What is true happiness and where can we find it?

@mallu30 (461)
India
May 10, 2011 9:58am CST
Some people spend their whole lives looking for true happiness, and never find it. But some people find happiness in every moment. They appears that happiness is lies with in them only. They seems to be happy when things are even going wrong. How is it possible for them? Why can't we be like that? Can't we cultivate the same?
7 responses
@chiwasaki (4694)
• Philippines
19 May 11
In my own opinion, true happiness can be found you realize your reason for your existence. You will know that you are not living only for yourself but it is for other people. Happiness and love are related, love yourself and share love a.nd you will be happy.
@bird123 (10632)
• United States
11 May 11
We all have the power to Choose what we deem important in life. We can value hurt, hate, doom, and gloom OR we can value joy, love, kindness, beauty. Which is your focus in life. What do you choose to value? Happiness is no more than A choice. I will always be happy. All the unhappy things aren't really important now are they??? Yes, let's smell those wonderful roses in life. Isn't life GRAND??
@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
10 May 11
I just had a talk about this with my kids (they are teens) yesterday actually...TRUE happiness DOES lie within ourselves and thats IMO the ONLY place you can find it..Sadly some thing it comes from material things and wealth etc but it doesnt...Its inside each and every one of us....Why can't some be like that? Well the only thing I can think of is fear (change is scary regardless of whether or not its a positive change) and/or lack of belief in themselves maybe. Really though, its NOT HARD to find happiness in life..Like I said to my kids, when life is getting you down, put it into perspective...Tbink of how fortunate you are on even the simpliest level..We take little things for granted sadly like being able to get out of bed without assistance or being able to function on your own, having ppl who love you and care about you, being able to see and hear the world etc etc...As for seeing the positive in even the harshest of things..Well that takes work but its doable and believe it or not makes the harsh things easier to deal with and get through..
• Romania
10 May 11
I think we can find happiness in every thing around us.Is very important to learn how to make ourselves happy from simple things.You will certainly know the moment you are happy,is special.
@gorila (186)
• Indonesia
10 May 11
true happiness in my opinion is, the pleasure that comes from the deepest heart. we do not need to look for true happiness, because true happiness would come by itself, if we go through everything with sincerity.
@Achaiah (34)
• Mexico
10 May 11
Interesting subject, to me hapiness its kind of funny; there are times in our life, when we feel we have everything we need to be happy, then again there are times when we cant find the good side of anything I personally think the my hapiness comes when i find the joy in what i have, share it with the ones i love, and sherish the moments i had with the ones that are gone from my life. I must admit that doesnt happens everytime and I do tend to get nostalgic, mad, pesimist, etc from time to time, but its a lifetime quest to find true and eternal hapiness i guess
• India
10 May 11
Hi, Happiness level is differ from everyone My happiness is my children, when every the play with me, they talk , they dance all r the happiest moment in my life but my most happiest moment is the last mothers day they both give me a gift and say love u ma, i loved it.