What is happiness?

Answer 1

The Happiness we experience in this world is basically the negation of Suffering.
Like you are starving and you get nice food, and you feel very happy. But same food when you eat too much, you suffer and have to fast.
But there is some thing called Real Happiness. Happiness means that you do that thing again and again and your Happiness keeps increasing, without any limit ...
This kind on Happiness can be achieved only in Service of God because he is the source of all Happiness and he himself is ever blissful.
That is the Goal of Human Life. To achieve that Real Happiness which will never end.
Bhagavad Gita Say Don't waste your life seeking these flickering happiness, seek out that eternal Happiness, Make solution of all Problems of life including Birth and Death.

Answer 2

To me, happiness is when I learn to accept the things I can't change and to embrace those things. When I am thankful for what I have, rather than wanting what I don't have.

To me, happiness is knowing that when I go, I will have changed at least one life for the better (my husband), and will have provided a loving home for my future children so that they will also know happiness.

It might be something completely different for you.

That's the thing about happiness. No one can tell you what it is for you, that's something you discover on your own.

Answer 3

Happiness is so often misunderstood

Pleasure isn't the same thing as happiness. There are good pleasures & bad pleasures. This is why acts should be done for there own good, rather than for the pleasure which may result directly from them.

Answer 4

Happiness is, waking up each morning, and seeing your Beautiful loved ones! Knowing that God, is always watching over you and is keeping you totally safe & secure!

Happiness is knowing that you have God's precious love, & guidance, with you each & everyday, that you will extremely treasure, and continue to always endure!

Happiness is a fullfillment, that will help you to stay alive,& strong!
It helps you to keep your spirits up, when the sadness & depressions about life, is trying to string you along!

Happiness is a blessing,that everyone in this world should always want to have, and forever share! It brings out the up-most beauty that is in our lives, and it helps us to express our honest, & true feelings, so we can show how much we always
Love,& Will Everlastingly Care!!!!

Answer 5

Happiness has been defined as a state of well-being that is relatively permanent. It is characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to a deep and intense joy and by a natural desire for the state to continue.

How to Find Real Happiness.

Consider Jesus, who had strong faith in God and whose teachings have affected hundreds of millions of people over the centuries. Jesus was interested in human happiness. He began his well-known Sermon on the Mount with nine beatitudes—nine expressions that begin: “Happy are . . .” (Matthew 5:1-12) In that same sermon, he taught his listeners to examine, purify, and discipline their minds and hearts—replacing violent, immoral, and selfish thoughts with peaceful, clean, and loving thoughts. (Matthew 5:21, 22, 27, 28; 6:19-21)

Jesus knew that true happiness involves relationships with others. We can be happy only if we feel loved and if we love others. Fundamental to such love, Jesus taught, is our relationship with God. Jesus taught that humans cannot be truly happy independent of God. Why is that so?—Matthew 4:4; 22:37-39.

One of the beatitudes is: “Happy are those conscious of their spiritual need.” (Matthew 5:3.) Why did Jesus say this? Because, unlike animals, we have spiritual needs. Created in God’s image, we can to a degree cultivate divine attributes, such as love, justice, mercy, and wisdom. (Genesis 1:27; Micah 6:8; 1 John 4:8.) Our spiritual needs include the need to have meaning in our life. How can we satisfy such spiritual needs?

Christians look forward to the time when faithful humans will attain to perfect life on a paradise earth. (Luke 23:42, 43.) Enlarging on that hope, Revelation 21:3, 4 says: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his peoples. . . . And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”

Anyone who expects to have such a future has every reason to be happy, even if his present circumstances leave much to be desired. (James 1:12) So why not investigate the Bible and find out why you can believe it. Strengthen your hope by spending time each day reading the Bible. Doing so will enrich you spiritually, help you avoid the things that rob people of happiness, and build up your sense of contentment. Yes, the ultimate secret to real happiness is doing the will of God. (Ecclesiastes 12:13) A life built on obeying the Bible’s precepts is a happy life, for Jesus said: “Happy are those hearing the word of God and keeping it!”—Luke 11:28.

If you would like further information from the Bible to show how you can be happy in life and to learn more about how we can have endless happiness in the future, please contact Jehovah's Witnesses at the local Kingdom Hall. Or visit http://www.watchtower.org

Answer 6

Happiness only comes when you know Christ personally, and one does not really understand until you have the experience and know that everything is OK and in the end God works it all out..
After that you can relax and enjoy life and have a good time in your Father's kingdom..

Answer 7

Only you can answer that. Happiness is different for different people. For me, being filthy rich is happiness. Do you think Bill Gates is unhappy? I seriously doubt it. By the way, do you have the winning lottery numbers for the upcoming drawing?

Answer 8

Happiness means success, peace, admiration from others, n wen u get happiness by helping others, working hard n respect others, and u r honest...

Answer 9

A state of mind. You can choose to be happy or unhappy all up to you and how you look at things.

Answer 10

It's totally up to the individual. I know for me, it's living a worry-free life. No worries about bills, money, debts, bill-collectors, nothing like that. But then it's also being able to enjoy family, friends, good food and good wine.