Are you happy and enjoying your life now?

August 24, 2011 7:13am CST
hello mylotters:) Are you happy and enjoying your life now? Everyone says, "How the time flies." The days go by, months and years, and the years finally become our whole life Each daily portion can be wasted, or it can be a pleasure, before it is forever gone. I heard many saying they will enjoy life if they retired and have more time to spare and more money to spend, or some other improved condition, but what if it might never happened or it may be too long in coming? so my question my friends is are you the kind of person who waits for the right time to be happy or you're already enjoying every minute of your life now? please share your stories and opinions with me:)
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32 responses
• Philippines
24 Aug 11
hi flowerfest08! Right now I am very happy and enjoying life. I believe that happiness is a choice. In spite problems and trials, I always count my blessing and always thankful to God for all the blessing He has showered upon me. Every morning when I wake up, I thank God for giving me another day to enjoy with my love ones, enjoy God's creation. God is so good all the time. My husband and I just built our dream house and I love every inch of it. We are enjoying our new house together with our children. This would not be successfully built without God's help. There are million reasons for me to be happy and thankful for and I don't think that one should wait for happiness to come. For I believe that we create our own happiness. We just have to open up our hearts and minds on what really matters to us the most and that is where we will know what makes us happy the most.
24 Aug 11
hi:) yeah you're absolutely right, it's always be a choice, you can take things in a positive way or take it as a negative, nobody can decide other than yourself. yeah there's no impossible with God, He is the greatest of the great. leaving everything with him will surely make your life complete and happy. thank you for your comment friend:)
24 Aug 11
I would say that overall I am very happy with my life. I’m not particularly fond on my job, but it’s the best job I’ve ever had, so I suppose it’s just a complaint about having to work in general lol. I have a lovely kind and decent partner, good friends, and a loving family.. I could do with more money but hey who couldn’t. Sometimes I worry that my life is passing me by slightly and I could be doing more, but over all I am quite happy.
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25 Aug 11
exactly.. always appreciate what you've got because you never know when you won't have it anymore :)
25 Aug 11
hi:) yes that's right,being happy in life doesn't mean you need to have everything you wish for, it's on how you appreciate what you have. yeah as long as you have your family and friends with you there is always a reason to be happy. thank you for your comment friend, wish you more happiness:)
@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
25 Aug 11
I am becoming happier as time goes on. A lot of the time I am fairly content with my life. Nearly two years ago, I kicked my noe-ex outof my ome, as he was violent. It was devastating. Since that time, I have felt at times as though I will ever get over what he did. Howver, I have moved on a great deal. I sold my too large home and bought a smaller comfortable home that my daughter and I are baoth happy with. I studied, and have had three jobs, the current one my best job. I have been on one small holiday. Yes, a lot of the time I am happy and enjoying life.
25 Aug 11
hi:) oh that's good! yes the way to have a happy life is to be contented on what you have. yeah forget about him, anyway for sure it's his lost! thank you for your comment friend:)
@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
24 Aug 11
A friend once told me that i shouldn't wait to be happy. I should choose to be happy and i should never depend my happiness on anybody or else i won't be happy in my life at all. Why wait for happiness to come when you can choose to be happy now? It's just a matter or perspective, mind conditioning and contentment in life. Simple things and joys can bring happiness to us. The fact that we are living and breathing can bring happiness too. And i am savoring each single moment i breathe! That's how happy i am!
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
24 Aug 11
Toniganzon is right, why wait? If we wait, and wish away the time we have, we are wasting many precious moments. It is our time and it is our choice.
24 Aug 11
hi:) nice to know that you're happy friend. yes that's true... I also don't understand those whose saying that they still need to wait until they have enough time and money to be happy, coz for what I know being happy is free. yes you're right just count every blessings and appreciate everything then you'll surely be happy. thank you for your comment friend:)
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• India
24 Aug 11
I am content with my life now because I just wanna have some thing to do in life. I want someone to care me. For that I have my parents who care much for me. I need some one to care and I have my parents so that I can care for them. I just wanna have some fun and I am getting it by deriving equations and having a mechanical life. So, Life never gets bored but its you who becomes bored for life. If you can understand these lines you would never ask me the question again.
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24 Aug 11
hi:) yeah doing many things you want to do in your life is nice... yeah sure having a family who really cares for us is a nice thing. enjoy your life more friend, and thank you for your comment:)
24 Aug 11
hi:) yeah doing many things you want to do in your life is nice... yeah sure having a family who really cares for us is a nice thing. enjoy your life more friend, and thank you for your comment:)
@pbbbsra (1214)
• Philippines
24 Aug 11
For me the best way to enjoy life is to live in the NOW. Spend each day of our lives realizing the good things and accepting the things we cannot have at that moment. We can make plans and dream about tomorrow but we should not worry about tomorrow. I live my life one day at a time and I try to enjoy each and everyday I have. I am happy with my marriage and being able to wake up everyday having the one I love beside me, being able to breathe and be alive are just the wonderful reason to be happy.
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25 Aug 11
hi:) yes that's right, why wait for tomorrow if you can be happy now right? that's a good prospective pbbsra, just count your blessings and enjoy your life everyday. thank you for your comment friend, wish you more happiness:)
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
25 Aug 11
Happiness depends on circumstances so if good things happen to you of course you will be happy. We don't really need to wait for the right time to be happy because for as long as we find something good everyday we can have reasons to smile and be happy. Nevertheless, if things that come are really bad, it is but natural to be sad and be unhappy but the best thing is when a person finds a way to pick up and get out of that unhappy situation. I am basically a person with positive outlook in life so in whatever circumstances I always choose to look at the good side whether the circumstance is bad I always believe God allowed it for good reasons. Of course we can't be happy all the time but for as long as there is peace and hope in our hearts then joy can be in our hearts as well. As all others are, I can't be happy all the time due to problems and sad events that normally occur in my daily walk but I assure you that I have joy in my heart always and that joy comes from knowing that despite all the tribulations of life there is God and that God is always with me and will never forsake me. So I enjoy every minute of my life. Each day is a blessing and I know that each day God has something good in store for me.
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• India
24 Aug 11
hai.iam not always happy but i will be happy always ,how ever my life is ,i try to enjoy each and every moment ,even if in good or bad situaions etc.
24 Aug 11
hi:) yeah better to be happy, it's a choice anyway, so why make your life miserable if you always have a better choice right? thank you for your comments friends:)
24 Aug 11
I am very happy with my life as of today. Each one of us faces problems, trials and everything else but we should not stop the way we live our lives normally because we know that God is giving that to us for us to be stronger in our lives. I am enjoying every second of my life as to what a saying goes "Life is too short" so we need to fulfill our lives with happiness at all times. I am contented with who, what, where I am now because I know it's God's will. So everyone of us should enjoy our lives.
@kingparker (9673)
• United States
25 Aug 11
Quite in the opposite, I am suffering in my life right now. With reckless spending while I was younger, I owe a lot of debt, and I am taking my steps to paying them down one by one. Also, I was too eager to trust someone, and let that person to scam my money away. Now, I owe a lot of debt, and I can't enjoy my life any more. I have to suffer through it.
25 Aug 11
hi:) oh that's sad, that person who scam your money away will surely pay it when his/her bad karma come. I wish your life to get better soon friend, thank you for your comment.
@acey76 (1276)
• Philippines
24 Aug 11
For me, I have to appreciate life as it is, I will not be a hypocrite to tell you guys that my life is good yes there are hard times, and actually most of my days are like that, but I have learned to take the positive side of the situation. Life won't be perfect but you can make it positively perfect for you.
@lumenmom (1986)
• United States
25 Aug 11
Acey, I really love your answer and am taking even now. I felt kinda whiny the other day, feeling sorry for myself because indeed I am going through a lot and it just keeps coming, but now I am trying to find the bright spot in each day no matter what else is happening and I am doing small things to treat myself better. Today I made a detox smoothie (it came out looking gross but tasted yummy) and I sat and watched the bird nest my window sill. I also vowed to have a meaningful conversation with at least one person each that I usually don't talk to or even a stranger. You are so right in that we can make it positively perfect for ourselves.
24 Aug 11
hi:) yes I agree with you, of course life is not that easy somehow along the way there is always a problem and pain. that's a good thing, it's nice to be optimist always. thank you for your comment friend:)
• United States
25 Aug 11
I agree there are a lot of hurdles for us all and there are more for some than others. However, we must take them as they come and learn to find some enjoyment out of the good that does occur. Many times it is a point of view or a matter of time to sit back and reflect on life as a whole. The other day I was driving and feeling sorry for myself. Then I looked in the rear view mirror and saw my two children and it put a smile on my face. I may not have everything I want material wise but I do have what I always prayed for and that is a good wife and great children. Sometimes when it comes to appreciating life I can't see the forest for the trees.
@jricky1 (6800)
• China
25 Aug 11
I kind of do not enjoy the life now,i have to say that i feel it is the most unforgetable time in my whole life,i graduated this year and i stepped into the society.But honestly,i do not like such life for dealing with all kinds of people.But i was trying to do something to change such situation.
25 Aug 11
hi:) yes just try to make it better and soon you'll appreciate things and will be happy. thank you for your comment friend, wish you more happiness!
@Dominique25 (9464)
• United States
24 Aug 11
I strongly agree with you. Life can be very short. It's important that we enjoy the time that we have. Our current situation, our retirement, our job/career may never improve. So if all we did is spend our time on these things and trying to reach them we haven't been able to enjoy our life. In the end we could be very disappointed. I try to make sure that I'm enjoying my life and not to be waiting for a particular time that I can be happy. This is a really good discussion thanks for reminding us the need to be happy even now.
25 Aug 11
hi:) yes you're right life is too short so we better make the most of it. yeah I think it's useless if you will wait for everything to get better before you enjoy life, anyway happiness is free. thank you for your comment friend, wish you more happiness!:)
@Rosa26 (2618)
• United States
27 Aug 11
Yes, I am happy with my life, I asked God to give me a family some years ago, I really wanted to feel how it feels, Now I am a happy wife and mother. So I feel happy with all what I have. Of course always want more, now I want a job a career, etc. Lol! we always want more!. But I love my present and I live my life asking my Lord in the prays that open my eyes to the blesses that I don't see because I am too busy asking for more. Yes is true most of the time we live our life just thinking about what we don't have and being blind about the blesses we already have. But yes I am happy! I hope your are too!. Blesses!.
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@ennaira (16)
• Philippines
25 Aug 11
right now i'm not that happy. i am waiting for something and still praying for that day to come. and while waiting, i keep myself busy by focusing on other things (like mylot).
25 Aug 11
hi:) oh why wait? I think just be happy while you're waiting, isn't that better? thank you for your comment friend, wish you more happiness!
@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
24 Aug 11
There are things in my life that I would like to change, but I cannot put off happiness waiting for that change. I must decide to be happy today. If I need to make changes then I should work towards them, but at the same time enjoy what I have. I think happiness comes from the inside.
25 Aug 11
hi:) yes that's true,waiting for thing to change is a waste of time, because you don't know when will it happen. thank you for your comment friend:) wish you more happiness!
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
24 Aug 11
I am happy at the moment and I am currently enjoying my life. I have had my two dogs hair cut this afternoon and they look gorgeous. On the way back from my disabled son's hospital appointment we drove past the seafront. It was raining quite hard by then so we came back home instead of stopping off there. Seeing the ocean and the country let me enjoy life. I am keen on reading books and writing stories which lets me enjoy life. I love to travel to different countries and I am so lucky because I have been able to visit more than fifty countries. I have children and they delight me just like my two dogs. Last year I moved to my bungalow and it is ideal for my family.
24 Aug 11
hi:) oh that's great, I think you have a blessed life. yes most parents are happy just being with their children, and I guess that's the happiest moment for them, like you. more blessings for you friend. thank you for your comment:)
@dodo19 (47049)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
24 Aug 11
I am happy with my life, and I am enjoying it. Granted, the hard times I go through aren't as pleasant as the good times, but everyone go through rough patches. However, I am still enjoying my life. I am still happy for the most part. The good times make up for the bad times.
24 Aug 11
hi:) yes that's true if you appreciate life and everything that's with it including pain and sorrows, then you really are going to be happy. positive views about life is I think one of the key to happiness. thank you for your comment friend:)
@anitha123 (252)
• India
24 Aug 11
I feel I am the happiest person in the world. I enjoy every moment of my life with people around me.
25 Aug 11
hi:) oh that's nice! enjoy your life more friend:) wish you luck! thanks for your comment.
@koperty3 (1876)
24 Aug 11
I'm happy because I have someone to share my life with. Without my partner I wouldn't be happy. We have some ups and downs with financial aspects of our life but accept this I think I can still enjoy my life.
24 Aug 11
hi:) oh that's good, yes everybody needs someone on their side to be happy, someone who can cheer you up when something goes wrong. thank you for your comment friend:)
24 Aug 11
I am not happy with my life. From my early childhood onwards I was suffering for want of money because my parents were very poor and we were not able to make both end meet. Money and favorable conditions should prevail then only you can enjoy life. Even if you have plenty of money and if your health is poor or if you are ill you cannot enjoy life.
25 Aug 11
hi:) oh that's sad, but I wish that everything will get better to you soon. thank you for your comment friend:)