Happiness - Your take.

[Cowboy Brian]

What is your take on happiness? I suppose this is a bit of a philosophical topic but i've always looked at as a moment before you need more happiness. It is a drug of sorts, i've never seen someone or myself been in an eternal state of happiness where I was constantly happy. I would get something, or do something, or achieve something in which I was happy but that quickly fades as I desire to repeat the feat or do something even greater next time.

I think eating ice cream is the perfect example as about two minutes after you're finished eating it all the "happiness" it generated has faded. You may have eaten it because you had a craving, but tomorrow you'll have another craving and having had eaten the ice cream the day prior doesn't lessen that craving.

Is this the ultimate pessimistic point of view? It very well may be, but I do stand by it.

 

[JBS]

Happiness isn't a destination, it's a way of life.

That quote is the ultimate truth.

 

[danielofthesaints]

Happiness isn't a destination, it's a way of life.

That quote is the ultimate truth.

Agreed. Ever since I stopped setting expectations for things in life that are out of my control, I have been genuinely happier than before.

 

[RastaRocket]

I feel I am least happy when my conscious isn't clear, and most happy when my conscious is clear. If I do something that has hurt somebody, and know what I did was wrong, I can't stand it. On the flip side if I make sound moral decisions and have a clear mind I feel happy. I am not religious by any means but I do strive to correct my wrongs, and that makes me happy.

 

[WV Cowboy]

There is a difference between happiness and joy.

Happiness is fleeting, comes and goes, .. but JOY is eternal.

 

[visionary]

Contentment = true happiness

If you are truly content with what you have (family, love, money, etc.) and where you are in life, you will be truly happy

if not, you will not be truly happy no matter how much or how little you have

at least that is my definition

 

[SultanOfSix]

Contentment = true happiness

If you are truly content with what you have (family, love, money, etc.) and where you are in life, you will be truly happy

if not, you will not be truly happy no matter how much or how little you have

at least that is my definition

This.

There's a saying: "Contentment is an inexhaustible treasure".

 

[ethiostar]

I've always liked this quote by Gandhi on happiness....

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”

 

[visionary]

I feel I am least happy when my conscious isn't clear, and most happy when my conscious is clear.

i try to keep my conscious clear all the time because i feel that when my conscious is not clear, i am un-conscious




just kidding BTW

 

[5Stars]

For you, it's either this or the love of Miles Austin.



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[RastaRocket]

i try to keep my conscious clear all the time because i feel that when my conscious is not clear, i am un-conscious




just kidding BTW

Makes sense to me haha

 

[Muhast]

I have a wife,job,house,faith in God, and a dog. All the ingredients I need for a happy life

 

[notherbob]

Happiness is a freely chosen conscious state of mind in which people live their lives regardless of their circumstances.

 

[masomenos]

People say they want to be happy but really they want to be fulfilled.

 

[Idgit]

I've always liked this quote by Gandhi on happiness....

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”

That's really nice.