What is happiness according to you...?
By chayapathys
@chayapathys (2111)
India
February 3, 2011 7:37pm CST
There is no precise defition of 'happiness' and it varies from person to person.Some find happiness in eating and some in sleeping and like that.What is happiness acording one person may not be happiness to another person.Why it differs from person to person as we are all human beings only and designed in a smilarly way by God.There are no different designs except male and female.Otherwise the physical structure of all human beings is one and the same.The next question is whether happiness is in physical form or in mental set up.So what is happiness according to you...?
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@jhaidro (877)
• Philippines
4 Feb 11
Well for me happiness is wanting it. I am not sure on how to really describe it but I know that it is a pleasant feeling. This world has just so much to offer. The problem is, most of us wants it all. This can not happen. We can not have everything we want. The mistake we make almost all the time is we do not get satisfied. I believe that to truly be happy is to be satisfied of what surrounds us. If better things would come up in front of us, then I guess that is the time to feel happier. Let us just enjoy life's simplicity.
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
11 Feb 11
There is real happiness in taking things positively as the life presents them before you.We should not worry about things which we do not have.There is no end to wants.Find happiness in you what you have and if good things come be happier.Unless you are contended and find happiness in little things the life becomes miserable as the wants grow day by day...all the best..
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
12 Feb 11
Real happiness lies in contentment.Once if you are happy with what you have there is nothing like that.People who are very eager to make quick money are always in trouble.As the joke goes " In the process of making wealth he lost his health and in the process recovering his health he lost his wealth"...
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@jhaidro (877)
• Philippines
11 Feb 11
Indeed. Things will come for us at the right moment. We just have to be patient. And as we accept things, we just have to remember that sometimes, what comes also goes. Life is simple but complex. It may be hard to define and understand but it is what it is.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
4 Feb 11
For me, simple things make me happy. I am happy, when my officemates and i get along fine always. No gossiping no bickering. Just simply always laughing even at the simplest jokes.
I am happy when my own family as well as my parents and siblings are also happy.
A lot of things make me happy, because i learn to be happy with any simple thing that could lighten my inner self.
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
11 Feb 11
So you are happy with simple things as your nickname indicates.Very good.You find happiness in happy atmosphere in private and official life.That is the correct attitude towards life.What is the point in craving things which are beyond our reach.Contentment is the core of happiness as in your case.God bless you..
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
11 Feb 11
So you noticed what my user name indicates, even if i had the first letter of my name at the end of the adjective? You are very observant, my friend.
God bless you too.
@alokijon (665)
• Malaysia
4 Feb 11
Happiness to me is when I do not have to worry about money and about my health. I just want to be free from financial constraint and all the sickness. I will be happy if can buy and donate whenever I feel I want to and always being healthy to live my life. So all these are equal to happiness according to me.
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
12 Feb 11
According to you your happiness lies in making wealth and keeping health at the same time.Though it is very good ambition yet you should remember one thing that you should not make money at the cost of injury to others.Similarly you should keep your health without inconvenience to others.OK...
@elena1969 (153)
•
4 Feb 11
Happiness has a lot of meanings and defenitions,but i thing that happiness comes in the harmony with your soul.If you have nothing to regreat,you don't any problems,social,financial,economic,health problems you stop hating and all your feelings become positive.That's partly my opinion,but there are philosophers who have previously said that
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
12 Feb 11
Real happiness lies in positive thinking and positive actions.Though it differs from persson to person the underlying secret is good feeling which comes from doing good only and not in indulging in bad things.If you do not harm or hurt others and therby derive benefit that is all what is required for peaceful living..
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
12 Feb 11
You have happiness in simple and happy family life.Excellent.What more any one else want.That is known as contentment.Only contentment and not avarice gives real mental happiness.May God bless you...
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
10 Feb 11
So you are not interested in materialistic happiness.You happiness lies in emotion like love.It is good.More than physical appearance it is emotion which bring people closer and together. you are a real social being.
@aprilsong (1884)
• China
4 Feb 11
For me, happiness is: family member are healthy; kids can have improvment in their study; there are always friends who can give me real care and support; earn enough money for the my not luxury life; our goverment and society is stable; no natural disaster happens to me.
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
12 Feb 11
Who does not love money?OK.That is not all for real happiness.According you the happy family life gives you real happiness.Money comes and goes,The secret is that money does not stay in one place permanently.It is very mobile making people miserable sometimes though not always..
@anirban885 (6)
• India
4 Feb 11
HAPPINESS....is the feeling when you do anything ...be it good or bad....successful or unsuccessful...ethical or unethical....but whatever your heart wants you to do! to be free from the shackeles and to enjoy the time out there in your own lovely way!
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
12 Feb 11
No doubt happiness is a feeling in the mind.How can you be happy by doing bad things and unethical things.I am not able to understand.They hurt and harm others.I do not accept your version of happiness in doing wrong things.Sorry..
@mariposa_89 (113)
• Philippines
4 Feb 11
Happiness to me is
-when I be able to achieve something that I've worked so hard... *.*..
-when I am with my love ones
-when I can wake up early and not be late to work
-when I make someone happy..
these are just few.. Every little things when appreciated and valued brings happiness. *.*
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
10 Feb 11
So you have a list of things which make you happy.Your happiness does not lie in physical pleasures.All good principles of life make you happy.Very rarely I find people finding pleasure in so many things like you.God bless you..
@murtuza52 (138)
• India
4 Feb 11
Hello chayapathys!
Normally we relate happiness to a person or thing or a particular situation or position which makes us feel good.Like we love somebody and we are pleased to see them.They could be our friends,family,pet animal.Also getting something we desperately wanted makes us feel very happy.There could also be a particular situation which makes us feel happy like playing our favourite game,travelling to beautiful places,eating our favourite dishes,listening to good music etc.
Overall if we look,happiness is also related to our senses.which we try to get from outside,whereas the real happiness lies within.
The world we live in today,Happiness is just plain excitement!
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
12 Feb 11
As you correctly say we seek happiness from outer world.It is also not permanent.It depenfd on many factors like good family life, health etc.But if the happiness is sought from outer things it is only temporary but the real and permanent happiness lies within...
@changjiangzhibin89 (16762)
• China
4 Feb 11
When it comes to happiness,not a single one of material and spirit can be dispensed with.Without material ,for example lack of food and clothing even suffer hunger and cold,survival is a problem ,say nothing of happiness.On the contrary,for the man of wealth if he is insatiably avaricious,the more he has the more he want,he ends up being mentally and physically exhausted,he has no happiness in the same way.I think one who is rich and benevolent is the most happy people.
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
11 Feb 11
You see happiness in minimum physical comforts and contentment.For poor people if minimum needs are satisfied they are happy and the rich people should find happiness in contenment as they have physical comforts.You have correctly anlysed the measuring rods for happiness for both the poor and the rich people.Very good..
@arvind_mangal2002 (124)
• India
4 Feb 11
Hi chayapathys,
According to me when in night you go for sleep and you feel proud on you or on your family members. And living the life on the same way which you want, you are happy.
Thanks
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
9 Feb 11
You mean to say that the good feeling about your family members felt in dream should be the same in wakeful condition also and then only you feel happy.Am I right.This is in our hands so also happiness also is also in our hands.Even comfortably placed people many times feel miserable for some unknown reasons.The are unhappy people in happy conditions..
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
12 Feb 11
You find happiness in a variety of things touching human life.The more you do the more is the happiness you derive.If these things help others also who seek happiness in similar things it will be great.God bless you..
@meditated1 (238)
• United States
4 Feb 11
I believe happiness is a state of mind. That way I can always be happy regardless of the circumstances of life. Looking to external solutions for internal problems will only create dissatisfaction in the end. I realized that after I got sober. I had to look for happiness within myself and then, by thinking good feeling thoughts of love and appreciation, anything I did was approached from a good place. Love the discussion.
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
9 Feb 11
Very good. Happiness is a mental condition.I find many people blaming others for their miseries.You are the creator your happiness or unhappiness.Some peple as you say make themselves happy mentally eventhough the outward conditions are adverse to them.You have correct attitude towards life.May God bless you...
@chavezrmc (6095)
• Philippines
4 Feb 11
For me Happiness, is when i get what my heart's desire. When i see the people around that i love happy i can be happy as well. There's no exact measurement for everyone's happiness. Everyone has their own interpretation of it.So Let's be happy for simple things that our heart's desire that are satisfied.
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
10 Feb 11
So you say that you are happy when your heats's desires are fulfilled.Good.As you rightly put it there is no measuremnt to know the quantity of one's happiness.you will appreciate when I say that " the real happiness lies making others happy"..Is it not...?
@advokatku (4033)
• Indonesia
4 Feb 11
happiness that is felt by humans, actually very different from one another. All are highly dependent on the mood of each. So, if you ask about the definition of happiness, I am sure the answer will vary. Nothing the same but the meaning remain refers to one's mood
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
9 Feb 11
Yes as you rightly say happiness cannot be defined in precise terms and it varies from person to person.But the feeling of happiness felt one and all is the same.The real happiness also lies in making others around you happy.We should be prepared to share our happiness with others which is always good...
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
9 Feb 11
Happiness is the same feeling with every person.What gives happiness varies from person to person.As the wise saying goes the miseries should be born by yourself but your happiness you should with others.The happiness lies in the positive thinking and positive action and not in negative thinking and negative deeds....
@angelic123 (1108)
• United States
4 Feb 11
I found happiness in loving my husband. Happiness is also being thankful and contented with what you have in life.
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
9 Feb 11
Definitely there is happiness in loving and it is reciprocal.Similarly there is happiness in contentment.If you are contended with what you have ..you are really the happiest person in this word.So you are finding happiness in very noble human qualities...
@loveneverfails (97)
• Philippines
4 Feb 11
Hi there,
Yes you are right, there's no definite answer on it. However for me, Happiness is a matter of choice. It starts from the mental set up or conditioning of your mind, then it transforms to the physical form. You can choose to be sad and let the world laugh at you, or choose to be happy and see the positive side of every thing in every situation.
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
9 Feb 11
So you also say there is no precise definition for happiness.It all depends upon person to person and so it varies.The physical body as such does not experience happiness but it in the mind.You can be happy if you want to be happiy with out giving mush importance to bad things.Some people even though there is nothing wrong they still continue to be miserable...
@cashsearcher11 (153)
• Philippines
4 Feb 11
Happiness for me is to have what you really really want in life. Live peacefully and comfortably. By doing small things to others..
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
9 Feb 11
So you find happiness in comfortable and peaceful life.What more any one can aspire in life.When you are happy by yourself you feel like doing some good things to others which is natural.You have all the noble qualities to lead a happy life which you richly deserve.God bless you..