Happiness

[Mr J]

How do you define being happy?
Enjoying myself.

What is the difference between happiness and contentment?
Expectations?

What makes you sad?
I find some things sad, but I don't become sad, if that makes any sense.

What makes you angry?
Nothing.

Do you have an expectation of being happy, or would you concur with Thoreau's suggestion that "most men lead lives of quiet desperation"?
I have no expectations, and I think this is a key to happiness (it is for me). I agree with Thoreau, I think most people make too many compromises in life to be truly happy. I also think happiness is found within, while many people seem look externally.

 

[starwars_guy456]

Sorry Julia,

I will need to think about your questions a little more deeply before answering.

But what I can answer, is your query about the word 'puff'. The term "mere puff" has been defined in our common law, haha!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffery

Although I think you may have been referring to "posturing" that some people love to display, instead of the Contract law definition!

-Edwin

 

[Julia]

Sorry Julia,

I will need to think about your questions a little more deeply before answering.

Fine. Think away, Edwin. We await your conclusions.

But what I can answer, is your query about the word 'puff'. The term "mere puff" has been defined in our common law, haha!

From reading the definition in the link you supplied, I'd guess that probably what is referred to as "puff" would commonly these days be defined as 'spin".
And no, it has nothing to do with happiness or contentment, as far as I can see.
I'm having some difficulty in seeing where you found a connection, to be honest.

Although I think you may have been referring to "posturing" that some people love to display, instead of the Contract law definition!

I've just looked back to my original post and am baffled as to how you suppose I was referring to posturing as above. I simply asked what made members happy, what their expectations of happiness and/or contentment were, etc.

Many people have given great definitions of what happiness means to them.

Maybe when you've done that thinking, we will hear what actually makes you happy.

In another few weeks, happiness for me will be a new puppy.

 

[Gordon Gekko]

If you can always remember to "Keep true to the dreams of thy youth." Then how can you ever go wrong regards to happiness.

What makes me angry? random acts of violence where some drunk bogen one punches another guy at the pub and ends up being the punch that kills him. Later to find out he has a wife and kids. Then a year later reading in the paper that the said bogen gets a suspended sentence cause he cried and comes from a good family and it was a mistake and if he could take it back he would.

What makes me content? Knowing that Karma will work its magic for all those bastards that hurt people, women, animals, hunt moose, cut down trees, step on ants intentionally.

The other day I mistakenly killed a gekko while opening the door at work so I went straight to the pool and pulled out all the bugs that were trapped on the surface. I placed them on the side of the pool and hope to hell thats it's enough.

Oh did I mention Red wine?

Congrats on the new addition Julia!! Is it a German Shepherd?

G

 

[Sean K]

In another few weeks, happiness for me will be a new puppy.

That's good news.

 

[Donga]

Happiness is laughter

What makes me angry is extremism of any kind, the ultimate form of intolerance

Sadness comes from feeling things aren't fair

Contentment is a danger sign, though wish I could rest on my laurels

Overall happines is a state of mind and glorious how many people experience happiness no matter what their station in life. I'm thinking particularly of villagers in relatively poor societies.

 

[Chris45]

Happiness is overcoming perfectionism. Those who are content with mediocrity will never be disappointed and unhappy.

 

[Wysiwyg]

The other day I mistakenly killed a gekko while opening the door at work so I went straight to the pool and pulled out all the bugs that were trapped on the surface. I placed them on the side of the pool and hope to hell thats it's enough.
G

I know what you mean about the karma thing with animals. Going back awhile and in my late teens, I went out with a friend to get some crab pot bait in the form of a kangaroo. Not having killed an animal with my dad's .308 rifle, it was an exciting moment. Now .308s go off with a bang and the first roo I hit was in the shoulder and almost blew it clean off.
A few years later while surfing I had a wipeout that ripped the tendons in my shoulder and they called me "wingy" for months because I would paddle around with one arm while I couldn't do a full rotation. Worse was yet to come when my brother had his rotator cuff tendon severely torn while playing footy and has a permanent incapacitation with a visible sag.

Did I contemplate karma? Yes I did, though not due to karma; I nowadays have a greater respect for plants and animals.

 

[Julia]

What makes me content? Knowing that Karma will work its magic for all those bastards that hurt people, women, animals, hunt moose, cut down trees, step on ants intentionally.

I so hope you're right about Karma in all the above.

The other day I mistakenly killed a gekko while opening the door at work so I went straight to the pool and pulled out all the bugs that were trapped on the surface. I placed them on the side of the pool and hope to hell thats it's enough.

I reckon that would appease all the cosmic forces, GG. I've felt thoroughly ashamed and remorseful when I've become furious with rats eating my almost ripe passionfruit and have put out rat poison. Then when I find a rat so sick it's almost dead and have to kill it to end its misery, I feel terrible.

Congrats on the new addition Julia!! Is it a German Shepherd?

G

Thanks, GG. Yes, she's only three weeks old and I haven't seen her - she's in NSW, so I'm trying to be patient about the next five weeks until she's ready to leave her mother.

Kennas, thanks for the smiley.

Overall happines is a state of mind and glorious how many people experience happiness no matter what their station in life. I'm thinking particularly of villagers in relatively poor societies.

Yes, even through the recent tsunami the Tongans and Samoans always seem able to smile. Maybe their strong sense of community has something to do with their happiness.

Happiness is overcoming perfectionism. Those who are content with mediocrity will never be disappointed and unhappy.

Yep, I relate strongly to this. The parental expectation that you will always be the best at everything is a hell of a burden.

I know what you mean about the karma thing with animals. Going back awhile and in my late teens, I went out with a friend to get some crab pot bait in the form of a kangaroo. Not having killed an animal with my dad's .308 rifle, it was an exciting moment. Now .308s go off with a bang and the first roo I hit was in the shoulder and almost blew it clean off.
A few years later while surfing I had a wipeout that ripped the tendons in my shoulder and they called me "wingy" for months because I would paddle around with one arm while I couldn't do a full rotation. Worse was yet to come when my brother had his rotator cuff tendon severely torn while playing footy and has a permanent incapacitation with a visible sag.

Did I contemplate karma? Yes I did, though not due to karma; I nowadays have a greater respect for plants and animals.

Good to hear. I was thinking about this last night when watching a programme on ABCTV about grouse shooting in the UK. The rationalisations exchanged by the two people engaging in this, um, sport were pretty amazing.
Also can never understand hunting of big game animals and wouldn't shed any tears if one of the big cats turned the tables and dealt the hunters some of their own sport.

 

[Fishbulb]

Happiness as a mindset or matter of course in one's life makes no sense to me. It implies that life has no more challenges or that you have no mountains to climb.

However, I do find pleasure in momentary things like art or music, or in a good book etc etc. And that makes me happy.

 

[Tukker]

Happiness is a chemical reaction similar to an orgasm. Endorphins ftw!

They are produced by the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus in vertebrates during strenuous exercise,[1] excitement, pain and orgasm,[2][3] and they resemble the opiates in their abilities to produce analgesia and a feeling of well-being. Endorphins have also been shown to be released in profound relaxation in a float tank.[4] Endorphins work as "natural pain relievers."

The most "happy" i find myself being happens when my mates and me take a trip to Indonesia on a surf holiday. This really gets to me.

Affording this experience is why i trade.

"Work to live, not Live to work"

 

[Mr J]

Also can never understand hunting of big game animals and wouldn't shed any tears if one of the big cats turned the tables and dealt the hunters some of their own sport.

Instinct, thrill, bonding, being in nature etc. I don't like seeing great animals go down to a bunch of clowns walking around with rifles and telescopic sights, but not all hunters are like that.

I reckon that would appease all the cosmic forces, GG. I've felt thoroughly ashamed and remorseful when I've become furious with rats eating my almost ripe passionfruit and have put out rat poison. Then when I find a rat so sick it's almost dead and have to kill it to end its misery, I feel terrible.

Feeling sorry is one way to look at it. Another is that animals are killed all the time for trespassing on another's territory. There is nothing wrong with it, it's just the way it works.

 

[SirRumpole]

The Danes are now supposed to be the happiest people in the world.

A Brit living in Denmark explains why.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-07/living-danishly-six-hacks-for-a-happier-life/7379056

 

[MrBurns]

The Danes are now supposed to be the happiest people in the world.

A Brit living in Denmark explains why.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-07/living-danishly-six-hacks-for-a-happier-life/7379056

Excellent Rumpy, thanks

 

[SirRumpole]

Excellent Rumpy, thanks

You're welcome Mr Burns.



Stay happy !

 

[Logique]

Visited this thread once I saw who was the (late) originator, who is very much missed around here.

As for Denmark, working 34 hours a week and getting 'hygge', sounds alright to me, where do I sign!

 

[Gringotts Bank]

Danes seem to know what time it is. Thanks for that link (above).

The sense of community in Melbourne has really fallen away dramatically in the last 5+ years. Races and cultures simply do not mix. They operate side-by-side in most work places, but they live, eat, socialize and fraternize with only their own culture. People don't realize how multiculturalism has divided rather than united a population. A big patchwork quilt, with very clear-cut divisions (usually the boundary of a suburb). Incredibly destructive.

 

[Gringotts Bank]

This probably belongs on the 'unhappiness thread' (do we have one?), but just an example of how multiculturalism can breed ill feeling.

Tolerance and acceptance works great when the population has reached a level of maturity. When that maturity has not yet developed, people take advantage, mistaking tolerance for weakness. Then the mosques start popping up everywhere, and this...

http://www.business-standard.com/ar...british-buses-for-ramadan-116051000058_1.html

The only solution is to halt immigration for certain races/cultures until that level of maturity has developed. And it can't be rushed. If such a process was undertaken earlier, we wouldn't have seen the likes of Trump emerge. You don't sit two ratty kids next to each other in the classroom and expect them not to act out. The open borders policy might have noble intent, but it courts disaster. The risk is too high right now.

 

[SirRumpole]

This probably belongs on the 'unhappiness thread' (do we have one?), but just an example of how multiculturalism can breed ill feeling.

Tolerance and acceptance works great when the population has reached a level of maturity. When that maturity has not yet developed, people take advantage, mistaking tolerance for weakness. Then the mosques start popping up everywhere, and this...

http://www.business-standard.com/ar...british-buses-for-ramadan-116051000058_1.html

The only solution is to halt immigration for certain races/cultures until that level of maturity has developed. And it can't be rushed. If such a process was undertaken earlier, we wouldn't have seen the likes of Trump emerge. You don't sit two ratty kids next to each other in the classroom and expect them not to act out. The open borders policy might have noble intent, but it courts disaster. The risk is too high right now.

Yes, would you object if it was a Christian charity ?

Personally I would not care if religion disappeared totally, but if you annoy a section of the population without reason then you are asking for trouble.

 

[Gringotts Bank]

Yes, would you object if it was a Christian charity ?

Personally I would not care if religion disappeared totally, but if you annoy a section of the population without reason then you are asking for trouble.

I wouldn't object to that, even though I'm not a Christian. But this is nothing to do with Christianity.

'Praise Allah' are the words the terrorists shout when they bomb or behead people in public. It's inflammatory in the extreme to plaster it across London busses, icons of a once great city.

Any organization with an ultra-violent division needs to be treated with caution, even if the majority are peaceful and law abiding. It's a simple risk:reward decision for me.

Briatin (and Europe in general) are courting disaster in a major way.