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  • DebInAustin says
    oh this is a big topic for me. I see so many unhappy people, usually in the workplace, that I often wonder what makes people happy and more
  • Jane Chin
    DebInDenver from personal experience it's usually bc have not defined what "happiness" means for the individual.
  • DebInAustin says
    importantly me. One of my professors in grad school was a famous Chinese poet who lived in the US and had a Japanese wife (he had done his
  • DebInAustin says
    graduate work in Japan then moved to the US to teach. So he said as long as he had these three things, he would be happy: 1. His beautiful
  • DebInAustin says
    Japanese wife 2. His nice American home and 3. he could eat Chinese food any time he wants.
  • DebInAustin says
    I thought that was pretty smart.
  • Jane Chin
    DebInDenver in one of my biz articles i cited chris rock re: what men v. women want. i thought it was very insightful.
  • Jane Chin
    men (according to chris) want 1) food 2) sex 3) silence. women want: EVERYTHING.
  • patricksweeney says
    i don't think we actually can even define happiness until we hit a certain age
  • Jane Chin
    i found that if one's definition of happiness is vague and non specific, then more difficult to know when attained.
  • Jane Chin
    in one of my talks i said "if you don't know what you mean by happiness, you wouldn't recognize it if it came up and slapped you in the face
  • DebInAustin says
    I heard Eleanor Gilchrist, a Southern author, once say, "My momma said, 'Ellen of course you can have everything, you just need to decide
  • patricksweeney says
    i am 28, married for 5 years, have two amazing sons, 5 and 3, and i still don't think i know the true meaning of happiness
  • Jane Chin
    (and i'm saying this from personal experience of "the existential struggle"!)
  • DebInAustin says
    just how much of each one thing you can stand to have.'" I thought that was brilliant.
  • patricksweeney says
    i would say i am a happy guy, but i wouldnt say im content........yet at least (s_LOL)
  • Jane Chin
    patricksweeney do you think you can enjoy life anyway, even as you still work on the true meaning (if you are interested in it at all)
  • DebInAustin says
    when I ran my last race if Vail, I thought to myself, upon reaching the summit, that this was true happiness- having the ability to run that
  • DebInAustin says
    far, reaching a remote place, and the stellar scenery. I thought, "it's a privilege to be able to do this."
  • Jane Chin
    patricksweeney i'm surprised! for me, 'happiness is ephemeral, contentment lasts forever'
  • patricksweeney says
    JaneChin, yes definitely, i don't enjoy how i have handled myself up to this point in a lot of ways, but i love being....
  • patricksweeney says
    id actually rather not be able to say im truly happy, because i would get lazy then
  • DebInAustin says
    Jane, definitely, I was beyond thrilled. On my way back I plurked, "I ran at the top of the world today."
  • Jane Chin
    do you think happiness leads to complacency?
  • patricksweeney thinks
    at least for him it does lead to complacency......not being where i want to be makes me work harder for it
  • patricksweeney says
    my 3 year old has the right idea, he is a little genius, and we were fishing the other day
  • patricksweeney says
    and he could see i had a lot on my mind, he puts his arm around me and says "dad, i know you have a lot of adult stuff"
  • patricksweeney says
    "but we are fishing.....enjoy it" it was so cute!
  • Jane Chin
    Patrick I understand; I once thought the same way (happiness = complacency) thus never allowing myself to feel happy.
  • patricksweeney says
    my wife rags on me foor that JaneChin, she says i dont stop to smell the roses heh
  • Jane Chin
    but now I believe that complacency = satisfaction at the ego-self level whereas happiness = peace with self and the world
  • Jane Chin
    children are natural geniuses Patrick!
  • Jane Chin
    (ok i need to go to costco with hubby to get bb formula bbl to catch up on this thread) I love what I've read from you both so far!
  • patricksweeney says
    they know how to enjoy everything :-)
  • DebInAustin says
    Jane I would say I am always happy when I am in nature and feel at peace. I grew up in a rural place. And while I think I have adjusted to
  • DebInAustin says
    city noises, every time I go backpacking I realize that a lot of tension disappears and I usually don't want to come back to Denver.
  • Jane Chin
    DebInDenver I understand. My husband loves the outdoors and appreciates nature. I'm very much an indoors person but do appreciate as well.
  • affiliatecoffee says
    happiness - as much of a simple word it may be - yet the hardest to define. everyone has their own unique definition of happiness.
  • affiliatecoffee says
    for some materialistic things provide happiness, some feel the need to grow spiritually.
  • affiliatecoffee says
    may be by some self introspection, we will be able to find what truly makes our life complete, and gives us "happiness"
  • DaisyΜ∞n says
    Happiness - the feeling I have every morning when I wake up to the life I have been blessed with. No matter how the trials and tribulations
  • DaisyΜ∞n says
    fight against us, no matter how the *sunshine & rainbows* lift us up; it's the feeling in every moment that __I have this moment__ :-)
  • DSN has
    yet to define happiness for himself. knows $ won't buy happiness, however, $ is required to by freedom from idiots...
  • Jane Chin
    DevSpamNull actually, scientific studies have shown that a certain amt of $ is required for happiness (i.e. survival may be needed first)
  • Jane Chin
    DavidBridger thank you! Most of us fail to appreciate the power of "every day is simply OK". we think we should want more and have more.
  • Jane Chin
    I'm going to remember what you said about everyday being simply OK.
  • ethnicomm says
    happiness - you are in control of your own happiness - others cannot make you unhappy - it's when your expectations are not met that you are
  • ethnicomm says
    unhappy NOT their actions for they are independent of your life
  • ethnicomm says
    if you let others control your feelings, you will never be happy
  • LivSimpl.com
    Happiness is having my 1 yr old son squeal happily, clap, and run up to me when I walk in the door after work.
  • kingz jewel
    there is a difference between happiness and joy. JOY is perpetual while happiness is circumstantial.
  • ThoughtWrong is
    happy, The only thing that would make my life more complete is if I had all my bills paid and money woes were no more
  • johnlarkin feels
    happiness is mindfulness; when the past, present and future are as one; dying is not an issue; one is in the present; possessions irrelevant
  • Jane Chin
    johnlarkin you said it well. For me, dying will be an issue of physical reality, but I'd fear it less.
  • Jane Chin
    (by the way nice to see you on plurk! and thank you for your very nice email)

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