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Happiness comes in doses. It rarely happens 24/7 for an entire lifetime. Unless you happen to be one of those lucky people with family genetics that naturally produce tons of neurotransmitters.
I think lack of fear and good health are good starters for happiness.
Oh yeah and lots of energy and common sense. Which are part of having good health.
Happiness comes in dosesso true Heather ... being realistic will help balance out our life .
Speaking of small doses...
So many things... at times even the smallest, simplest things can bring a ray of happinessinto my life, such at finding a beautiful flower in an unexpected place, or anything at all
Happiness is..
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...OUTLAW
Happiness is a mental state of well-being characterized by positive emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy..( Wiki)
So to stay in that basic range starting with contentment...... some spikes here and there is the thing to hope for .
The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Allan K. Chalmers
a good dump
Ah thought you could slip that one past us, eh Nick? Not that I disagree...
Mohandas Gandhi: “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
So that would mean our thoughts, words and actions are in harmony. Our inner world is in unity with our outer world actions !
Here is a mildly amusing thought, but so true as well.... Benjamin Franklin: “The Constitution only guarantees you the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”
Happiness to me is a feeling of satisfaction for being alive. I think happiness is just a thought away. Is how you see things. While many people spend their lives trying to reach happiness i ve discovered that it only takes 5 seconds to achieve.
Being grateful that we have what we have, always looking for new challenges but enjoying every second of the present.
Even during distress we can be happy people. I think the reason Jws are not really happy is because they dont get to enjoy their present because they are waiting to be happy in the future.
happiness is just an illusion filled with sadness and confusion
Thanks for all your comments it gives food for thought for all of us, even the silly comments help us to appreciate that
to have a measure of happiness and sanity in this world requires humor and realistic thinking.
"Happiness is a word that means different things to different people." Of course by definition it actually means the emotional state of being pleased much more than displeased with a subject or object, outcome or event. Likely contentment and acceptance would be words more clearly understood and perceived
