What is happiness to you?

[Charlotte21]

It's funny to think about exactly what happiness is, because everyone can tell when they are happy, but they can't tell exactly why they are happy.

I'm normally happy when I am writing things or working at the afterschool play, but why am I happy?
Because I'm doing something I like?
Why do I like it?
Because its making a representation of myself for others to see?
Why does making a representation of myself for others to see make me happy?
Because it makes me feel important?
Why does making myself feel important make me happy?
Because it makes me feel powerful and secure?
Why does feeling powerful and secure make me happy?

Each question just leads another, until I make the conclusion that I cannot anwser anymore questions, the conclusion that happiness is metaphysical: it can't be explained... it can be explained "how" or "why" chemichally, but we cannot explain "how" or "why" certain things instigate those chemichals which make happiness. So, I don't really know what happiness is to me.

[torres1287]

The odd thing is...we might not know what makes us happy, but I am sure that all of us can pick out something that makes us sad. Negative emotional forces tend to leave longer lasting impressions than positive ones.

[Lupin_the_3rd]

What truly makes me happy is when time is no longer relevant to anything. There is no schedule, or places to be, or things that need to be done. The days can drift by peacefully.

Without a certain level of suffering, there would be less of a contrast when we were content. Although it is something we strive for, can you imagine the boredom involved in having unlimited cash flow, stunning looks, and no need to do a single bit of work for the rest of your life? I feel that humans are meant to suffer in one way or another throughout some part of their life.

[torres1287]

Happiness is the ultimate realization that everything was, and is, exactly as it should be.

[Cenright]

What is happiness to you?

And some people lose sight of that, always trying to obtain more and more things to make them happy, while infact, they are losing sight of the fact that they will never be happy by being greedy. The greed has to stop sometime, or there will never be happiness... only greed. and that means there will never be enough happiness to satiate an appitite.