longlegzs80 Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 FIRST: Define what happiness means to you? SECOND: List everything from past and present that you do in your lives that have made you happy.
Author longlegzs80 Posted February 7, 2007 Author Posted February 7, 2007 When it comes to happiness, happiness means having a passion, love or interest in something and go with it. I think I was truely happy 2 times in my life and I am 25 years old. First time was when I was accepted into a college I really wanted to go to, and 2nd was when I won a free trip to Vegas. Its pretty sad but so true. THINGS that made me happy past and present: * Already listed 2 above. 1. animals(dogs with good personalities)
Kamille Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 Happiness : a feeling. One where I am relaxed, feeling confident, content. One where I am fully in the present moment. I think I am happy by default. I was seriously depressed one time in my life and have learned a lot from it. I do get annoyed, angry, sad - but I know that those emotions are only temporary. Things that make me happy: my cat purring and and sitting right in front of my screen for attention as a I try to write this good conversations feeling connected with people (be it family, friends, coworkers or even a stranger who smiles at me) perhaps redundant but anything that makes me laugh of course getting rewarded for the work I do yoga - or rather I should say it makes me happy to know I have the tools I need (yoga, exercise)to keep my balance in life cooking while listening to good jazz I read a lot about the pscyhology of happiness. Basically psychologist spent years studying depression and only recently decided to study the coping mechanism of individuals who seemed to be generally happy. A super interesting topic. Maybe I'll try to find a few on-line articles and post them here.
ratzskinakie Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 To me happiness is living life by pursuing your desires, passions, goals, interests, wants, and people, places, or things you love/desire... the things you HONESTLY and TRUTHFULLY really really want out of life. Even if things don't go the way I plan or fail, just living by pursuing and putting in the effort to achieve my goals makes me happy. knowing and experiencing victory or defeat makes me happy. I had my experience of depression years ago, I learned from it, over came it, life went on. Its difficult to list everything that has made me happy. The big decisions I make, the big choices I make, and the path I take in life, and the results of all of that make me happy everyday. Of course like every human I have my flaws, personal battles going on, and bad days, but thats just normal part of being human. As long as I love myself and respect myself, nothing else matters.
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