Do you think happiness is hard to find?
By careguarden
@careguarden (5670)
Philippines
November 30, 2009 6:10am CST
Each day of our life, we find happiness everywhere in every place, people and things. Sometimes we often get disappointed because there are things that we thought will make us happy and it wasn't. Do you think we need to find happiness? Do you think it's hard to find happiness? Should we find happiness?
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14 responses
@mistlady (114)
• India
5 Dec 09
To your query I would like to reply with a wonderful quote that I read in the corridors of my school when I was a little girl;
"Happiness is like a butterfly, the more you run after it the farther it goes away from you. But when you stop, it quietly comes and sits on your shoulder"
This only means that we should not lose ourselves in hankering after things that are supposed to make us happy. When we are devoted to working towards our goal, we need to do so with patience and fortitude not forgetting to enjoy life with all that we are blessed with. Good luck to you.
@careguarden (5670)
• Philippines
6 Dec 09
Wow! that's very interesting quotes, I haven't heard it before. Thank you for sharing with us. I agree with you. We just need to do our best to achieved our goals and dreams and soon happiness will showered our day. Anyway thank you for sharing your thoughts with us and enjoy the rest of the week!
@abeja_reina_1989 (347)
• United States
8 Dec 09
That is an amazing quote. It's so true! I notice, when I'm just taking life a moment at a time, things always seem to go much smoother. However, when I'm trying to force myself to be happy when I'm not, I become stressed. It can be very exhausting!
@charmz1005 (679)
• Philippines
30 Nov 09
Well, actually happiness is just everywhere, we just don't look at it as that. Most of the times we are blinded by things that we think will give happiness to us, and we'll only realized the true happiness after we lost it.
@careguarden (5670)
• Philippines
1 Dec 09
Yeah, I agree with you. Happiness is just everywhere. It's always there beside us, in everything that we see,we tough and we feel. We are just blinded with the things that we longed to have, that often times bring us disappointment as it will not make us happy. Things that we want don't really make us happy, just the things that we need and we have. As like you said, we realized what is important in our life until we lost it. When it's too late for us to save and have it in our life. As what people always said" If you can't have the things you want, love the things that you have." Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
@abeja_reina_1989 (347)
• United States
8 Dec 09
That is so true! A lot of my friends have done this in their relationships. They think they want the 'bad guy', not realizing that the right guy for them is someone completely opposite.
@pikachu01 (39)
•
2 Dec 09
its not hard to find. If only people are contented with their God given gifts and if people are optimistic with how they see and interact with things then everybody will be happy
@careguarden (5670)
• Philippines
6 Dec 09
Yeah, it's important to learn how to count ones blessing. Because when you're aware of all the blessings that you have then you will be happy. You won't be restless finding and longing other things that only makes you sad. God really makes your heart filled with contentment. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your weekends!
@goodoldday (236)
• China
24 Feb 10
different people find it from different way. For me, it is cover in a special book, or in a good movie, or when I receive a nice gift from a friend, or when I visit my elder mother, or when i meet with a new friend.... I will feel happy for them. Happiness is only a feeling stay in our heart. I hope something can change better and better.
@careguarden (5670)
• Philippines
24 Feb 10
Yeah, you're right, for some people there are some things they find it amusing while others not. So each of us find happiness in different ways, it's all depends on the standards and satisfaction and simplicity of the person. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
@madie8008 (209)
• Malaysia
1 Dec 09
Happiness is not hard to find. It is everywhere only we have to know where to find it. It lays in the laughter of people who listened to our jokes, a clown that make us smile and enjoyable moment when we are doing something that we think interesting. Sometimes, to have happiness, we have to make others happy then we feel glad and happy inside.
@careguarden (5670)
• Philippines
1 Dec 09
Yeah, I agree with you. To have happiness is not just to received or being love. But rather to give and love others first. Happiness is not keeping but extending and opening our heart and self to others. We can't just sit down and wait for happiness to come into our life. We need to do something if we want something. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
@naojquimps (53)
• Philippines
30 Nov 09
Happiness is a matter of what you have, not what you've got. As you can see, you do not need to find happiness, for i believe that happiness will find you. Happiness is just with in you, and it is matter of contentment in your own self. I firmly and strongly agree that money cannot buy happiness in life. So even if one person is filthy rich, i do believe she/he is not happy. Because happiness is already deep inside of you.
@careguarden (5670)
• Philippines
1 Dec 09
Yeah,I agree with you. Happiness is just with us, deep in our self. We just look deep in our heart and know what it is,it's contentment. In lies what's inside in us, our heart makes us able to give love and felt love. Our heart is where our happiness lies, we just listen to what it truly says and follow unceasingly. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
@radiance27 (687)
•
30 Nov 09
For me, happiness is not really that hard to find. Happiness can be found anywhere. Simple things can make people happy, family is one. People just makes life complicated, that's why we are blinded and just can't see the beauty and the thing that makes us happy.
@careguarden (5670)
• Philippines
1 Dec 09
Yeah, I agree with you. We can always find happiness anywhere, nature itself and our family and friends. I do believe that generally we all have the same basic needs and wants in our life that bring us true happiness. And that's by loving and being love. And when some people can't find love, they find it on other things that can't truly satisfy and fulfill their needs. That's why they find it hard to have happiness in their life, because they are looking in the wrong place. People should learn to go back to the basic and root of happiness and that's love. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
@wenlengleng (40)
• Malaysia
30 Nov 09
YES, we should find happiness. We don't just find it, we also can bring happiness to others. Becos this is the way our life be more colorful and meaningful. We don't just wait and receive but to give is more important. There is a chinese saying "Giving out things is more grateful than receiving things". Hope u will find n spread the happiness around.
@careguarden (5670)
• Philippines
1 Dec 09
Yeah, we ca find happiness by giving and loving other people, especially those who are in need. It will give us special and true happiness, unlike the kind of happiness we get from material things, and receiving from other people. Reaching out our self to others. One of the counselor said once in her counseling session that when you are depressed find someone who are sad and depressed just listen to the persons problem and you will experienced the miracles of relief, and good feeling it could give to you. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
@soledadclickz (1106)
• Philippines
30 Nov 09
Is it hard to find happiness? I would say, it depends. Depends on what kind of material things or earthly achievements do we attach to it. Most of the time, we attach happiness on getting material things like house, cars, etc. Or, achievements like graduating with honors, successful careers, business success, etc.
I would say that happiness depends greatly on our contentment. Sometimes, I'm guilty of not being contented. Other people would say, "wow you must be happy for achieving this or for having that." But in reality, I'm not yet happy with that...I wanted to achieve more...I wanted to have more...
@careguarden (5670)
• Philippines
1 Dec 09
Yeah, in some people it depends on the things that makes them happy. And what makes satisfy their needs and wants as result to happiness. The more simpler you look the more you can easily find happiness, as you said it depends on our level on contentment. If people should learn how to be contented with what they have and on the simplicity of life, then happiness could not be elusive. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
@doniep (99)
• Philippines
30 Nov 09
I believe that happiness is not hard to find. Happiness is a feeling of satisfaction. A person can be happy if they choose to be happy. That even in a very simple things in life, if that thing can give contentment, completeness, satisfaction to one person, and he/she to be happy that could bring happiness to a person.. Happiness is within one self. It is not about what you can get, can buy. but it is what you have already.
@carla_roa (128)
• Philippines
30 Nov 09
I think it depends. It depends on what are the factors the makes you happy. If you a simple kind of person, I think happiness is easy to find. But if you are the type of person who wants everything especially in terms of material things, then I think you should really exert more effort to achieve your happiness.
@careguarden (5670)
• Philippines
1 Dec 09
Yeah, it could depends on the various factors that makes someones happy. That's why we often wonder why some other people who are loaded with problems bigger than us seems to carry it with ease, compared to us. Simply because they found happiness in their life, things that we can't see and realized. But still I believe that there's one thing that truly make us happy and that's love. If someones life is filled with love, nothing he/she would ask for more, even with material things. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
@abeja_reina_1989 (347)
• United States
8 Dec 09
I think the happier you are, the healthier you are. Being constantly depressed and down really takes its toll on your body. So yes, I do think we need to find happiness in our lives. It can be hard to find happiness, especially when there are a lot of upsetting things going on in ones life. However, with a positive outlook and the will to keep going, it can be done :)
