we do some thing to be happy & not do to be away from unhappiness,if so then why most of us are unhappy?
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Alot of people are self-centered. Which is good. But, what makes me happy. Is helping another person who is really in need. To help another knowing that it is unapprciated, but you help anyway. To do a good job, not because it is expected, but, because you want to.  Knowing you are worth your salt.
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Interesting question...\nWe all feel that we should achieve something in our lives, but it is not an idea we were born with.\n\nLook at the people around you, they are going nowhere. We are all doing what we can, but we aren't going anywhere. \n\nEverything is just what it is & we should join an activity because we want to join in, not because we think we will achieve anything.\n\nIn saying that, how can anyone be happy if they only work to achieve? \n\nThis is the message I recieve from Christains that they are working to achieve a place in heaven and one has to wonder if they are truely happy. Seems kind of selfish to me.
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assuming that misery is the ultimate state of unhappiness? Sure, as happiness has no requirement. Ah, I see ... it is a trick question... to know that you are happy is a kind of misery anyway as knowledge foreshadows wisdom and wisdom is a sad thing. Igorance again is the key ... actually this question resembles a koan like what is the sound of one hand clapping or mu.
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I come from the Philippines, and most of my fellowmen are struggling to live, or to even eat. But what makes us Filipinos happy ? Most of our lives might be simple, but amidst all the difficulties we are facing, we never forget that we might be poor but we are happy , and that our smiles shows our happiness.
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The obsession with always having to be "happy".  People think that you have to always be "happy", sometimes things get rough and instead of working it out and sticking it out when things aren't going your way people quit.  There are so many reasons people give for divorcing but I think the one you here the most is " I just wasn't happy anymore".  Well who is happy all the time?  It's OK to have a bad spell of time.  It's OK to have a problem in your marriage that lasts a few months even a year or more but you can't just say this isn't fun I'm outta here.  We live in a society that put to high of a value on fun.  Don't get me wrong I love a good time and I love feeling happy but you can't base your whole life on if it's not fun I don't want to do it.  How would anything get done?  Children need to see parents stick it out they need to see that life in general isn't a cake walk.  They need to see that you don't always get what you want.  Maybe then people will stop looking for the easy way out of everything and learn to cherish the fun happy times instead of taking it all for granted.
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Generally people can’t get satisfied with what they got...\nSo they feel what has gone was better than the present
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I hate thinking this, but I think some people are just unhappy and want the rest of the world to experience the same measure of anger or sadness. The only thing you truly can do, in my opinion, is to BE peace. Always respond with love and peace in any given situation, so that those around you will know that you can not be led otherwise.
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we actually cry as much at sad endings; as happy 1's------Its an overwhelming emotion-empathy--you cant help it--you feel like your the one in the situation.It overcomes your emotions and you let loose. Passes a hanky
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if you are happy in your life all the time, you will loose the value of it . we know what happiness is after facing the sorrows if their is no sorrow then happiness doesn't have it's value so try to appericiate sorrow and u will understand the true joy
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I think that all people have ups and downs. I don't think anyone can be happy all the time. I would be happy to just try and stop worrying so much.
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Sure am.\n\nI'm doin' what I'm supposed to be doin' when I'm supposed to do it.  Nothin' worse than not having a purpose.\n\nI'm not trying to "be" happy, just content with my lot.
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You´ll always find dissatisfaction in life, one way or another. The key is to learn to be happy at all times no matter what. That should be my answer
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there are a lot of reasons why its hard to be happy...for some people (like myself) being happy isnt easy and it doesnt come naturally...i believe the key to begin with is not to be happy...its to not but unhappy...whether that be mad, sad or ect...after you can get passed the point of "down" the middle ground is a lot better...and at that point you can have a better idea of how you could be happy...it may sound childish but sometimes the pro con list can help...write everything in your life in either the pro or con section...you may even have a indifferent part...i dont know if that will help you in anyway...basically all i can tell you is that i tried the whole depression medacine and it was okay but what helped me the most was some good self examining and reflecting...i hope things get better for you and if you need someone to bug sometime my email address is always open...i, in a weird way, like to listen...
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Its not a happy home..that is the whole point....we believe its a happy home and want it to be a happy home but it really is not_
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Happiness is something that we struggle for our whole lives. At times we think that we are truly happy, then something changes, and we continue our quest for happiness. Everyone experiments with happiness. People try money, drugs, sports etc. seeking out things that make them happy. True happiness is unachievable, but the journey is life. What makes me happy is trying to find a higher understanding of myself and others.
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I believe that we can be happy in this life and that happiness is a choice.  It is all based on the way that we choose to think about the situations that we encounter.\n\nChoose to have a great day and you probably will.\n\nHave a great day!
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Some people are optimistic, that may equate to a general feeling of happiness.  I think people confuse happiness and optimism.  I personally don't know anyone that you would consider happy.  It's an illusion or denial.  I don't want to be happy, maybe a healthy pessimism.