Happiness
The concept of happiness, and the levels that it's measured in is highly debatable. Some people think happiness is feeling ecstatic, when things are great. Some people think happiness is a line that rises and falls and others think it simply means not being sad.
I think if you decide that happiness means ecstasy, you're setting everything else up for mediocrety or less. If you're only happy when something incredible happens, does that mean you're unhappy when something good happens? I find that idea very sad, and even sadder that I think I know people who think like this. They're setting themselves for an unhappy life, in my opinion.
The idea of happiness being a line that rises and falls sounds good, but isn't right for me. It makes a lot more sense, I think of measuring happiness by events. Sometimes something good happens, then something bad, then something amazing, then a slight dip and so all. However, I like continuity and am lucky enough to have a "good life" so I can chose option three...
I feel that I am happy when I'm not sad. I am happy all the time, until something happens to alter that. In my life, I am lucky enough to have friends, family, accomodation, education and plenty of love in my life that I CAN think like that. I find that if I look at my life from an outsiders view who doesn't know me, my life is pretty good. Compared to so many unhappy people, I am happy and until I feel upset or angry, or depressed or thrilled, I am happy.
What I find terribly saddening though, if I feel that a lot of my friends also have blessed lives. Blessed compared to so many other people, but they view happiness and being happy in a different way than I do. And sometimes I just get so sad for them.
I think if you decide that happiness means ecstasy, you're setting everything else up for mediocrety or less. If you're only happy when something incredible happens, does that mean you're unhappy when something good happens? I find that idea very sad, and even sadder that I think I know people who think like this. They're setting themselves for an unhappy life, in my opinion.
The idea of happiness being a line that rises and falls sounds good, but isn't right for me. It makes a lot more sense, I think of measuring happiness by events. Sometimes something good happens, then something bad, then something amazing, then a slight dip and so all. However, I like continuity and am lucky enough to have a "good life" so I can chose option three...
I feel that I am happy when I'm not sad. I am happy all the time, until something happens to alter that. In my life, I am lucky enough to have friends, family, accomodation, education and plenty of love in my life that I CAN think like that. I find that if I look at my life from an outsiders view who doesn't know me, my life is pretty good. Compared to so many unhappy people, I am happy and until I feel upset or angry, or depressed or thrilled, I am happy.
What I find terribly saddening though, if I feel that a lot of my friends also have blessed lives. Blessed compared to so many other people, but they view happiness and being happy in a different way than I do. And sometimes I just get so sad for them.