How do you define happiness?

[SolyWack 482]

What a thought right? Let me preface by saying that no answer is a wrong answer, but there are certainly crappy ones, so lets try to limit those.

 

Do you think happiness is simply being as successfull as possible? Or as successful as you need to be to live comfortably? Maybe you only make $25,000 a year, but you're happy because you can have that Red Baron pizza every night?

 

Is happiness getting to a point in your life where you feel you can not progress further? Is it fullfilling a lifelong goal?

 

Do you feel like happiness is judged by how much you give back to the world? Is it judged by what you leave behind?

 

Or what you bestow upon others?

 

Think about your answer first, then read mine.

 

I believe happiness is measured by how content you are, not by how often I feel pleasure. Pleasure is short-lived, and easily broken. But contentment is a long-lasting feeling, and if it can be broken, then I wasn't truly happy.

 

I think happiness is, if I were to die on the spot, I could look back and say, "I did well".

 

How do you define happiness?

[gamecubeguy214 2,512]

The release of dopamine. End of story.

[Ponies4Bronies 394]

Being with the one who truly makes you happy and you have a connection with. 'Nuff said it's that simple really.

[Ziggy + Angel + Rain 11,303]

Love, in all its myriad forms.

[EpicEnergy 23,224]

I would define it as a feeling.

[DivineDefender1000 71,378]

Happiness is a beautiful day and a kind and loving heart that loves making everyone’s day better!

[Fluttershyfan94 5,742]

To me happiness is a moment of being content life being just right. There's a certain satisfaction and joy. What gives you that joy or satisfaction is what makes you happy and happiness is the state of being happy.

Of course this has to do with your sensories in your brain. The dopamine and serotonin. Yet happiness is in a sense somewhat inflated by this idea of happiness being more then content that there needs to be more. This my friends is not happiness, you don't need anything to be happy only to be content with yourself and your own life. 

[Coffee 4,323]

I feel happiness is friendship, kindness, and heart 

[Splashee 28,566]

Happiness is a state, where you don't feel anything else but happy and joy, and stuff like that. This state can be achieved with as little as hearing a kind word about yourself, or by working really hard for it.

It can also be achieved artificially, but that's against my rules, as well as the forum rules. Cheating is no-no-no!

[Dreambiscuit 10,170]

There is just one way to define happiness for me, and that is BALANCE. If everyone had at least some of what they want in life I'd be happy. It doesn't need to be all one way and none of another, just balanced and fair for all. 

[Will Guide 21,362]

To me, I consider people living fulfilling lives to be happy

[Lucky Bolt 35,085]

Happiness in cruising down a back road in your truck with your best friends. 

[TotallyNotNyx 15,570]

I can;t define happiness since I have never experienced it 

[Splashee 28,566]

On 1/31/2016 at 7:28 AM, SolyWack said:

How do you define happiness?

Should define happiness.