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The Exceptional Happiness Ideas and Thinking Thread

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And trust me on the Winnie Blues. Whatever happened to John Safran?

Now my Granpappy used to tell me "You aint nuffin without your health. Money, happy and allllllllllllllll that other stuff don't mean squat if ya don't got ya health."

Me, I prefer to laugh a lot. That makes me happy. It doesn't cost anything, you can do it anywhere, you can do it by yourself, there are no limits, laugh and the world laughs with you. Life is too short to be unhappy.

Oh yeah ... a reasonable amount of money makes you happy as well. Te he.
 
i agree with Julia ,its hard to be be happy when your poor and resultingly
low in self esteem.
i think the basis of happiness is being financialy independent and able to control your life.
 
MRC - good post

Also like Tech's email he posted..
 
Expectations / Reality * 100

You either need to keep your expectations in check, or consistantly overachieve.
 
trillionaire#1 said:
i agree with Julia ,its hard to be be happy when your poor and resultingly
low in self esteem.
i think the basis of happiness is being financialy independent and able to control your life.
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Poverty is a state of mind, not of financial wealth. Being poor, in the context of not having much money is not inextricably linked with low esteem. As I mentioned in my earlier post, I have friends with minimal money but they are happy. They do not have low self-esteem.

The point about being in control of your life is a good one, but you do not need to have lots of money to be in control of your life. You can still be poor and in control of your life.
 
Good morning.
",its hard to be be happy when your poor and resultingly
low in self esteem.
i think the basis of happiness is being financialy independent and able to control your life"

I read the above
and

would suggest to some including those reading or who have read the above.

You have still a hell of a lot MORE to learn about life and what time you have left of it !

If you still think happiness has anything to do with the number of dollars in your Bank, your wrong.

Happiness as with wealth is only a state of the person's mind
AND NOT what he or she can spend or do.

Kind regards,
UB
 
well said UB

Of course financials makes life easier, but I dont see that connected with self esteem and happiness..

Happiness for me starts with the basics - family being the top one and close friends - as said, I liked your post MRC

Balance is another good one.. in all things..

Achieving - chasing goals and getting them (passion)

I am sure I can add more later : )
 
I'd suggest it's a bit stressful to have bailiffs kicking down your door and turfing you out in the street, or unable to buy food etc.
 
nothing beats the happiness I feel playing with my little dog......
she performs tricks which makes me laugh.....
or she plays the monster with her toys......
or racing around the house 100 mph exercising herself......
or pulling me down the stairs ....on her hind legs only.....to go for a walk
I dont recall laughing as much or as often since she came into my life....
money has nothing to do with it....
 
Hi,
"I'd suggest it's a bit stressful to have bailiffs kicking down your door and turfing you out in the street, or unable to buy food etc."

Lets look at these two claims one by one,
I'd suggest it's a bit stressful to have bailiffs kicking down your door and turfing you out in the street,

Of course it would be,
However the subject matter was happiness, AND NOTHING what so ever about stress.
But to add,
it could be a happy moment, as at long last the problem has reached a climax and then its time to move on with one's life.

I know someone who was in that situation, once, and its not me.

unable to buy food etc
I love that claim !
How many times I've seen people drinking, smoking and pouring money into poker machines and claim they have very little money for food. b/s..sorry.

How many times have I looked around houses where they don't have a garden to grown wonderful fresh chemical free food, but are drinking, smoking and pouring money into poker machines.

Gardens cost nothing, except time and love of the Earth and the bountry it can produce before your very eyes, time and time again, therefore there are NO excuess for not having a garden, even in a couple of old plastic buckets.

These same people wouldn't go fishing, to feed their families but are drinking, smoking and pouring money into poker machines.

WL,
NO ONE can help those that don't want to be helped and wish to change their ways and I honestly think its almost criminal that Government take my money and all the people who WILL work hard and give this money to those who WISH not to work or are drinking, smoking and pouring money into poker machines.

Kind regards,
UB
 
Aww Kincella, here too, my dog makes me smile : )

well thats family
 
I was thinking about this happiness thing recently and came to the conclusion that there are three types of happiness,

1. Denial
2. Luck
3. Achievement.


Personally would be satisfied chasing number 3 and never getting there than being in number 1 or 2. (ok 2 would be nice but out of my control )


And the whole happiness "thing" is BS. Happiness is not the default human condition. Life is a struggle, embrace it.
 
Ok my post is directed to those who think you cannot be happy and poor.....


Answer me this, years ago my parents both were brought up in poor environments (as my grandparents were etc..) now they lived through wars and much worse **** we see today yet they said they all were genuinely happy hence it was a much simplified life. Today because people want to drive around in nice cars, live in nice homes etc...... they *think* wealth is what makes them happier.

Dont get me wrong having more money now is much much nicer than having less like before, but i cant say im not anymore (genuinely more happy in life).

Call me old thinking but do tribal people not have a happy life? let me tell you i reckon more simplified poor people have a better life than most middle/rich class.

To be honest i could piss the home/cars and every other toy i had off and move into the bush/ live like a hobbit and be as happy as larry for the rest of my life.

To me money is just a tool to provide you with something that satisfies your *wants*
 
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs model can be helpful in working out how achieve happiness. It might also be of use on this current debate about the importance of money to happiness. (BTW, I am no expert on any of this, just that Maslow's model makes sense to me).

Maslow's hierarchy of needs
 
FFS

you have to be kidding!!!
 
If you seek happiness, you will feel anxious when you cannot achieve it. Practice mindfulness and connect with the present moment. In that moment there is peace.

LOL; hard to achieve amongst all those primal urges and requires infinite practice.
 
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