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Happiness anyone?
I am doing a really complex study for a class I am taking. I chose happiness as my topic it is something I've always wanted to study, and I would like to hear some opinions here. I need to see as many views as possible as this is all for research. I VERY much appreciate anyone taking the time to respond.
Here are the questions:
1. Are you happy?
2. What do you think would make you a happy person?
3. Do you believe money brings happiness?
4. What do you believe makes people happy/unhappy?
5. Any other interesting theories about happiness you'd like to share?
Even if you have a completely twisted view on this it would be very helpful to hear it, and this will all stay anonymous of course. THANK YOU!
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1. Yes
2. I am already happy.
3. While I think that people who are struggling by not having enough money to get by and this may be affecting their happiness, at the same time, I don't feel that for people who do have enough to live that MORE money will necessarily make them happier.
4. I think the propensity to be happy may be inherited. I have seen happy families and then I have seen families where all seem to struggle to be happy. Besides that, I think doing something that you like....either a job you like or a volunteer job or hobby that you like contributes to happiness.
5. I think that some people "choose" to be happy and some just choose to be unhappy on a day-to-day basis.
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1. To be honest, No. I haven't been happy for quite a while now.. I'm 14 and I am fighting with my parents a lot. They are putting me through such a hard time when I'm with them.
2. I think I would be a much happier person if my parents would loosen up a little bit on me. They've got my leash pulled so tight, I can hardly breathe.
3. I think it matters about being with the people you love, not about money.
4. I believe, as a teenager, parents make us unhappy.. While friends can put us in such a better mood.
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1. I am the happiest I've ever been!
2. Realizing that as long as I have my son, we have our health, and I am able to provide for him, I am happy. That makes all the little things that we normally take for granted seem like icing on the cake! I think that if you put your problem into perspective instead of pitying yourself, you see that it could always be worse and most often won't bring an end to your world. Relish your blessings!
3. I believe that money brings temporary happiness to unhappy people. People sometimes think that if they buy themselves something nice or don't have to worry about money, then it takes their mind off of everything else... but the real issue will underlie. When it resurfaces, they will go shopping for a quick fix, and then the issue resurfaces again. Money is always nice to have and may assist in your happiness, but will not MAKE you happy.
4. As stated above, truly happy people cherish the small things that most of us take for granted. If you make your world a happy place, good things seem to gravitate to you. Unhappy people are usually that way because they dwell on the past and/or every little thing that doesn't quite go their way.
5. I have been on both ends of the spectrum, and have learned "the key to happiness" from my own experience. I realized that if I continued to be upset about things that didn't go my way, then they never would. I also realized that if I really wanted something, I had to go after it, rather than thinking it should come to me. When you work hard towards a goal, you take pride in your accomplishment. The result = happiness!
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1. I think happy is a complex word. I have days when I am sad, stressed, or plain old pissed. However when I step back and assess my life, I realize how lucky I am and how good I have it. That's when I realize that even though I am not happy 24/7, for the most part I am a happy person.
2. If my life continued as it is now. I would love to one day marry my boyfriend, continue a close relationship with everyone I care for, and start a family of my own.
3. I believe money can help. When a family is constantly struggling from paycheck to paycheck it starts to take a toll on a relationship. However I also beleive that if a couple can survive having no money, they can survive anything. I don't believe money can buy happiness. That is something a person has to find on their own, I just believe it makes being happy eaiser.
4. Love. Plain and simple. If you have love, you have happiness. If you don't, then you don't. I don't just mean boyfriend/girlfriend, wife/husband love either. I mean any kind of love, whether from a friend or a family member.
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1. I don't believe in constant happiness. I believe in accepting the moment and believing it's worth while which leads to a fullness that happiness doesn't always provide.
2. Embracing the moment will make a person "happy"! & knowing that circumstance means nothing, yet our attitudes are everything!
3. Money does not bring happiness. It brings excitment which dies down really quickly.
4.Happy people live in the present.
Unhappy people dwell on the past and are far too prepared for the future.
5. A lot of people think a change of situation will make them happier. NOT TRUE! I believe that real happiness isn't situational, but it resides in our hearts!
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