i want to ask you about,what is the differences between a real happiness and false  happiness....?? thanX.....
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real hapiness=hapiness that is true and can last for a long time, or even forever\nfalse hapiness=gained only from false doings or events, not real
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What good is happiness? It can't buy you money!! :)
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Most are.\n\nI read statistics on it once...but I cannot find them again. I was shocked b/c I thought most ppl were miserable, when in fact most people are happy. \n\nHere's the only thing I could find for you;\nhttp://www.dailyguideposts.com/forum/tm.asp?m=194
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Is one experience really better or worse than another?\n\nCould they just be different yet the same?
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Well i am happy, and not because some material things make me feel like i do exist or something. My happines comes from within. I understand my limitations, and with that in hand i know that my achievments through life are the reflection of someone who always gives the best of himself.\n\nknowing i do my best everyday makes me happy. What makes you happy?\n\nfind some indicator for evaluating your life. might be how many friends do you have, or how many people have you helped... or how many material things you have! The important thing is that everyone can measure their own happines by setting reasonable indicators. What are yours? what's your happines based on?
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They both are not great,  but since we are humans we feel them all.  Just be sure to keep on rolling and don't let your wheels spin a rut in the mud...feel it for awhile and then try to let it go.  Best Wishes!!
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What sort of hedonist are you?  What sort of pleasure is it you go for?  Intelectual pleasure?  Accoustic pleasure?  Or simply the bumpy grindy sort of pleasure?\n\nI cannot decide whether it's an empty way to live, or an enlightened way to live.\n\nTrue, we are only here for a short time, and it would make sense to live our lives in the pursuit of pleasure.\n\nHowever, there are things that have to be done in our society or it just all falls appart.  There are things which must be done.  True hedonists can only exist at the expense of others.
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Tough one....Hope really means confident expectation, which implies the idea that you have motivation to change, improve, and make the most of life.  A truthful outlook kind of says, "This is the way it is and always will be."  It seems kind of pessimistic.  \n\nI would take the "false" out of false hope and say "realistic" rather than "truthful."  That way you still enable yourself to reach your potential.  Heck, if we all did that, our country would run pretty well, and we wouldn't need therapists!
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through pain I haved learned that true happiness comes from within not any other way unfortunatly relationships are not the route to happiness-people who generally "look" for happiness just need to look in a mirror!!!!your avoiding yourself and seeking others for comfort which translates to happiness
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none!!! :D if you wanna change something in your life that means your not happy but im happy ant lets just make our lives beautiful and enjoy it even if it is full of miseries!!!!!!
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If you haven't already, read Viktor Frankl's book, "Man's Search for Meaning."  It not only tells of his experiences in the Concentration Camps, but discusses the basic elements of Logotherapy...that is, therapy through finding meaning in life.  To respond directly to your question, "happiness" is a by-product of finding meaning--The more meaning you discover, the more happy you will find yourself.  Think about it...Best wishes as you discover the answers as the "co-creator" of your life.
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Hi,\n\nI don't think you can make someone happy if they just don't want to be happy, try to find out what the problem is and get that person help if need be! It could be a deeper problem then you think!
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happiness comes from within not from sum1 else... =)
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Happiness is simply the benefit you receive from any situation.\n\nSure, knowledge can bring happiness as long as that is what benefits you, specifically.\n\nPeople simply misuse happiness because it carries with it certain conseqences...\nSuch as girls love the idea of "the wedding", but forget that it involves marriage and an eternal committment.\nGuys love sex, but forget that it might involve emotional attachment from their partner.\n\nAgain, happiness is a variable to an equation.\n\nWhat makes you happy won't exactly make me happy.
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Depending on what the system defined as happy.  Would individuals still have free will or be pumped solid with endorphins to produce euphoric and continual "happiness"?  Would we still search for meaning?  True happiness would be a realm where we ceased to suffer.  If we are not continually intellectually and emotionally satisfied then we suffer, no matter what the setting.
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You can't buy happiness. You can buy things that make you happy. But true happiness comes from within.\n\nYou can achieve this by believing in yourself. Believing you are one of a kind. Believing God loves you. \n\nFeeling unhappy? Try this one time. Smile at someone. They will automatically smile back and make them feel happy.
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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.