happiness

tedkennedy · 05-26-2008, 11:44 PM

are you happy?
why?
what makes a person happy?

DubStyle311 · 05-27-2008, 12:17 AM

Yes. I just graduated. Got a job. Doing well in almost every way. I'm still riding high on my accomplishments.

Setting goals and completeing them. That makes some ppl happy.

Terry · 05-27-2008, 12:19 AM

I'd say yes, I tend to not wallow in misery as it is stupid and emo.

Mescalito · 05-27-2008, 01:50 AM

I am happy because I react in a good way to the many good things in my life at the moment. Those times when I don't feel happy just make me appreciate the times when I am happy.. MORE! In turn.. that makes me happy to know.. which makes me all round even more happy!

M

verklingen · 05-27-2008, 07:33 AM

yes, i am. it's a decision i make moment by moment. any time i find myself unhappy, i understand that it is also due to a decision and can be easily reversed by adopting the proper perspective.

spicoli · 05-27-2008, 09:54 AM

i have many people in my life who make me smile and laugh and therefore make me happy.
i play tennis often, and that makes me happy.
i spend time with my kids and husband and that makes me happy, too.
eating good food makes me happy, and smoking good weed makes me happy.
having a clean house and car makes me happy, too.
i'm easily happied, i guess.

Waves · 05-27-2008, 12:43 PM

i am happy because for the most part, i do what i want to do

Vik*star* · 05-27-2008, 11:11 PM

Good question. No I am not happy....infact I am depressed and angry but I wouldn't divulge into the reasons as its related to my family and general life. I hope to gett a better life next time if I can othawise who knows.

Mescalito · 05-27-2008, 11:42 PM

^You must be pretty depressed if you have to pin your hopes on your next life!?

I am curious as to what people think about this...

Do things (external) make us happy? or do we make ourselves happy as a result of those things? Or is it just semantics again.. hmm?

M

Vik*star* · 05-28-2008, 02:22 AM

^Yes ofcourse I am but those are things I can't control and I can't get out of my mind. I've tried councilling (sorry 4 da spelling if they are wrong! but they only made it worse. Maybe its my personality, I dunno. I've learned to live with it though. Weed seems to help a lot.

Regarding next life, I am not pinning any hopes. Even if there is no after life, it dosen't bother me as long as I don't have to relive this life.
So yeah, if there is afterlife then I would like to have some better than now, if there is no afterlife, its all good with me.....

Although to be honest, if nature/god/chance whoever gave me consciousness, it would have been nice if I could have a little more freewill and other ppl as well.

Also ppl tend to say, past is past, look to the future, forget the past. But its much easier said than done espeically in case you had to see many bad things happen in your family and personal life.

CPS: Harris Co. mom saw stepdad beat girl, 3, to death | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle - Girl 3 beaten to death as mom watch

Blue_Dolphin · 05-28-2008, 09:10 AM

I am mostly happy. There are a few things that could easily be changed to make my life more enjoyable though.

I love my kids, my husband, my job and my pets.

sillygnd · 05-28-2008, 09:14 AM

I am at a time in my life wehere i am happyer than ever.my 4 kids are growing up so i have more time for my hubby and myself.....i have a job i like with peeps i can hang with....My boss brings me a J a day.....how cool is that....my ol man is the best...life is not easy food gas ect..butoverall YES YES YES !!!!! life is good

thanks for asking

Jimmy Coonan · 05-28-2008, 10:32 AM

I think too much to be happy, I'm only content when I'm busy or drunk. It's not like I try to wallow in it, I just have trouble controlling what's going on in my brain. It's quite annoying--whose brain is it anyway? I should be able to say what goes in there and what doesn't!!!

reverie · 05-28-2008, 05:25 PM

I personally feel happiness is overrated. It's one emotional state out of many. I feel it's the dynamics of the human condition and all the various states that make this experience so unique and allow us to experience happiness in a very appreciated sense.

Am I happy? I wouldn't say "happy" or "ecstatic" or any of those total epitomic words of the emotion. I'm content.. in the experience I go through in my life I have a good range of emotions. I bounce back and forth a lot between what I feel and for the most part I enjoy it that way.

I do feel that our emotions are dictated by many factors. Not just materialized objects or certain experiences, but by all energy existing in this reality. If energy is the phenomenon that influences the state of any given object or organism then I'd say energy influences our emotional state as well. That form of energy can be almost anything, from other individuals, internal thought processes, objects, circumstance, theories.. etc etc.

Emotion is a funny thing.

The Rev · 05-30-2008, 07:56 PM

Depends on what mood I'm in.

The Rev

Mescalito · 05-30-2008, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reverie

I personally feel happiness is overrated. It's one emotional state out of many. I feel it's the dynamics of the human condition and all the various states that make this experience so unique and allow us to experience happiness in a very appreciated sense.

Am I happy? I wouldn't say "happy" or "ecstatic" or any of those total epitomic words of the emotion. I'm content.. in the experience I go through in my life I have a good range of emotions. I bounce back and forth a lot between what I feel and for the most part I enjoy it that way.

I do feel that our emotions are dictated by many factors. Not just materialized objects or certain experiences, but by all energy existing in this reality. If energy is the phenomenon that influences the state of any given object or organism then I'd say energy influences our emotional state as well. That form of energy can be almost anything, from other individuals, internal thought processes, objects, circumstance, theories.. etc etc.

Emotion is a funny thing.

So..you are happy that you are content with your range of emotional states!

M

**Captain Cannabis** · 05-30-2008, 08:29 PM

i am happy. i can't see myself being any other way. almost 2 years ago now i had some serious health problems that affected my ability to work and go to school. i am still struggling daily with certain aspects of that, but i have more or less adapted to a different way of life. one part of it (migraines) is all but totally gone, and i am pretty much back on track as far as being a totally functional person.

even on a bad day i am thankful for the fact that i am healthy enough to experience a bad day. i take a lot more time to enjoy everything around me and i don't stress about stupid things the way i used too. life is good. just relax and take some deep breaths.

Alien.Nation · 05-31-2008, 01:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reverie

I personally feel happiness is overrated. It's one emotional state out of many. I feel it's the dynamics of the human condition and all the various states that make this experience so unique and allow us to experience happiness in a very appreciated sense.

Am I happy? I wouldn't say "happy" or "ecstatic" or any of those total epitomic words of the emotion. I'm content.. in the experience I go through in my life I have a good range of emotions. I bounce back and forth a lot between what I feel and for the most part I enjoy it that way.

I do feel that our emotions are dictated by many factors. Not just materialized objects or certain experiences, but by all energy existing in this reality. If energy is the phenomenon that influences the state of any given object or organism then I'd say energy influences our emotional state as well. That form of energy can be almost anything, from other individuals, internal thought processes, objects, circumstance, theories.. etc etc.

Emotion is a funny thing.

I like this.

I think emotions are electrical signals and nothing more (the ones that tell us "you are happy, sad, whatever." and I strictly apply this to myself). However, I think the experience of being in the woods, camping and watching the stars, is interesting in and of itself. I can't say I'm against feelings then if I'm not against "the feeling of the experience of blah blah balh," but I do think feelings are meaningless. There. Christ, I should be a lawyer.

spicoli · 05-31-2008, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vik*star*

^Yes ofcourse I am but those are things I can't control and I can't get out of my mind. I've tried councilling (sorry 4 da spelling if they are wrong! but they only made it worse. Maybe its my personality, I dunno. I've learned to live with it though. Weed seems to help a lot.

Regarding next life, I am not pinning any hopes. Even if there is no after life, it dosen't bother me as long as I don't have to relive this life.
So yeah, if there is afterlife then I would like to have some better than now, if there is no afterlife, its all good with me.....

Although to be honest, if nature/god/chance whoever gave me consciousness, it would have been nice if I could have a little more freewill and other ppl as well.

Also ppl tend to say, past is past, look to the future, forget the past. But its much easier said than done espeically in case you had to see many bad things happen in your family and personal life.

CPS: Harris Co. mom saw stepdad beat girl, 3, to death | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle - Girl 3 beaten to death as mom watch

i read the link, vikstar, and it made me shudder. i had to stop reading it. i am so sorry for however you are connected to this story.

Xil · 05-31-2008, 12:34 PM

i tend to be extremely happy for short periods of time, then depressed.

dont know why, im just usually not a happy or motivated person.

05-26-2008, 11:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
tedkennedy now 14% blacker Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,443 Thanks: 7 Thanked 142 Times in 92 Posts	happiness are you happy? why? what makes a person happy? __________________ matthew munari

05-27-2008, 12:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
DubStyle311 YaHookan Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: down the highway Posts: 7,326 Thanks: 0 Thanked 74 Times in 64 Posts	Yes. I just graduated. Got a job. Doing well in almost every way. I'm still riding high on my accomplishments. Setting goals and completeing them. That makes some ppl happy. __________________ I may be wrong, but I doubt it.

05-27-2008, 12:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
Terry Illuminated One Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Missoula, Montana Posts: 2,756 Thanks: 0 Thanked 93 Times in 73 Posts	I'd say yes, I tend to not wallow in misery as it is stupid and emo. __________________ The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. -Omar Bradley

05-27-2008, 07:33 AM	#5 (permalink)
verklingen what is Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in the sun Posts: 5,711 Thanks: 207 Thanked 515 Times in 302 Posts	yes, i am. it's a decision i make moment by moment. any time i find myself unhappy, i understand that it is also due to a decision and can be easily reversed by adopting the proper perspective. __________________ you can't explain the rules of tennis to a dog, but he runs after it and plays with it...like the dog playing with the ball, we don't have the necessary tools needed to interpret the afterlife..until we get there, then a whole new universe is given to us. Perhaps 200 billion light years away, there's the next phase of our existance..Remember you cannot destroy energy, which is all we are... -matthew munari rip matt

05-27-2008, 09:54 AM	#6 (permalink)
spicoli YaHookan Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cali Posts: 555 Thanks: 80 Thanked 56 Times in 45 Posts	i have many people in my life who make me smile and laugh and therefore make me happy. i play tennis often, and that makes me happy. i spend time with my kids and husband and that makes me happy, too. eating good food makes me happy, and smoking good weed makes me happy. having a clean house and car makes me happy, too. i'm easily happied, i guess. __________________ "Bad is never good until worse happens." -Danish Proverb

05-27-2008, 01:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
Mescalito Land of Smiles Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 5,519 Thanks: 28 Thanked 38 Times in 25 Posts	I am happy because I react in a good way to the many good things in my life at the moment. Those times when I don't feel happy just make me appreciate the times when I am happy.. MORE! In turn.. that makes me happy to know.. which makes me all round even more happy! M

05-27-2008, 11:11 PM	#8 (permalink)
Vikstar YaHookan Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Auckland Posts: 161 Thanks: 27 Thanked 24 Times in 23 Posts	Good question. No I am not happy....infact I am depressed and angry but I wouldn't divulge into the reasons as its related to my family and general life. I hope to gett a better life next time if I can othawise who knows.

05-27-2008, 11:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
Mescalito Land of Smiles Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 5,519 Thanks: 28 Thanked 38 Times in 25 Posts	^You must be pretty depressed if you have to pin your hopes on your next life!? I am curious as to what people think about this... Do things (external) make us happy? or do we make ourselves happy as a result of those things? Or is it just semantics again.. hmm? M

05-28-2008, 02:22 AM	#10 (permalink)
Vikstar YaHookan Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Auckland Posts: 161 Thanks: 27 Thanked 24 Times in 23 Posts	^Yes ofcourse I am but those are things I can't control and I can't get out of my mind. I've tried councilling (sorry 4 da spelling if they are wrong! but they only made it worse. Maybe its my personality, I dunno. I've learned to live with it though. Weed seems to help a lot. Regarding next life, I am not pinning any hopes. Even if there is no after life, it dosen't bother me as long as I don't have to relive this life. So yeah, if there is afterlife then I would like to have some better than now, if there is no afterlife, its all good with me..... Although to be honest, if nature/god/chance whoever gave me consciousness, it would have been nice if I could have a little more freewill and other ppl as well. Also ppl tend to say, past is past, look to the future, forget the past. But its much easier said than done espeically in case you had to see many bad things happen in your family and personal life. CPS: Harris Co. mom saw stepdad beat girl, 3, to death \| Chron.com - Houston Chronicle - Girl 3 beaten to death as mom watch Last edited by Vikstar; 05-28-2008 at 04:39 AM.

05-28-2008, 09:10 AM	#11 (permalink)
Blue_Dolphin Princess Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,737 Thanks: 64 Thanked 72 Times in 47 Posts	I am mostly happy. There are a few things that could easily be changed to make my life more enjoyable though. I love my kids, my husband, my job and my pets. __________________ Last edited by Blue_Dolphin; 05-28-2008 at 09:15 AM.

05-28-2008, 09:14 AM	#12 (permalink)
sillygnd YaHookan Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: In a land far far away Posts: 14 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I am at a time in my life wehere i am happyer than ever.my 4 kids are growing up so i have more time for my hubby and myself.....i have a job i like with peeps i can hang with....My boss brings me a J a day.....how cool is that....my ol man is the best...life is not easy food gas ect..butoverall YES YES YES !!!!! life is good thanks for asking

05-28-2008, 05:25 PM	#14 (permalink)
reverie alis aquilae Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,724 Thanks: 7 Thanked 18 Times in 16 Posts	I personally feel happiness is overrated. It's one emotional state out of many. I feel it's the dynamics of the human condition and all the various states that make this experience so unique and allow us to experience happiness in a very appreciated sense. Am I happy? I wouldn't say "happy" or "ecstatic" or any of those total epitomic words of the emotion. I'm content.. in the experience I go through in my life I have a good range of emotions. I bounce back and forth a lot between what I feel and for the most part I enjoy it that way. I do feel that our emotions are dictated by many factors. Not just materialized objects or certain experiences, but by all energy existing in this reality. If energy is the phenomenon that influences the state of any given object or organism then I'd say energy influences our emotional state as well. That form of energy can be almost anything, from other individuals, internal thought processes, objects, circumstance, theories.. etc etc. Emotion is a funny thing. __________________ "For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly." -Gibran "There is a vital difference in identifying and questioning." -ziplock dissolve popular detachment

05-30-2008, 07:56 PM	#15 (permalink)
The Rev ~ Herban Legend ~ Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In my head, somewhere. Posts: 11,877 Thanks: 18 Thanked 161 Times in 94 Posts	Depends on what mood I'm in. The Rev __________________ THE SECRET OF SUCCESS IN ALL THINGS IS A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH REALITY DISRESPECT INCORPORATED The Order of the Illuminati "Jesus, I've just realised I've been posting on yahooka for more than a quarter of my life!" -Sir-Ex R.I.P. Governor We know you're smokin wherever you are.

05-30-2008, 08:29 PM	#17 (permalink)
Captain Cannabis i hate emus Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: oslo Posts: 10,445 Thanks: 346 Thanked 272 Times in 191 Posts	i am happy. i can't see myself being any other way. almost 2 years ago now i had some serious health problems that affected my ability to work and go to school. i am still struggling daily with certain aspects of that, but i have more or less adapted to a different way of life. one part of it (migraines) is all but totally gone, and i am pretty much back on track as far as being a totally functional person. even on a bad day i am thankful for the fact that i am healthy enough to experience a bad day. i take a lot more time to enjoy everything around me and i don't stress about stupid things the way i used too. life is good. just relax and take some deep breaths. __________________ fuck the monkeys

05-31-2008, 12:34 PM	#20 (permalink)
Xil OD'ing on sobriety Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: STL, MO Posts: 1,090 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 44 Thanked 68 Times in 48 Posts	i tend to be extremely happy for short periods of time, then depressed. dont know why, im just usually not a happy or motivated person. __________________ ᚘ SMOKE ᚘ ൈ MORE ൈ ం FATTY ం దౡ NUGS ౡ Your wise men don;t know how it feels... The godless shall genuflect as the holy men fall from grace.

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