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Fire37
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just being able to love yourself and not let the problems around you get you down.
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2:53 pm on July 8, 2008 | Joined April 2006 | 360 Days Active
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Silence of Thought
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I believe that true happiness is found when one is content and satisfied with his/her current state in all ways. If one has reached a desired equilibrium with his/her world, then such a person is truly happy. However, I think that very few people in the world can achieve true happiness.
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Silence of Thought
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Quote: from Avenue D at 2:58 pm on July 8, 2008
 Quote: from Silence of Thought at 2:55 pm on July 8, 2008
I believe that true happiness is found when one is content and satisfied with his/her current state in all ways. If one has reached a desired equilibrium with his/her world, then such a person is truly happy. However, I think that very few people in the world can achieve true happiness. 
I totally agree; happiness is rare in the world and equilibrium with their world was the exact term I was trying to think up of on my first post. I haven't exactly reached that state, not yet, but I'm trying.
As I said, it's a rare state to achieve. I think that humans are naturally ambitious, and always want more (this of course works against happiness), so it would take only the utmost discipline to resist ambition. But good luck anyway.
I have not set true happiness as my life goal because I am not willing to go through such discipline. Rather, my goal is to be remembered positively for a long time after my death.
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Tru7h004
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Happiness is being to able to be content with letting nature take its course. It's being able to to be content with the cosmos and the environment around you and being able to see where every little thing fits in the whole scheme of things.
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Clouse227
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Quote: from branflakes at 11:22 am on July 9, 2008
You can't make such a bold statement in a thread like this and expect everyone to believe you. We haven't even defined happiness yet, so how can you make conclusions about how to attain it? If you desire happiness, it may be because you don't have it at that moment, but that doesn't mean that you'll never attain it. You make it sound like the desire itself is what makes you happy or not, when in fact it's just a by-product of your "happy" or "not happy" state of mind.
I did define happiness in my first post (well tried anyway). It was the first thing I attempted to do. If you want a more in depth answer as to how I define happiness I can tell you if youd fancy it. From the sound of it however, your "happiness" seems to just be a neurological or mind state of being, while my "happiness" is something more intangible/mysterious/ and beyond chemistry. My definition seems less logical, more spiritual, and yours is the vice-versa. Once again though, this all an assumption on your definition of happiness and if I misinterpreted I apologize in advance.
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exceedinglyrare
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Happiness is the pleasant emotion brought about by circumstances being favorable. It typically doesn't exist when circumstances are not favorable.
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Uruz 7
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Happiness, to my experience is simply a state of the mind. It is the so-called postivie reactions to the facts or elements around us that influence our emotions. This is probably why theres the saying that every cloud has a silver lining. Facts are merely facts, but we choose how we respond to them, may it be positive or negative. Sometimes, long-term hapiness is not really hapiness but to be more accurate, is contentment. A close friend of mine pointed this out, and I've finally found tha perfect word to describe what I want in life, and contentment really solves virtually all my issues, for I am happy with who I am, and knowing that I always do my best in anything I do. So regardless of what happens, even if I lose verything, I am content. I cannot lapse into sadness or hate, neither can I be carried away in ecstasy. Its a straneg tradeoff to be neutral to emotion, but I feel that is the best practical method to actually be happy. So, theres no such thing as being happy or sad. Its the result, of what we choose to feel, and NOT what we feel. It is always the result of what we yearn for, that creates the sadness, rather than the events themselves. Quite a simple concept, but billions out there still fall into this age-old trap, you feel what you want to to be exact. My own theory behind it, based on what I've felt.
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When that doesn't work, I guess I just gotta gun you down.
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