[raspberrytorte]

For me happiness is being content with my life. What is yours?

[Naynay99]

ThIs is a great question. I'm not sure.
I think for me to be truly happy I need to feel like what I am doing is important, that life has some meaning and purpose and that I am living up to the person I want to be. That I am making some positive difference in the world and learning new things and experiencing new adventures and having real connections to other people.
Happy is feeling good about myself, when the reality of life comes close to matching the ideal picture of it I have in my head.
Maybe my expectations are too unrealistic.

[franz kafka]

At home with my wife and cats, popcorn and a movie.

[ajengdiyannovita]

That's a good question. Happiness for me, when I'm sitting on beach alone.

[liveforsummer]

The beach is definitely the happiest spot for me. But I think I'm at my happiest when everything within my heart mind body and soul is quiet and content. I don't think it comes from an outside source (though that can help). It's a contentedness I can feel, that everything is good and ok within me.

[Sunflower123]

Originally Posted by liveforsummer

The beach is definitely the happiest spot for me. But I think I'm at my happiest when everything within my heart mind body and soul is quiet and content. I don't think it comes from an outside source (though that can help). It's a contentedness I can feel, that everything is good and ok within me.

I agree with this. It's a quiet, peaceful, content feeling inside.

I like the beach too, although any body of water is nice (e.g., lake, river, pond, etc). I love kayaking in bodies of water, especially in the mangrove areas in Florida

But happiness for me is being able to do the things I love and enjoying them while I do them. (Sometimes I do things I love but don't enjoy them b/c I'm depressed.)

[Slightlydelusional]

I once knew the answer to this question, but my life is so confusing and a wreck, I dont even know anymore .

Happiness is sitting in a comfy chair, staring out an open window during a steady storm. Just being, nothing else on my mind and no one else with me.

[Guiness187055]

I haven't been happy since I was a kid. I do not know what happiness is anymore. I don't think I am destined to find it. I just kinda exist.

[pirilin]

Chatting with you. Being a while.
My hapiness is based on material things. That's why I'll never be really happy.
Sometimes traveling, sometimes the company of friends, which I have none now.

[Unrigged64072835]

Happiness for me...fulfilling my purpose in life (whatever that is), enjoying things that are conducive to my wellbeing. Good relationships with my husband, my daughter, and my friends.

And ice cream and cookies would help as well.

[liveforsummer]

Originally Posted by Fharraige

Happiness for me...fulfilling my purpose in life (whatever that is), enjoying things that are conducive to my wellbeing. Good relationships with my husband, my daughter, and my friends.

And ice cream and cookies would help as well.

I second the ice cream and cookies!!

Happiness is being content with where my life is. Being in the woods or the mountains makes me happy

[Woolly Bugger]

Happiness is that very moment when a fish takes my fly.

[scatterbrained04]

I think I have to agree, that happiness is feeling content.

Being poolside on a sunny hot summer day with my son runs a close second.

mine is living for myself and doing what I want to do.

i'm not going to be told by others how to live life, and what to do/not doo.

personally, this is how I see it: you get 1 life, and if you spend it living for others, it's a waste

[Nammu]

Happiness.....I think I've given up on that.

[HarryKovert]

Happiness for me is being healthy and stable.