Escapism or real life? are you content? is it possible to find true contentment and a piece of mind in our hectic world or is worry good for you? Do you thrive on stressful situations or are you lazy? Are you happy with your lot or do you want more? Are you a glass half full or empty person? Is it important to find your inner soul to be happy or does a bit of retail therapy do the trick for you?
2006-10-19 02:41:46 · 33 answers · asked by bluenose 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I'd be happier still if you didn't ask so many questions. (:
I'll be nice and still reply. I'll get 2 nice points for myself then, hoorays! I am content, and it is possible to find true contentment, and a piece of mind in our hectic world. Worry can't be basically said, it's good or bad. Similar to, 'Is stress good?' Too much is bad, but a considerable amount is good. Pushes you in life.
OK... this sounds like some personality test.
I sometimes thrive on stressful situations, but sometimes also lazy. I'm happy with my lot, and we all want something more. We are never satisfied- that's human's greed for you.
My glass needs a top-up. It's never half full or half empty for me, for the waiter/waitress can't seem to STOP refilling it for me. About my inner soul, I find it important to understand it to be happy. With confusion from not understanding your inner soul, confusion occurs, stress develops, you may anti-socialise, and how will that make you or me happy?
Smiles,
&don't think too much,
Peanut
2006-10-19 04:28:36 · answer #1 · answered by Peanut 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Makes me happy? When my son looks at me every morning and says "Your the most beautiful mother in the world :)
Am I content? Totally......except when my check engine light comes on LOL
Do I thrive on stress? NO But I work well under stress and love being busy and helping people.
Am I happy? Absolutely!I dont have much money BUT I have God, a great loving family, a warm home and a bed in which to sleep, food to eat.
IS my glass half full or half empty? I think its what you want it to be. I always try to make the best of any situation and view bad ones as a learning experience NOT as a punishment. So My glass is HALF FULL :)
Ok this is a tough one due to the fact that I am a girl LOL so retail does make me a little happy. Because when I buy a great Xbox 360 game for my son on Ebay and he tells me "Mom you are da' bomb" then yes retail feels pretty good :)
2006-10-19 02:51:38 · answer #2 · answered by Tina M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Real life. I love reality. The pain makes me appreciate the good so much more. And i'd much rather go through something huge and know it was real because that makes it worth it. I like reality... Escapism is just another method of wasting time.
Not particularly. I need to face my demons first.
Yes, it is possible to find true contentment and a piece of mind in our hectic world. But worry is good for you because it leads to productive thought and it feeds the ego of people. Not in a bad way. It just reassures them that they're cared about and worthy of worry. And worry proves that you still have a heart and compassion.
I'm pretty happy with what i've got. I don't think i'd be happy if i just got everything handed to me. I want to work for what i want so that when i get it i know i deserved it.
My glass is both depending on the day. Right now, it's half full. It usually is. Unless it's coffee ;) then it's half empty and i need some more quick.
Yes, it is important for my inner soul to be happy. That's the trick to inner peace. You need to feed your soul as well as the rest of your body in order to attain real nourishment and fulfillment.
2006-10-19 02:49:54 · answer #3 · answered by falzalnz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Real Life, but i'm not content. Thought I had found it but I didn't. I hate stress but I'm not lazy. Happy with my lot what the hell is that? half full glass hahaha. Shopping is great except you have to face reality sooner or later so i would just like too be happy.
2006-10-19 11:11:53 · answer #4 · answered by liltease_at_home 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, a multi-faceted question.
my fantasy happy (one of them) no stupid people in the world; no bad drivers
real life, i did it; i am happy , content and at peace. i have the love of a good woman, and my children and grandchildren
i have a no brainer job by my choice. had the other kind, i perform well under stress, but i prefer this no brainer and no stress work
as the importance of (as you put it) to find your inner soul. well, as a practitioner of the craft the first thing a Magus must do is to know him/her self, and accept all the aspects thereof. having done that it is important to me, as far as the therapy, just why, pray tell, would i talk to a 'therapist' who is pro bally more messed up than the total sum of their clients
2006-10-19 02:58:27 · answer #5 · answered by mhp_wizo_93_418 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My glass is always full.
There once was a time my glass was empty and I mean....Dry.
Now when life gets stressful I remember when life was at it's worst for me and I smile cause I know that if I got through that then what's going on right now ain't that bad.
My motto: And too this will pass.
It has taken me many years but I have now inner piece.
LoL XxX
2006-10-19 03:03:19 · answer #6 · answered by tricia1971 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The happiest moment of my life is when my son in SA phones and tells me he well and happy and still alive.
When my husband tells my i am soooo pretty early in the morning with my hair standing all over the place, unwashed face and smelly breath. Hard to believe him but he insists he is telling the truth.
When i am outside in the garden and i spot a particularly beautiful butterfly fluttering around and i run for my camera and get the perfect shot of it.
When i empty the rubbish bins and my dogs greet me like a long lost relative or something all happy and jumping around, dont know why they do it but they are cute.
Finally after cleaning and cooking reading one of my mags and eating a crunchie, aaahh that is heaven. All alone crunching away as loud as i can .:))
2006-10-19 03:01:32 · answer #7 · answered by Duisend-poot 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are three simple things that make me that happiest
1- hearing my little boy tell me he loves me
2- when it rains while the sun is shining without any clouds-- amazing!
3- when my bf and i go out at night we have this "habit" of standing outside and just looking up at the stars. He usually puts his arms around me and stands behind me--- thats a pretty amazing feeling to!
I am one of those people to CHOOSE to be happy. What is the point in ranting and raving all the time. Life is hard- its harder if you are angry all the time. Wake up each morning and tell yourself "its going to be a good day" and mean it. Then nothing will get you down!
2006-10-19 12:31:04 · answer #8 · answered by wrangler_chick82 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crikey, thats one heck of a question! Little pleasures in life make me happy, like making somebody smile or being able to help them. I think that I would like to be able to find my inner sole and be just me, but I am not sure who I am really. I also believe that everybody needs an amount of stress although the amount needed varies from person to person.
2006-10-19 07:06:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ideals, those are the ones that keep our hearts beating. A man without ideals, is like a dead man.
Of course I want more, the ideals always should be higher than the real and even possible life.
That is what makes me happy, raising my ideals a little bit more every time, so I can never reach at them.
2006-10-19 07:19:46 · answer #10 · answered by Peter pan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋