Waiting to be happy

Greengrant · 05-02-2019 08:50AM #1

Are you waiting to be happy or are you happy right now?

mistress_gi · 05-02-2019 08:54AM

I am medium happy. Could be happier but could be much less happy.
I hope you appreciate my contribution to this thread, that would significantly increase my general level of happiness

Outkast_IRE · 05-02-2019 08:55AM

Greengrant wrote: »

Are you waiting to be happy or are you happy right now?

Happy right now. Happiness is not something for most that will just naturally happen. You need to pursue your own dreams and goals, most important is to take pleasure in the small things in life such as a stroll with the dog, the lovely smell of the air on a crisp winters morning etc.

BeerWolf · 05-02-2019 09:14AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD8LgbJVNGQ

arybvtcw0eolkf · 05-02-2019 10:03AM

I'm happy.

I think most people can make the choice whether to be miserable or happy.

05-02-2019 10:05AM

It's human nature not to be completely contented I think.
It's largely a choice to be happy or not depending on your outlook........if there's no serious sh1t going on one should be able to positively change their outlook towards happiness over time

Graces7 · 05-02-2019 10:08AM

Zaiden Wrong Snack wrote: »

I'm happy.

I think most people can make the choice whether to be miserable or happy.

someone defined it as being happy in your own skin. I am happy in that meaning. so much to be thankful for and content in ...

Kevin Finnerty · 05-02-2019 10:24AM

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

Happy right now. Happiness is not something for most that will just naturally happen. You need to pursue your own dreams and goals, most important is to take pleasure in the small things in life such as a stroll with the dog, the lovely smell of the air on a crisp winters morning etc.

Until they dump on the path and you've got to get down there with a bag in one hand and holding your nose with the other because you can actually see the smell rising up to meet you.

amcalester · 05-02-2019 10:26AM

I'm happy, but not necessarily content. There are things I would like to do with my life that I have not yet done, but not having done them does not make me unhappy.

Outkast_IRE · 05-02-2019 10:38AM

Kevin Finnerty wrote: »

Until they dump on the path and you've got to get down there with a bag in one hand and holding your nose with the other because you can actually see the smell rising up to meet you.

If my only problem in life was picking up my dogs poop on our walk then I would be leading a pretty simple life. Plus once a dog's diet is healthy and good quality it keeps the poop smell minimal and the consistency solid.

fergiesfolly · 05-02-2019 10:49AM

I break it down into happiness which is fleeting and contentedness, which is more long-term.
I am content at the moment, if not happy.
I realise the my current state is not ideal, but will pass if I strive to overcome it.
I think if you can concentrate more on attaining long term contentedness, you are better able to handle short term moments of sadness.

TomSweeney · 05-02-2019 10:58AM

Happiness is a journey!
I'm living !

That's enough!

jester77 · 05-02-2019 11:01AM

Dr. Zeus wrote:

.... toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place...

...for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or the waiting around for a Yes or No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.

Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for the wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.

NO!
That's not for you!

Stop waiting, life's too bloody short

topper75 · 05-02-2019 11:13AM

Depends if your hormones allow you to feel happy in any given moment.

Same for all people.

Danzy · 05-02-2019 11:17AM

Being happy all the time is as unnatural as being unhappy all the time.

There will be entire years where you'll be either unhappy or just plodding along.

It's often the things that are not immediately happy or have nothing about them that are the worthwhile or meaningful things in life.

Seve OB · 05-02-2019 12:00PM

Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet

05-02-2019 12:08PM

Any minute now I expect..

biko · 05-02-2019 12:09PM

I am moving between contentment and happiness.
Most importantly - I am not unhappy, which is nice

Ariadne · 05-02-2019 12:35PM

I'm working on it. I think it's something we all have to work on.

Reminds me of this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9WZtxRWieM

sbsquarepants · 05-02-2019 12:44PM

Happiness is but a dream for me at the moment, all I know is pain and misery.

Not really, but I have a virus and feel about as unwell as I have ever felt in my entire life, so at the moment I'm just wallowing in self pity / praying for death. I should really be home in bed but my credit card took an awfull beating over Christmas so I have to soldier on for the almighty dollar.

If it wasn't for that I'd be a perfectly happy little bunny.

Seve OB · 05-02-2019 12:47PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMD_SWtPzlk

Seve OB · 05-02-2019 12:49PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKyuistISkY

Seve OB · 05-02-2019 12:50PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g6GDat1zFg

Seve OB · 05-02-2019 12:52PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVKv_IQB4mw

Seve OB · 05-02-2019 12:56PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIckHmwZAeI

MPFGLB · 05-02-2019 01:00PM

THose adverts were so amasing ....anyone who saw them and the tagline never forgot them ...now that is advertising

I dont remember who said it but someone said a man is about as happy as he makes his mind up to be. There is alot of truth in that ..and where you are and what you are doing has little to do with it. Alot of people worry about the future or obsess about the past but all is an illusion. We only have the hear and now ..live in the now and be grateful for that and you are along way towards happiness

Now on the other hand if you are striving for something better or bigger ..to be somewhere else or have something else you may have goals and plans but you wont always be happy...not even when you get what you wanted

Seve OB · 05-02-2019 01:04PM

last one is gold

mad muffin · 05-02-2019 01:10PM

I’m waiting to die. I don’t have dreams. In my sleep or in life…

05-02-2019 01:15PM

Almost been too happy for too long now for some reason or other. Starting to get paranoid that credit is going to run out and things are going to go entirely awry. But I guess that has to happen for most of us eventually. I did have a small issue with burnout some months back but I think I dealt with it.

ArchXStanton · 05-02-2019 01:50PM

Put it this way, I could be depressed if I wanted to be

Vela · 05-02-2019 01:54PM

Happiness is found in moments. I don't think it's a constant state of being and anyone who says it is, is lying to themselves or everyone else IMO. The journey is in finding and creating enough of those moments to get you through the tougher times.

Waiting to be happy

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