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What is the key to happiness in life in your experience?

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  • 09-06-2013 8:55pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 49


    Based on your life experience, what is the key to happiness? Here are some popular contenders:

    - Having whatever you want
    - Becoming rich and famous
    - Attaining wealth and power
    - Having a positive attitude
    - Attaining freedom from external control
    - Doing what you love for a living
    - Being true to yourself
    - Having lots of good caring friends
    - Having romantic love
    - Having sex with different women
    - Receiving public recognition and praise for your accomplishments
    - Rising to the top of your career ladder
    - Becoming successful in business or career
    - Becoming self-aware and spiritual
    - Doing creative work
    - Peace of mind and good health
    - Helping others
    - Giving love and receiving love
    - Raising a happy family in a good home

    What do you think? What's the most important out of all those?

    What has been the key to your happiness? What do you think is the ideal path to happiness?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 12,434 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Crinklewood


    Ear plugs


  • Registered Users Posts: 725 ✭✭✭Norwesterner


    Keeping life simple.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    Attaining freedom from external control :D For sure.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Try not to be too much of a cnut and you'll be there or thereabouts.


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Doing things that make you happy.

    That's the most specific answer I can give you, because different things make different people happy.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,857 ✭✭✭professore


    Enjoy the happy bits, and go visit a terminal cancer ward. Happiness is a state of mind.


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,342 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    Few words 'inner peace and tranquility!' no weight or rubbish on shoulder. No worries. Not having to put up with crap from life things and people. Less problems to deal with. Go to bed happy. Enjoy your day and life.

    No complications things and life simple!


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,145 ✭✭✭LETHAL LADY


    - Having sex with different women

    Would this be the "harmless" forced penetration you referred to in another thread?
    Never understood this view. In my view, rape should be punished equally with aggravated assault, if even that. Is it REALLY so, so bad to be forcibly penetrated? I do agree the crime deserves jail time, but only a minimal sentence. False accusations of rape are obviously rampant, so if 10 to 15 years was given, the chance of innocent men serving that time is extremely high.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    Sunshine and being a good person.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭livinsane


    I am most happy when I am feeling useful.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭Festy


    Being rich without the fame.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭Mariasofia


    Treat others as you yourself would like to be treated.


  • Registered Users Posts: 49 mangochavez


    Would this be the "harmless" forced penetration you referred to in another thread?

    When did I ever say "harmless" in all my posts on this site? How is this me implying it's harmless?: "In my view, rape should be punished equally with aggravated assault." Why do you think you can misquote people?

    Moderator, please remove this crap post she posted from this thread. This thread is supposed to be a deep discussion about life.


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    Would this be the "harmless" forced penetration you referred to in another thread?
    It's not really fair to bring that quote from another thread in here though is it.
    It's not relevant to this thread.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,388 ✭✭✭KingOfFairview


    Being relaxed and confident.


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    Being at peace with yourself. Everything else is out of your control.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    It's not really fair to bring that quote from another thread in here though is it.
    It's not relevant to this thread.

    I think she was just making people aware of said posters frame of mind as in 'can you trust that persons comment', and his comment 'highlighted' makes me worry also of said persons frame of mind


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭Hownowcow


    When did I ever say "harmless" in all my posts on this site? How is this me implying it's harmless?: "In my view, rape should be punished equally with aggravated assault." Why do you think you can misquote people?

    Moderator, please remove this crap post she posted from this thread. This thread is supposed to be a deep discussion about life.


    It's just a question copied from another website.

    http://www.happierabroad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12726


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,148 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    What's wrong with you OP? 5 threads you have started are all about life and death.


  • Registered Users Posts: 779 ✭✭✭jaxdasher


    pizza


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 603 ✭✭✭Yellowblackbird


    It's not really fair to bring that quote from another thread in here though is it.
    It's not relevant to this thread.


    She's just screwed him (harmlessly)


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,598 ✭✭✭aligator_am


    Let's see what Conan thinks...



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Exercise leads having a healthy mind and body.


  • Registered Users Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    Find things and people that you like.

    And do them.

    Hahahaah.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,145 ✭✭✭LETHAL LADY


    It's not really fair to bring that quote from another thread in here though is it.
    It's not relevant to this thread.

    Both threads are still active on the first page, I just happened to finish reading the one I quoted before reading this thread.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭Playboy


    working part time for €180 a week and working out a bit


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,377 ✭✭✭zenno


    Ruubot2 wrote: »
    Exercise leads having a healthy mind and body.

    I absolutely agree with this ^


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭Prodigious


    This chap reminds me of Chemical Burn except more annoying.


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    zenno wrote: »
    I think she was just making people aware of said posters frame of mind as in 'can you trust that persons comment', and his comment 'highlighted' makes me worry also of said persons frame of mind
    Granted, but there's no signs of trolling from the OP in this thread so I think it should have been left out.
    Not trying to have a go here or anything at you Lethal Lady, just making the point.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,145 ✭✭✭LETHAL LADY


    Granted, but there's no signs of trolling from the OP in this thread so I think it should have been left out.
    Not trying to have a go here or anything at you Lethal Lady, just making the point.

    Thats ok (wipes away tears), OP has just been banned so no harm done.


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