- Sport cooking
- Fresh library books
- Discovering a new author
- ... or artist
- Learning to do something you couldn't do
And the really big one:
- Having a looming problem evaporate before you have to deal with it
gently feral
Happiness is.......?
by spoils_useful_habits 32 Replies latest jw friends
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GentlyFeral
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2050
A chemical reaction in the brain that lets us know when our natural and cultural needs have been met. The more of these needs that are met, the happier that person is.
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winnie
Cuddles from my kids and...
a couple of hours peace and a good book! -
tetrapod.sapien
thoreau-esque beatitude.
tetra
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moggy lover
......Being owned by a cat.
Cheers
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J-ex-W
A chemical reaction in the brain that lets us know when our natural and cultural needs have been met. The more of these needs that are met, the happier that person is.
2050---------- I think I can buy that. That's what leads to a more enduring, deep-seated sense of happiness/ satisfaction/ contentment. In the absence of the above working in our favor, only fleeting experiences can provide even fleeting moments of 'happiness' to speak of. Sometimes these small, fleeting things provide the best chance for experiencing happiness that we've got. No wonder the little things count for so much!
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Do Not Call
Not having to get yourself and the family up and out to the K. Hall on a cold Sunday morning.
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DJK
Last November my father said, "I think I tried TOOO hard to get you to see the truth." That was happiness and I think I would have collapsed if he said it with some sense of remorse.
I got the feeling he was trying to repent for his sins. Happiness is believeing he will never enter the kingdom until he fully repents.
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RAF
being and staying free ...
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jgnat
What snarf said. My granddaughter's giggle.
One of the best explorations of happiness I've read:
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Following the flow model, I've found happiness peeling carrots.
Another great study on happiness:
http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/
Take the test and find out what makes you happy.