Are you a happy person?

United States
June 16, 2011 9:20pm CST
I really am a happy person, though I have not always been. My life has gotten better in the past few years, and I have simply learned how to cope with things that used to be very difficult for me. Another thing is, I have a positive outlook. I don't know if it is fair for me to not want to be in the company of people who are always unhappy, especially if I cannot help them. I really do try to help people, but sometimes it brings me down, and people do take advantage of me sometimes. I mean, what is a happy person?
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14 responses
• United States
17 Jun 11
I'm not happy with my life right now, although I am trying to change that. I have never been a Debby-downer, unless I simply don't like the person. I have had great coping skills for years, but that still doesn't help me not get sad over things. It's really hard to keep a positive outlook when you are literally at rock bottom. In my opinion, a happy person would be someone who is generally happy with their life, the way it's going, and all those in it. I don't think one can really be truly happy until they learn to accept the way things around them are, and if they can't do that then they must change them.
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@sizzle3000 (3036)
• United States
17 Jun 11
I think that a happy person is just someone who is really optomistic. I mean I am happy but I have a big pessamistic side. I think that things happen for a reason and if it's meant to happen it will. Since I've moved I still have that side but I find that I'm more pleasant and that I am finding more joy in my life. It's all on your outlook and how you look at things, I guess.
17 Jun 11
I dont know
@mods196621 (3652)
• Philippines
17 Jun 11
Within me i am a happy person because inside i feel the happiness if i can help others and give them what them to be happy. Silently i feel this and I am not a showy type of person. I can smile and laugh but in terms of giving help or offering help to others i do this silently and from this i feel the silent happiness within me. This is the real feelings i wanted to feel so I always pray to God to give me more graces to share with others.
@didi13 (2926)
• Romania
17 Jun 11
Do not rush me life, give me to enjoy the flakes of snow, the sun's caress. Every moment is time. Often people ruin the moment by trying to make it last forever. We are only words laid on pages of life, words spoken at random, birds singing, the great struggles. The circle of life, every moment carries with it a value and a miracle from everlasting youth. The same soul I wear every day with me ...
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
18 Jun 11
I am happy when I play with my grandsons. I am happy when I meet my children who stay far away. At the same time I cannot be in my place, if I want to be with my children and hence slightly not happy. Considering the way I was at 10 or so now at 61 I should say I am very happy. Considerable progress has been there in life more than what one could have expected. Basically I am not after extra comforts like car, servants etc. and that makes me more happy. On the whole I am an 80% happy person and my avatar is also 'Happy'. have a happy day.
18 Jun 11
I am a happy person, why because i don't consider that the outer conditions or situations or people that makes you unhappy IT IS YOU THAT MAKES YOU UNHAPPY. happiness is always inside of us we just have to look at it. and a big reason to be positive is "law of polarity" this is a universal law what we send outside we get them back in return, if we send the positive thoughts we get the positive things in return also if we send the negative thoughts we get the negative things so stay positive and stay in a happy mood as long as you can. "HAPPINESS IS JUST A MINDSET" so maintain that mindset. stay positive and stay happy....
@padu19 (1441)
• India
17 Jun 11
Well, basically I am not a very happy person. I keep thinking about the negatives aspects of my life. This could be basically due to comparison. We often try to compare ourselves with the other person's life. But, however, I am changing myself these days. We never know what is his/her journey of life all about. We can't just compare ourselves with someone else's life, just because they are leading a better life at this point of time! Cheers!! Have a great day! By the way, this is agood topic!
@oscar6 (1938)
• United States
17 Jun 11
I would say that I am a overall happy person. I try to look at the postives in life in everything. Sometimes life is hard but by looking at the positives you can make it better. I think that being a happy person is being mentally stable and learning how to feel great about yourself and great about how to live your life. That is what makes a happy person.
• India
17 Jun 11
Hie friend in our life no matter how much happiness we have we equally have the same amount of sorrows, remember always in life that there is no happiness with sorrows. Sorrows are part of life and we should be able to cope with it. I sometimes feel like iam on the top of the world whereas sometimes i feel very depressed and miserable but this is life and we should be able to find a way out from each and every situation. When happiness is around us we feel very joyful and enjoy every moment also it has the power to heal a depressed person. In my life i have experienced much sorrows and happiness in my life. Whenever sorrows come i get lost in the beginning but sometimes we should be trying hard to feel the positiveness around us. A happy person is the one who is able to cope with his troubles and enjoys every situation as if his life is at the fullest.
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
17 Jun 11
Well happy tends to be something that is up to debate. I don't want to call myself rather happy a lot of the time, but rather, the fact is that I am going to really be content. Being content is a rather good thing about life in a multitude of ways when you think about it. There are many times where I am more than content in life, where I am what considered to be a happy person. Or an even more happy person, one that is really enjoying a lot of life, to its fullest. Often times it is really a scary kind of happy, that might be a little uncomfortable for a lot of people. There is such a thing as being too happy, as it tends to allow the trip down to reality being rather harsh and a really hard collision. Still there are really often times where I am going to be someone that considers to be rather happy. There is just a lot of things to enjoy to life and that is really something that does hit a lot of those sweet spots in life. Most of the time however, I am rather content and extremely comfortable in a lot of ways. Granted, that is a pretty good place to be when you really think about it. That is really a lot of great parts in life and it is just a rather wonderful reality in a lot of time. So yeah, be happy in life, or at least extremely comfortable. Life will be much more comfortable in a number of ways for sure. So enjoy life, it is worth living.
@jhaidro (877)
• Philippines
17 Jun 11
I am over thinking of the sad things. These days I just try to think of the happy thoughts and just do things that would make me and others happy. I too love to please everyone and you are right that there are people who just takes advantage. The way I see it, I will just let them be and continue to do my best to have a happy life. I always believe that each one of us will get what is due to us so I just move on even if things get ugly some times and you meet people who wants to hold you down.
• Philippines
17 Jun 11
A happy person is someone who is satisfied, learns to smile despite the pressures, hardships and storms of life. Though normally, everybody is happy when everything goes so well, fortunes and lucks come along but when things bring them down they become angry and hopeless. I believe a happy person is someone who has Jesus in his heart, because rest assured even when trials slaps, he is rest assured by the loving hoping we have from GOD.
• Philippines
17 Jun 11
It is not in the pursuit of HAPPINESS that we find fulfillment,it is in the happiness of pursuing what you want in life or what you want to be.. Happiness cannot be traveled to,owned,earned,worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love,grace and gratitude. Also you find HAPPINESS if know how to be contented and thankful with what you have. For me,that is TRUE HAPPINESS in life.
17 Jun 11
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