What makes people happy?

[bknight2602]

From USA Today page 1, What makes people happy, psychologists now know.

The happiest people surround themselves with family and friends, don't care about keeping up with the Jones next door, lose themselves in daily activities and, most important, forgive easily.

Is it this easy, and if so why aren't more people happy?

Discuss!

 

[Kitte]

because most people spend all their time trying to keep up with the joneses...fighting with their families...and hold a grudge.

 

[Blindinthedark]

From USA Today page 1, What makes people happy, psychologists now know.

Never trust a shrink. They'll get you believing that you have a thing for your parents

 

[bknight2602]

because most people spend all their time trying to keep up with the joneses...fighting with their families...and hold a grudge.

Maybe tht is why poor people are happier?

 

[Eumenides]

Re: Re: What makes people happy?

Never trust a shrink. They'll get you believing that you have a thing for your parents

A shrink is a psychiatrist. A totally different species.

 

[intrigued]

Hello BK!

It isn't that it's necessarily easy, you don't just wake up one day and decide "I'm gonna be happy and it's gonna be so damn easy", it takes a bit of doing. I think you have to first know yourself really well to know what it is that makes you happy, and
that is what you should nurture and explore. I think often we do too much of what is expected of us and what we think is supposed to be done, versus doing what makes us feel good, comfortable, and at peace.
Have you ever noticed that the more we advance in the area of technology and buy into all that is supposed to make our lives easier, that we become more stressed, life is more hectic, and there is never enough time (or even the *right* time) to just sit and breathe, and just enjoy?
This is why I opt for simplicity, a small world, and giving to (and doing) what is right for me and those that matter to me.

 

[christcat69]

I'd rather be surrounded by warm pillows and blankets, and my vibrator.

 

[Pamela]

Maybe tht is why poor people are happier?

Could be. I'm broke but insanely happy!!

 

[Blindinthedark]

Re: Re: Re: What makes people happy?

A shrink is a psychiatrist. A totally different species.

Mandrian oranges and Navel Oranges. Both still oranges. heh heh
At least psychiatrists can perscribe drugs to you.
With psychologists you don't even get a full hour of their time! 50 min hour my ass lol

 

[Guest]

I would be happy if Hanns could get his limp dick up so he could get off the board and go fuck his buddy 4

 

[bknight2602]

I'd rather be surrounded by warm pillows and blankets, and my vibrator.

That sounds provocative until your batteries wear out!

 

[Trail48]

Hello BK!

It isn't that it's necessarily easy, you don't just wake up one day and decide "I'm gonna be happy and it's gonna be so damn easy", it takes a bit of doing. I think you have to first know yourself really well to know what it is that makes you happy, and
that is what you should nurture and explore. I think often we do too much of what is expected of us and what we think is supposed to be done, versus doing what makes us feel good, comfortable, and at peace.
Have you ever noticed that the more we advance in the area of technology and buy into all that is supposed to make our lives easier, that we become more stressed, life is more hectic, and there is never enough time (or even the *right* time) to just sit and breathe, and just enjoy?
This is why I opt for simplicity, a small world, and giving to (and doing) what is right for me and those that matter to me.

So you'll trade the Porsche, for the Porch?

 

[Guest]

 

[MissTaken]

I believe most people look at what they have and want more, even when what they have makes them delirously happy.

Then, they caught up with how they appear to the casual on looker. Hence keeping up with the Jones'.

Of course, if two people enter a room, one dressed to the nines and full of themselves, complete with a plastic grin and the other in discount store jeans and a sweat shirt, wearing a big smile and full of confidence, who are you drawn to?

 

[NyteCruzr]

Hello BK!

It isn't that it's necessarily easy, you don't just wake up one day and decide "I'm gonna be happy and it's gonna be so damn easy", it takes a bit of doing. I think you have to first know yourself really well to know what it is that makes you happy, and
that is what you should nurture and explore. I think often we do too much of what is expected of us and what we think is supposed to be done, versus doing what makes us feel good, comfortable, and at peace.
Have you ever noticed that the more we advance in the area of technology and buy into all that is supposed to make our lives easier, that we become more stressed, life is more hectic, and there is never enough time (or even the *right* time) to just sit and breathe, and just enjoy?
This is why I opt for simplicity, a small world, and giving to (and doing) what is right for me and those that matter to me.

Dear Beautiful Lady
I am impressed, you are learning. In alignment with your thoughts, actually a shadow of them is this: Each of us is responsible for our own happiness, no one else. No one can make you happy, you either are or you are not. Thus, to become involved with another for the sole purpose of having them make you happy is to begin the end of almost any relationship. Find your own happiness then find someone who is also happy. Two happys should make for a wonderful relationship.

Nyte, "On Life's Journey"

 

[Guest]

Well we all know I have a limp dick!!



Me, I'm happiest when my stock of viagra comes in

 

[intrigued]

Dear Beautiful Lady
I am impressed, you are learning. In alignment with your thoughts, actually a shadow of them is this: Each of us is responsible for our own happiness, no one else. No one can make you happy, you either are or you are not. Thus, to become involved with another for the sole purpose of having them make you happy is to begin the end of almost any relationship. Find your own happiness then find someone who is also happy. Two happys should make for a wonderful relationship.

Nyte, "On Life's Journey"

Hello again nyte, its been awhile, as always...
You are absolutely correct, and YOU said it even better. I don't think I can ever stress enough the importance of that journey, of taking the time to find out what makes us tick, and ticking for ourselves. Only then can we tick for another.
I truly hope your journey has brought you to a better place, and that it always will.



Trail...the porch, ofcourse. You know me....

 

[bknight2602]

Could be. I'm broke but insanely happy!!

At least you don't have to keep up with the Joneses!

 

[erosman]

Sometimes, I think people acquire a taste for bitterness, and for some strange reason they end up preferring it over happiness. Go figure.

 

[st4nton]

From USA Today page 1, What makes people happy, psychologists now know.

The happiest people surround themselves with family and friends, don't care about keeping up with the Jones next door, lose themselves in daily activities and, most important, forgive easily.

Is it this easy, and if so why aren't more people happy?

Discuss!

cause theyre not drinking enough beer.

 

[Guest]

we dont have any Jones's around here so thats a relief.

 

[bknight2602]

Re: Re: What makes people happy?

cause theyre not drinking enough beer.

LMAO, the psychologists forgot that one!

 

[bknight2602]

Of course, if two people enter a room, one dressed to the nines and full of themselves, complete with a plastic grin and the other in discount store jeans and a sweat shirt, wearing a big smile and full of confidence, who are you drawn to?

The same can be said about the "looks" of people. We are all attracted to beauty, when that beauty may be ugly under the skin!

 

[Secret Pleasure]

From USA Today page 1, What makes people happy, psychologists now know.

The happiest people surround themselves with family and friends, don't care about keeping up with the Jones next door, lose themselves in daily activities and, most important, forgive easily.

Is it this easy, and if so why aren't more people happy?

Discuss!

I think it's true. Once you stop looking over your shoulder at what someone else has and you realize what you already have, things don't seem so bad.

 

[Secret Pleasure]

The same can be said about the "looks" of people. We are all attracted to beauty, when that beauty may be ugly under the skin!

How very true!!!

I've met some beautiful ppl that once I've gotten to know them were not all that beautiful anymore.

On the other hand... beauty from within is amazing.