Would you leave your whole life behind just to be happy?

Question

Would you leave your whole life behind just to be happy?

Answer 1

Done it twice.

What did I learn?

Happiness is a construct of the mind.

Answer 2

its a toss up some days...

there are no guarantees unfortunately

but it has crossed my mind a few times

Answer 3

NO, because I am happy in the Lord & have been for over 38 yrs.

Answer 4

Yes.

Answer 5

i would , my life is c**p right now , nothing worth staying around for  

Answer 6

No, I'd rather be miserable with my friends than be happy alone.

Answer 7

no

Answer 8

yes if it were for Jesus.He is the only one that can give true happiness.

Answer 9

Absolutely

Answer 10

Yes, and I did. :)

Answer 11

Yes and I did.  It was awesome.  

Answer 12

Depends on the situation. If I didn't have any family or loved ones who would be effected - maybe. Though I prefer direct confrontation to running away. Generally my unhappiness in life stems from two things - my job and/or not having enough $$ to pay the bills. So if I'm unhappy - I just get a new job or try to resolve the problems with the one I have. Or - I start being more careful with my money.

If I'm unhappy with a person I tell them so. If it's a "friend" or casual acquaintance - instead of running, if we can't work it out I will remove them from my life. If it's family, we can usually work it out.  

Answer 13

My happiness is in me and I am in this life and I have been given the responsibility to act out my life fully.

Answer: No.

Happiness is inside a person's self.

Answer 14

can you expand on that?  if you are asking from a secular stand point, the answer would be no.  There is no true happiness found in the world because it is only a revolving door when it comes to true happiness.

if you are asking from a spiritual stand point, the answer would be yes and I did that four years ago.  I didn't know at the time the joy I would find but it did come in due time.  I actually have more joy now than before but you would have never convinced me of that then.

I had to give up my life because it literally no longer existed it was wiped away in the time it takes you to read this line.  I wanted it back for a long time though.  But now I look back and it was the best thing that ever happened to me.

I just say if you are considering leaving, think real hard before you decide to walk away because the chances are you are not aware of the joy you already have ...nor are you aware of the joy you give others...you just are not getting your way in something small and everything looks grim.  Take a chill pill and count your blessings.

Answer 15

Yes, I would if my life was very unhappy., but I would be afraid , anyway

Answer 16

No, because that would make my family and friends unhappy, which would not make me happy at all.

Answer 17

how do you mean?  if I was in a miserable marraige with bratty kids would I take off and leave them?  maybe, I DNK.  I could leave a husband but I don't think I could abandon my parents or kids and be happy.

Answer 18

I did leave my life behind to find happiness.  At least the part that matters anyway.

It's going to come one day, I can just feel it.  And when it does how breathtaking it's going to be.

I'll be sitting on the beach at dusk while the waves quietly rush in and out without a care in the world.  As well as I will be.  Not a care in the world besides finding the rest of my heart.

My heart is what I have left behind.  Not love, just my heart.  I'm saving my heart to be the happiness.  When I find the rest of it, anyway.  It's going to be quite a challenge but it's a challenge that I will valiantly search the world over for.

And when I do find it... magical, I'm sure.

Answer 19

Hm, it's my life (following Christ) where my happiness comes from.

Answer 20

I could never find complete happiness outside of my current life. Never to see the one I so painstakingly fought for and cried over. Never being able to think of him in that twisted fondness, as I do now. Never hearing him tell me that he loves me, then breaking that oath. Never having to worry about him.

No. I couldn't ever give that up.  

Answer 21

Sometimes.

Answer 22

Already have that.

It's our birthright, but too often we choose self-esteem over self-awareness.

Answer 23

If my whole life wasn't happy, then yes. Happiness is not a "Just" to be thing, Happiness is part of what keeps us going, working, educating ourselves, Happiness is what keeps us somewhat sane. Don't belittle the effect that happiness has on our lives. It is very important. It also holds true that what makes you happy may not make another happy, and so the key to understanding is separation of self in order to see another's perspective. Happiness is what we all strive for, but the problem with this world, especially in America, we tend to try to fill that void with things, and not our own sense of well being, our own self love, and the love and sharing from others. Well, that is just my opinion.

Answer 24

I'd leave everything but my child.

Answer 25

Yes, of course. I follow Jesus wherever He takes me and I know that wherever He leads may seem not so nice at first, but if He leads me there it will be right smack dab in the middle of where He wants me to be and that is where I want to be all the time. That is where real joy is to be found.