't think so. how does one feel happy when one is no longer alive??? to me, the mere fact of being alive is already something to be happy about. to be alive and without health problems is to be celebrated. i'd like to think that i'm happy most of the times. complaining about something is one thing, to be really unhappy about it is another thing. sometimes we complain just for the sake of complaining though it didn't make us unhappy. cheers ;p

Happy and alive are absolutely not mutually exclusive. But I don't see how that makes a happy person a "mutant".

That is a good discussion.People don't come forward to share their happy moments as much as they some out with their sob stories.May be the human mind seeks the comfort desperately with everything it comes across.

I hope happy people are not mutants. Unfortunately there are many people that refuse to be happy. But there are others that realize that we only get one go at life, we need to embrace it and try to be happy and enjoy the things life offers.

I'm happy. But I think I'd be happier if I were some kind of mutant with special abilities :D People who complain so much about so many things and couldn't see the beauty of life need help - professional help. Because they'd keep on being miserable if they see misery everywhere. We get what we focus our life on and saying "life is miserable" everytime, doesn't help. thanks for the comment on my discussion!

I consider happiness and being alive two faces of the same coin. Personally, I set some goals for myself, then work on them one day at a time. The goal making and the striving to reach the goal make me happy and alive. If I succeed, bonus, I am overjoyed. If I don't, I am still happy because of the struggle and the discoveries along the way. You have greater knowledge, you win more friends, even influence more people. What more could one ask for? I am an optimist who also count the blessings I receive. While I look at a glass as half-full, I try my best to fill it up, and enjoy the endeavor, even if I don't always succeed.

Hi underdogtoo, nice thought there , it made me really ponder about it for a while. I do hope that these two aren't mutually exclusive though. We all wanted to be happy while existing in the world. People may have complains on their lives but I'm sure there are times they are happy about life as well. Life is conducive for happiness, I always believe in that after all the sad things that I encountered in my life. Happy people being mutants... hmmm.. I would have to say NO to that, my idol Wolverine wasn't entirely happy in his life and he's a mutant

I believe you can have issues, yet still be happy over all. We all encounter things in life that unpleasant, and we will all take our turn on the wheel of depression, worry, or anger. But hopefully most people, do have their equal share of happiness in their life. I do think that some people completely try to shut happiness out, and even when things are going well for them, they will find a way to be unhappy. I feel very sorry for those kind of people

LOL- I hope happy people aren't mutants. I think happiness is all around us, but we get lost in all of our problems. I think the best thing we can do for ourselves is stop and see that which is good in our lives, instead of focusing on the bad all the time. I don't think being alive means we have to be happy, but I do think we should be happy we are alive.

I hope not. But a lot of us tend to dwell more on what's not going right rather than what we could do to make it right again. I think a lot of us has become jaded, cynical and bitter that we often ignore or don't see the possibilities/opportunities/positiveness surrounding us in life. I don't know if happy people are mutants. But I sure would like whatever they're having.