What is happy for you? are you happy?
By srenda
@srenda (382)
Brazil
December 21, 2006 11:07am CST
In this globalized world, in this consumer society. What is happy? The people are really happy with financial stabilish? or with a big bank account? what do you think?
5 responses
@muralikumar2005 (622)
• India
21 Dec 06
Happiness is an emotion. So is sadness, love, hate, curiosity, revulsion, excitement, jealousy, contentment, depression, anxiety, fear, guilt and anger. All emotions have causes, causes which can be understood and controlled.
The emotion of happiness is not caused simply by entertaining your whims. (Whims are an obstacle to happiness.) Happiness is not merely a life lived by accumulating moments of pleasure. On the contrary, happiness is a long lasting enduring enjoyment of life, it is being in love with living. It is your reward for achieving a good character and personal rational values in life. Some important values are a productive career, romance, friendship and hobbies.
Achieving these values requires rationality and takes effort and skill. Two types of skills you can use are thinking skills and valuing skills.
Once you learn to have confidence in your own mind and once you discover the virtues that make it possible for you to achieve your values and that make your life worth living, then you will experience the result - an earned pride and a genuine self-esteem. And of course happiness.
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@djohnson_115 (160)
• Canada
21 Dec 06
i will be happy that day when we will have a nice,wonderful in other words a peaceful world ...
@snoopy12 (468)
• Philippines
21 Dec 06
Happiness comes from within. One should be contented with what he has. Learn to live a simple life with people you love and care the most around.
@mybigbear_ron (146)
• United States
21 Dec 06
Happiness is my net emotional paycheck due to my choices and efforts within my own context.