Hi All;) .. Does your happiness come from "inside" yourself, or from other people?;)?

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Answer 1

Practically happiness is attained by "SHARING" with good intentions and without any greed!!!
for eg:-Doing good deeds makes u feel happy and content and proud about it!!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I believe that you have to find your own inner happiness first, then other people can certainly add to your happiness. Looking to someone else to make you happy can work short term but not for long and you can drain the other person. Find inner peace and happiness in your soul and others will radiate to you and add happiness to your life. This makes for a much more equal relationship or friendship.

Answer 4

My happiness comes from inside me since there is hardly anybody else around me. Usually I'm alone all the time. But happy. Other people in my lives usually brings a feeling of distrust or too much drama, backstabbing, etc. I don't meet too many real people and when I think I have I am let down since they were faking it. I am one of the happiest people I know.

Answer 5

truthseeker is right, your question have substance. that has been difficult to find around here.

anyway to your question, it has to be both. i find happiness from both but primarily from self.

zephyrescent, you know him? he asked a similar question before. the question goes this way, "Which is more important-making peace with yourself or others?"

and my answer was, and still is, "definitely SELF!

"I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine." Ayn Rand

it is only through peace with one's self can we make peace with others in a healthy manner. i don't think man can totally be selfless. that's impossible. it's what preserves our lives as men and as species, our natural inclination to be selfish.

but once we do understand ourselves, how we function, what are our priorities and our principles, then we can be of help to others. we should never deny ourselves, i think, because in the long run, if we do, we are only fooling ourselves and our energy for helping others wanes and we go asking "why don't they appreciate what i do?" and stuff like that."

i stick by that answer. we find happiness inside ourselves then it is easier and more satisfying to be happy for others. im an introvert, and lately, i have found socializing so taxing. so i try to find my own peaceful center. but sometimes, when the stress gets too high, i just quit whatever im working on and go seek out my baby brother. he has so much joy in him. hearing him laugh just lifts up my spirit and makes me remember that what im working on is just a trivial part of human existence...that we are here to be happy and to live life to its fullest and not be brought down by the obstacles nearby.

thanks for asking the question and making me think.

Answer 6

I believe that we are all responsible for making ourselves happy. However, others can contribute to your level of happiness. Outside influences cannot be discounted. Typically if you surround yourself with positive people it tends to rub off. Works just the opposite as well - surround yourself with negative people/energy and it will bring you down.

Answer 7

I would have to say both. The pure moments of joy most people experience come from a combination of satisfaction from themselves and others. Happiness comes from inside oneself about outside experiences. One's brain reacts to a positive situation and for a moment or maybe longer happiness reigns.
Basically, happiness is stimulated from outside but you create it.

Answer 8

Your questions are cool by the way, they tend to have substance around here.

My answer is that its a mixture of both. I'm in good spirits when I'm with other people, but I get drained when my happiness only comes from socializing so I look for an outlet, like music and picking and choosing in religion, of which the latter I don't recommend. Just my $0.02

Answer 9

If you rely on sources outside yourself for happiness, you will never be in control of your life. In fact, it is your responsibility to be happy.. Think of your mood as your spiritual body odor. A foul mood is like bad b.o. If you spread around a good mood, its like the aroma of roses or pizza. The way these things make you feel.

I recommend a resource by Dennis Prager called, "Happiness is a Serious Problem"

I've known several people who could not be made happy no matter how everybody around them tried to make them so. This proves to me that every day we have to make a choice what kind of mood we will take on that day with. There are obviously events that cause sadness, but it is still within our own psyche that we build happiness. Another point: there is a difference between happiness and joy. You can get joy from dancing, you can get joy from doing your favorite things but true happiness is found in fulfilling our perceived purpose.

Finally, feelings follow actions. If we dislike someone, we can change our feelings by investing ourselves in that person until our hopes for them take root and we begin to feel the love we express toward that person. Same thing with happiness. I can pretend to be happy when I don't feel happiness and by investing myself in actions that are rewarding, I can begin to feel the happiness I've been expressing.

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Answer 10

i beleive that true happiness comes from within urself.because if u look for someone else to make u happy then its only happiness for that moment the person is doing sometinh to make u happy.when the moment is gone so is the happiness but if u r happy within urself then u can be happy all the time.

Answer 11

Both. I am happiest when I am surrounded witrh people I love. However, I can also be content alone, and that's harder because it can be a struggle to stay positive when surrounded by strangers who don't care.