Happiness?

Question

Any thoughts? =)

What do you think it's about? What "makes" you happy? What keeps you in a happy state of mind? What do you think will make you happy? =0)

Answer 1

happiness is a state of mind. you're the only one who can make yourself happy or unhappy. there are circumstances, which can contribute to your happiness: socioeconomic status, the enviorment you were raised in, etc but the individual ultimately has to decide on what makes and keeps them"happy."

and world peace is never going to happen .

Answer 2

Once I realized that suffering is ubiquitous, I knew I could never be truly happy. All I can hope for is contentment.

Answer 3

Happiness is an 'unword' It doesn't truely exist. It's completley transient and is simply an emotion. happiness is broken easily so the 'happier' one is the 'unhappier' one becomes. 'Happiness' is simply a thought pattern that is easier lost track of when its existance is discovered to be unreal and allusioned.

Contentment does exist as it's not an emotion. When found it is much stronger than the falacy that is 'happiness'.

Answer 4

Happiness is being content with the cards you are played.  Everyone seems to want to make happiness a unattainable thing but it really is a simple thing.  Learning to be satisfied with your life makes you happy.  People think money, love, power, and respect will make them happy but the sad truth is that it only makes them stressed out because they simply are going the wrong way.

Answer 5

Happiness, a bubble on a stream, that in the act of seizing shrinks to naught.

Answer 6

"happiness is a warm gun, yes it is."

Answer 7

i try to be thankful for all the good things in my life and i dont dwell on bad **** thats occurred,even in my profession which gets me down often i try to see the positive things and approach it from that angle.appreciation for what i got,thats it.i dont expend energy and waste time feeling sorry for myself over what i do not have.that would be counterproductive and depressing.sure i get angry at the world in general when i witness horrible **** and injustice ,as long as it doesnt hit me close to home then i can deal with it, and be thankful my kin are spared the horrors of this life.

Answer 8

Music makes me happy, helps me escape reality. I always have a song in my head. I also like reading books, taking long walks, falling in love, eating, I love to eat. Eating makes me happy.

Answer 9

The state of happiness is different for everyone and only each of us can define it.