"Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open." John Barrymore
2006-10-17 02:24:49 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Happiness comes from unexpected places and things.
2006-10-17 02:31:52 · answer #1 · answered by ChemGeek 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
outdated. Happiness doesn't sneak in through doors, It comes within a day. Now should you refer a door to a day then you are on the way into happiness.
2006-10-17 04:21:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Often we go chasing after some form of pleasure or happiness with a great deal of futility. You work and agonize to achieve something we think will bring us that happiness, but it stays just out of reach. You may give up out of frustration only to find that when you do something will appear as if from no where to make you happy.
2006-10-17 03:12:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do a lot of things that prevent each other and ourselves from being happy. Without realizing it, we are basically closing doors all around us - closing ourselves off from the possibility of happiness. For example we may demand too much in some cases (are too uptight/perfectionist about things that don't really matter) or we demand too little in other cases (we let people walk all over us without asserting our own rights). Or we don't take the time to learn, and thus miss opportunities for happiness by our sheer ignorance. Or maybe we focus so much on our intellect that we lose the ability to revel in the sheer joy of being (this is one of my personal downfalls - I enjoy exercising my intellect, but I need to stay in contact more fully with my emotional nature). Fear or peer pressure (excessive desire to fit in so that other's won't think we're weird) can make us so conservative or false to our true nature that we no longer experience the thrill of adventure, the rewards of risk-taking, and the joy of simply letting-go sometimes and letting our true selves come out to play. Too many people are simply ashamed to play, and that is the REAL shame. These are all examples of ways that we close doors on happiness. But life is complex and despite ourselves, sometimes we forget to be normal, sensible, proper, etc. and hints of pure joy manage to slip into our lives.
2006-10-17 02:56:18 · answer #4 · answered by eroticohio 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
A wise man Mr. Barrymore.
How do YOU interpret it?
I suspect his reference dealt with things not so obvious, yet still offering levels of happiness.
Steven Wolf
2006-10-17 02:39:41 · answer #5 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Barrymore is brilliant. This is a scaled down version of "When you stop looking for love, Love finds you, often when you least expect it."
2006-10-17 02:39:07 · answer #6 · answered by Richard 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I printed out your quote then folded the paper several times. Hey! I made a hat!
2006-10-17 07:40:05 · answer #7 · answered by Falt98 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being open, and giving will bring you happiness when you least expect it. What goes around comes around.
2006-10-17 03:39:30 · answer #8 · answered by Overkill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happiness is spontaneous, unexpected, not controllable, sometimes it comes about when you're feeling really down.
2006-10-17 05:39:17 · answer #9 · answered by Analyst 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll be leaving all my doors open from now on!
2006-10-17 13:50:33 · answer #10 · answered by madmike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋