Is anyone truly happy?

My opinion:

Happiness is a moment, an hour, a day.

Anyone who seeks it as a state of being is bound to be disappointed.

Further, happiness requires the recognition of the individual. We need to know it when we see it.

If we go through life thinking, "All i need now to be happy is ......whatever....." we will pass it by and discontent will define our life.

Happiness needs the joyful acceptance of circumstances, and that requires us to stop believing we 'deserve better."

Maybe si, maybe no ... but it blocks happiness.

Since the dawn of time, however "happy" we are to be safe and warm and fed, in good company, somewhere monsters still wait. We cannot go out and dance in celebration in the sun without risking the attention of monsters.

We can only accept happiness where we are, when we are, as we are. It's a temporary gift.

My opinion.

Happiness comes and goes for the [i]average[/i] person because it's just another feeling like sadness or anger. It's not a permanent state of mind like some try to cram down people's throats....

I believe so but not everyone is happy 100% of the time. That it just life. We're human. We have feelings and people become ill or die. There are hardships and not everyone will agree or be nice all of the time. That is just the way it is.

Peace of mind trumps happiness. Happiness is meaningless without the truth, which often involves necessary pain and obstacles.

A society obsessed with cell phones and immediate gratification are destroying civilization.

Sweetie, I think you're putting too much pressure on yourself....

Define happiness for me?

I truly believe that we find happiness in the small things...and those small things add up to bigger things.

What small things? A compliment from a colleague, waking up next to my fella, hearing Carrie (Underwood) on the radio, a nice meal, someone smiling when they see me. My fella making me a cuppa, having time to do some Pole Dancing, waking up to it not raining.....oh, the list goes on and on and on.

The purpose is to give and receive - love and support - to and from others...

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I truly believe it's a chosen perspective

Some people are, but not everyone’s definition of happiness is the same. Some consider [b]contentment[/b] a more obtainable goal.

I'm reasonably content. There's some things I want but not much I need. There's things I wish were different. There's things I wish I had learned earlier. There's things I wouldn't change even if I could. There's a few "what if.." questions I occasionally find myself asking. Tomorrow is a new day and anything could change.

Overall, life kinda sucks. but there are moments in between that kind of make it worth it.

I see happiness as a side effect of significant achievements or meaningful commitments. It's realised incidentally and momentarily, and increasingly on behalf of significant others. It's not a goal in itself. Contentment and comfort are the goals of any farm animal.

I'll be happy when I'm dead.

Happiest I was in months was when I thought I was dying.

Sorry to hear that! But, I am truly happy, and I try to surround myself with like individuals!

I think if u can make someone happy with just ur presence that is worth living for. 😇

When they just dropped xtc, thats about it tho and its not sustainable🤷‍♀️

I’m pretty happy 🤔 I mean, not with my Judice of a body, but life is good lol.. 🤷🏻‍♀️😆

Peace is enough, there can never be true happiness in this life

Yes. Try for a part of each day, and you might make it.

I am generally happy with my life.

I subscribe to optimistic nihilism. There is no point to any of it, so we can assign any point to it that we like. And therein lies the secret. Happiness tends to be the result of something positive. Make your life about bringing positivity into the world and success in that should help improve both your happiness and the happiness of others.

However, happiness is always temporary. Left alone or behind simple contentment. From there it always has a chance to slide into stagnation.

I think a lot of the problems these days are that it is a struggle for many just to reach what society considers basic standards of living. Happiness is hard to get if needs are not met. However, driving away the misery of poverty and acquiring happiness through wealth are not the same things. Yet our society is hyperfocused on wealth as an indicator of success. People chase that success believing it will bring them happiness, but instead they find more of a hollow victory.

I am happy with my life

Happiness is a Warm Gun

Not really

I've found things that truely make me happy. Like the place I love visiting the most in the world and keep returning as i look forward to it so much.

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They're happy in Saint Johns, Virgin Islands.

Yes im very happy

It’s hard to be happy now

Your parents signed you up

Ask me tomorrow

No

I’m happy