tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post8793136606459707310..comments2023-08-15T05:02:58.115-04:00Comments on Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters: Come On Get Happy, Part TwoLollipop Goldsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-50732625732442139882007-10-30T19:01:00.000-04:002007-10-30T19:01:00.000-04:00Talk about late to the party!I define happiness as...Talk about late to the party!<BR/><BR/>I define happiness as living in the present. Free from past and future worries. Just peacefully, calmly, now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-87972703428542785782007-08-27T12:54:00.000-04:002007-08-27T12:54:00.000-04:00http://vacantwomb.blogspot.com/2007/08/happiness-f...http://vacantwomb.blogspot.com/2007/08/happiness-felicidad-bonheur-felicit.html<BR/><BR/>Ok, hopefully not everyone will be confused! :]Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12059910119763568973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-13871816040807057632007-08-24T19:24:00.000-04:002007-08-24T19:24:00.000-04:00Not getting lost in "what ifs" and instead embraci...Not getting lost in "what ifs" and instead embracing the little things that bring joy to life -- a beautiful sunrise, a spontaneous warm hug, a smile from a stranger, a glass of fine wine, a Saturday morning snuggle, the pride of a job well done, a heartfelt giggle from my nephews and nieces, the list goes on and on...how much room do I get?Pamela T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11474998003921896431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-6343659498969022572007-08-24T11:39:00.000-04:002007-08-24T11:39:00.000-04:00I think that for many people the first thing you t...I think that for many people the first thing you think of is PEACE, a place of no worry. <BR/>For me it starts there but when I picture happiness, it comes across more as CONTENTMENT. A feeling like I am where I am belong in the time I belong there. <BR/>I know that the times I am NOT Happy that I am feeling like I am out of sorts, that I am not doing what I should be, I am not with who I should be with, I am not content. <BR/>I think even in anxiety I feel happiness if I can feel like I am where I belong at that moment, it is only when my gut is telling me that I not that I become unhappy. <BR/><BR/>Does that make sense?Kirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17894442143508446312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-77506552342730490742007-08-23T21:57:00.000-04:002007-08-23T21:57:00.000-04:00I just wrote about this in my blog and wanted to l...I just wrote about this in my blog and wanted to link to it:<BR/><BR/>http://stickybean.blogspot.com/2007/08/happiness-is.html<BR/><BR/>I actually haven't read anyone else's responses yet because I didn't want to be influenced when writing mine. I hope I was able to be as articulate and not sound like some joker!Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542962726270982824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-19032943941335617562007-08-23T18:42:00.000-04:002007-08-23T18:42:00.000-04:00Better late than never . . .http://infertilityadve...Better late than never . . .<BR/><BR/>http://infertilityadventure.blogspot.com/2007/08/my-definition-of-happiness.htmlKamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01215000341567119958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-74752761699312741872007-08-23T15:20:00.000-04:002007-08-23T15:20:00.000-04:00Wow, I know i'm a little late, but these posts hav...Wow, I know i'm a little late, but these posts have really made m think. My answer is on my blog, http://flutterofhope.blogspot.com/2007/08/my-happiness.htmlEsperanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14841585672805438897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-48489552386976248672007-08-23T14:07:00.000-04:002007-08-23T14:07:00.000-04:00I've always thought of happiness as a pure, unbrid...I've always thought of happiness as a pure, unbridled joy... but it's elusive. It's something that flits in and out of your life as the circumstances dictate. And if you look directly at it, it disappears.<BR/><BR/>So I suppose I never thought of it as something that can be obtained. I like living in between the happiness and anxiety - the place of balance. It's hard to stay here, but it's a peaceful place.Serenityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765237663006604157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-77530651837884982572007-08-23T12:35:00.000-04:002007-08-23T12:35:00.000-04:00http://jausshaus.blogspot.com/2007/08/so-go-on-if-...http://jausshaus.blogspot.com/2007/08/so-go-on-if-it-will-make-you-happier.html<BR/>I'm up, and I didn't even read his definition before I wrote mine, I swear.LJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398924875071245573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-56641447260397165802007-08-23T11:19:00.000-04:002007-08-23T11:19:00.000-04:00Linky link to my response: http://sharah.wordpress...Linky link to my response: <BR/><BR/>http://sharah.wordpress.com/2007/08/23/happiness-defined/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-9986007659379761252007-08-23T05:00:00.000-04:002007-08-23T05:00:00.000-04:00Mel, this is part one of topic seven of my course....Mel, this is part one of topic seven of my course. You are reminding me I should be working. I wrote a 550 word essay on this question this morning. <BR/><BR/>BeaBeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11877513815828460269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-59516073458817248022007-08-22T22:51:00.000-04:002007-08-22T22:51:00.000-04:00Happiness is being free.Happiness is being free.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890663570732346315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-32356716051321581682007-08-22T21:16:00.000-04:002007-08-22T21:16:00.000-04:00Happiness is, y'know, that thing that just keeps s...Happiness is, y'know, that thing that just keeps slipping through my fingers.niobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08315267454529454063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-16552244431114943692007-08-22T20:49:00.000-04:002007-08-22T20:49:00.000-04:00I will have to blog this. I have too many thought...I will have to blog this. I have too many thoughts!Grad3https://www.blogger.com/profile/01507004280070094471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-74029826938266038812007-08-22T19:12:00.000-04:002007-08-22T19:12:00.000-04:00Or, for more hopelessly chirpy advice, happiness i...Or, for more hopelessly chirpy advice, happiness is the overall sense that life is good. Not in a cold-beer-in-the-hand-on-the-beach kind of way (although that can't hurt) but in a deep sense, as though, in general, my life is going right. As it's supposed to. That I make a difference to others, and they to me.bonniekayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02694979480804016214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-91124714155270910762007-08-22T18:28:00.000-04:002007-08-22T18:28:00.000-04:00I had a very happy moment a few weeks ago, H and I...I had a very happy moment a few weeks ago, H and I lying in the shade of an oak-tree and looking up at the blue sky through the leaves, surrounded by the debris of a picnic and the Sunday papers. We lay there for an hour. Nothing happened, we didn't talk, we had no major bonding moment, we weren't even making out. We just lay there, side by side, and had nothing else to do and nowhere else to be. And I was happy. Totally living in the moment. <BR/><BR/>On considering other happy times, that's what they all have in common - I was in the moment, and not actually filling my head with the terrifying future and troubling past. <BR/><BR/>Which is very irritating, as 'live in the moment' is exactly the sort of chirpy 'just relax' advice that always makes me want to spit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-74822707064605614992007-08-22T15:19:00.000-04:002007-08-22T15:19:00.000-04:00the first word i thought of when reading your ques...the first word i thought of when reading your question is peace. feeling peaceful inside and with the important people in my life...that would be happy.meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867137276917406552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-151433940406587462007-08-22T14:53:00.000-04:002007-08-22T14:53:00.000-04:00I wrote a post: http://karaokediva.blogdns.com/?p=...I wrote a post: http://karaokediva.blogdns.com/?p=1323Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-82708087888030628202007-08-22T14:33:00.000-04:002007-08-22T14:33:00.000-04:00Happiness is not a single emotion but rather a spe...Happiness is not a single emotion but rather a spectrum, ranging from peace to pleasure. A warm gun by the Beatles' definition, and a warm puppy by Charles Schulz's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-7372624684376275402007-08-22T14:20:00.000-04:002007-08-22T14:20:00.000-04:00Your posts inspired me to post about happiness too...Your posts inspired me to post about happiness too. I didn't really answer the question though. I don't think I can. Anyway, great idea! :)dmariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04736251577259346219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-17553800295986710932007-08-22T14:06:00.000-04:002007-08-22T14:06:00.000-04:00Happiness is a warm gun.No, wait. :)Happiness, to ...Happiness is a warm gun.<BR/><BR/>No, wait. :)<BR/><BR/>Happiness, to me, is being at peace in your life and being able to appreciate and take pleasure in the way your life is, right now.<BR/><BR/>It's not that everything is perfect. It's not that you don't have worry or stress. It's that you can still see the good. That you can still smile and be yourself.<BR/><BR/>I think that, as a religious person, my happiness also has a lot to do with making sure I'm right with God or working to BE right with God.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05181924375187173030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-30242199182064006182007-08-22T12:04:00.000-04:002007-08-22T12:04:00.000-04:00I immediately thought that it should be defined as...I immediately thought that it should be defined as the absence of stress or worry, but I think you said it better when you said that it is "peace" that you feel as a result.<BR/><BR/>Right now I am generally happy, but I am stressed out about some stuff at work and therefore getting no sleep - so I guess there are different "levels" of happiness - lower ones that affect you for short periods and higher ones that affect your ability to function in life.Yeah Sohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03989848317356232631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-65753498600909001142007-08-22T11:59:00.000-04:002007-08-22T11:59:00.000-04:00When I think of life happiness, I think of content...When I think of life happiness, I think of contentment. No, not everything in life is going as it should, but feeling peace in the midst of the chaos is contment or happiness. I guess that goes along with the absence of anxiety. I may worry about something, but it doesn't consume me like anxiety does. Just being able to live in the moment and deal with the rest later is happiness. For me, this is based largely on my relationships with others, if I am not at peace with others (especially my husband and family), I start to get anxious about every little thing, so I guess part of my happiness is based on relationshipsSMiLeDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14340513065620539939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-76689159193148222482007-08-22T11:41:00.000-04:002007-08-22T11:41:00.000-04:00I think I define it as absence of worry. (similar...I think I define it as absence of worry. (similar to anxiety, but not the same.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com