What actually makes a person Happy???

Hello my dear bro, What makes a person happy...it depends on what makes them happy. Just like what you have stated above,each person has different status in life and both feels unhappy with certain things. I can say,a person feels happiness when he/she makes someone smile during their mourning or loss. A person will be happy,when he/she knows he/she has given enough and left nothing to himself/herself just to make other people happy. Every situation differs from each other. There are so many ways to make us happy,the question is...how will you appreciate each favor given to you by others? How will you accept God's trials with smiles,when you just wanted to thank GOD for all the blessing given to you? Have a nice day dear,nice topic here

well, does being content mean you are happy? are they one in the same? i am content with the things i have but it doesnt mean that i wouldnt like more. do your surroundings make you happy (if your boss yells at you at work does that ruin your day?) i have to say that i am content and happy at the moment but what works for me, may not work for anyone else.

money can buy many things and makes one happy too but there are people who are happy without much money too. It is also seen that people with huge money is not happy instead they cant even have a good sleep at night which a common man does. so, I think its a good heart which makes a person happy, if his heart likes something, he becomes happy, a little to be with wealth too and without it people cannot always be happy even when the heart is happy.

Well, I think that this really depends on the person. I think that each person will have his or her own answer, and it might be slightly different from the next person. What might make me happy might not be what would make my sister happy, or my best friend happy. We might have similar things that makes us happy, but it might not necessarily be the same. I hope this makes sense.

I think you know of my abusive past and the pain I faced. I am still on anti-depressants (will be coming off of them in Jan). But you know what? I have not been happier in my life.:)I think this- To realize what real happiness is, you need to know what real pain/sadness is. They are both extremes of the same spectrum. Now I find joy in the simpler things in life. I know that I have been through a massive ordeal and anything that comes my way can now be handled by me. I seek peace within me and not outside me. People may be mean, things that I love may come and go, but my mental strength will carry me through. I help people, make them smile, am self-aware and learn more about about myself and others everyday. Now that to me, is real happiness! I know there are thousands who don't have what I do, and I am grateful for what I have. This may seem silly to you, or just words. I have been through counselling and I have come out stronger and am glad I survived :) Happy new year and God bless you :)

Ah the Pursuit of Happiness...I just read an article on this..."The sunshine state" in prevention magazine. It's funny because my younger sister is a very unhappy person...no matter what! She's constantly seeking it..she changes her hair every week, goes out often, spends money on herself, anything she can think of to make herself happy...and she's still depressed. So she's saying now that moving to California will make her happy..I'm in total disagreement. In my opinion-I think these things make you happy: Love-in any form, doesn't have to be a significant other-could be a child or close friend Setting and accomplishing goals Getting out in the fresh air/appreciating nature Giving back to the world (donating,helping the needy, even visiting a lonely elderly neighbor) Taking up a hobby/creating something/self expression Religion/purpose Plenty of sleep-this has actually affected me! These are all I can think of right now. I'm looking forward to hearing your friend's answer!

If you ask me, I'd say the little things make me happy. I have never associated with money to prove that I'm happy, because I dislike materialistic needs to make me happy. I prefer to be surrounded with my close-knit family and friends around, and just being happy with their company. I am also trying my very best to be grateful for every single, little thing in life that God has given me. Poor or rich, medium or luxury, I will always be grateful. And oh yeah, just being able to live healthily makes me happy too. Health is important. No point if someone is wealthy but not healthy..

A person can be happy when he will satisfy with his wants. Suppose we need some money and we achieve that if that is our satisfactions then that person will happy if he increase his demand and not satisfied with that amount and again want more then he will never stay happy. so if you want to stay happy then try to limit your satisfactions at proper point

Hi Bidhisatya, That's a good question. You see, everyone in the world is working hard to get the better living standard, better life. But what is the end purpose of all this? It's the happiness. People's evny eyes makes you feel good, then you are happy, family's sweetest smiles make you feel good, then you are happy. To me, i think happiness is the content of your heart, if you feel you are very content and can die without any regrets, you have the ture happiness, or you are not having the ture happiness.

I have lived both with some money well enough to by nice things, and have lived like i am now without much money. I dont think either way makes a difference to happiness. I have been unhappy both ways. I just dont think material things make me happy anymore, like having the nicest newest things just dont matter the older i get. I am happy when all the bills are paid for the month and theres enough food to feed the family for the month. I focus on the needed items now rather than the wanted items. I also think happiness comes from an inner peace of some sort whether you belive in god or something else its all about inner peace. Being at peace with my self and others makes me happy. Relationships in ones life helps with happiness too. Humans tend to be happy with good strong social contact in their lives. Thats just my views on it, its cool to read others views on this subject too thanks for starting the topic

hi there, people are different, everyone has something made them happy. but we have a common i think. that being together with the one we love. to me, what makes me happy is that being with my families and my boyfriend. i would be happy when i see my families and boyfriend no matter how unhappy i am. i am so busy and tiered with my work in my office, but when i come home, i am relieved.

What is happiness? It is so difficult to answer.Sometimes just a few words said by family members or friends can make me feel happy for a whole day. Sometimes I feel very sad just because I didn't get many marks in the exams. For example, I knew the marks I got in the final examination of translation a few miniutes ago. I got 73,but the highest is 86. It means there is a long distance between that person and I. I didn't feel happy, but a little bit disappointed.Though happiness is not easy to get ,we should still make all our efforts to pursue.

Dear Bodhisatya Happy New year.... I saw your discussion.. Its quite interesting too... We have differentiate Happy into two types... One is Short time happy, this will give joy to our health and heart/mind for few secs/mins/hrs/days, but its not permanent... Second one is the true Happy which want by every one in the world that gives Peace to Mind at the same time Body Permanently.. Hope you too asking about the same... I am not going to tell any thing based on any other sources like relations, religious, health, wealth etc., What I am telling is, First you have to understood yourself.... This will lead you to find the possibilities, impossibilities and Weakness with you... Once you can have a ability to find yourself "Who you are" means then its very simple to make your every moment be happy... Because at from that moment, our unwanted habits like anger, greedy, head weight etc., all will get out from us and our Heart/Mind starts to behave like a good friend for us... I am not telling anything like magic or abnormal... Its really true... All one have this feel and every one must felt this feel at any of your past... For an example, sometimes you are going to decide one wrong decision or going to tell lie to your lovable one means surely you met lot of sad, reluctant, fear and also you got a mind voice which told that "you are going to behave wrongly" - this like too... This This voice is called our Friend... If we feel this Friend and lead our life as per that Friend's said means surely we shall achieve that Second Happy called Peace For Ever in our Life... Sorry if you feel that I lectured here... But this is the nicest way to achieve Happy through out of our Life... I am doing the same too... Here lastly I want to tell one thing.. You told that A rich man had all luxurious life but he cant be happy... Reason is "He thought that Money will give happiest life and he lost to relax or share his time about the realities and forgot to hear about his true Heart/Mind voice, so now he had no one to help him or serve him truly at all..." And also I read that you told, A Poor Person Keep on trying to spend his time to earn his bread... Here Even though he is poor if he realized his mind voice means then he must be happy because he is poor and here all of his friends, relatives or family must be good person's(because they all are together because of Love and not for Money). so even though he didn't have enough money but he can still remains happy".. We only thought that he is Poor and he is not happy... So My final said is, Our permanent Happy behind this single sentence that "Be happy and Make other Happy too.." For this first we shall have to understand about ourselves and make our Heart/Mind as a good friend... So If we have a power to control our mind set as per our said means then Sad or Bad thoughts never enter to the doors of our Hearts... Once again sorry, if I confused you or bored you... But according to me this is the answer for your question from my both heart and mind... I am practically feels this...

just do something that make you happy...

Hi there bodhisatya,I think happiness is something that people have to make a priority to be happy in their lives regardless of what they do. It is a matter of being true to your heart and doing things that make you feel happy and good about your life. I mean it is unrealistic to expect that you are ALWAYS going to be feeling happy. Life doesn't work that way. There is always going to be something that challenges our happiness but if your goal is to be happy then you work at overcoming whatever it is that is standing in the way of that. If it is your job that is bringing you down then maybe it is time to look for other work. If there are certain people that are causing strife then maybe it is time to distance yourself from them. I don't know but I'm a basically happy person. I do have financial stress and I have days when everything I do goes wrong. It's life. You have to brush off and move forward. I hate being down so I do whatever it takes to pull myself out of that mood if I'm in it and as quickly as possible.

If we feel that we are happy, there is no reason to feel sad then automatically we will feel happy.Hapiness cannot be attained by any material object.It can only be felt.as someone rightly said, same with me, when I see my near and dear ones happy, that makes me happy..

i think that as poeple who want to gain something and finish it through working hard himself,he can really be happy to what he want.some people who gain his happy through his effort,it is not money can gain happy for him.so they hope to make experience to do something and share life meaning and reality.

A harmonious life in which there is no discord between close relatives and in which friends and neighbors do not pick at you unnecessarily.Happiness is the fundamental element that is the measure of success in life. If a person does things that result in their happiness then they are likely living their life to the fullest. The fun is the pleasure part and the goal is the meaning part. Both parts taken together equal happiness. The spontaneous expression “I love life” is an acknowledgment and appreciation of the vehicle for my happiness which is life itself. Finally, there is true happiness which is pleasure and meaning (goal pursuit) taken together. The experience of happiness at its most specific level will be different for everyone. People find different experiences pleasurable and different goals meaningful, however, the experience of both pleasure and meaning in our daily lives is a necessary pre-condition for happiness to exist. Just as negative thoughts create negative outcomes, the power of a positive attitude and seeing positive potentials can drive one to redirect their efforts in creating positive outcomes that can make a person happy.

As far as I am concerned, there are many ways making people happy. But they may be not siut for everone of us. But it still exist one which can make us happy. For someone will be happy if he gets a lot of singing ,because he usually goes to sing the KTV. Some will get happiness by surfing the internet which they can get a lot of fun. There are many ways that we can do to make people full of happiness. But we should try it by heart. Happy mylot.

hi my view of happiness is not spending money,enjoying with friends,roaming with girlfriends...........in my view i get happiness wen i was with my family and when we acheives any thing