2006-11-27 05:26:28 · 12 answers · asked by Up your Maslow 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I don't have one, I just do what I want to do. Depression however, is hard to get over.
Try going out more often, doing things you enjoy doing. When you start to feel unhappy then pop in one of your CDs if you can't get out of the house, or call up a friend and talk on the phone for awhile.
2006-11-27 05:28:15 · answer #1 · answered by winds_of_justice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question. Happiness in my oppinion is obviously something we can control. But!..
Mindfulness or being mindful is being aware of your present moment. You are not judging, reflecting or thinking. You are simply observing the moment in which you find yourself. Moments are like a breath. Each breath is replaced by the next breath. You're there with no other purpose than being awake and aware of that moment. As John Kabit Zinn says reflecting on a Japanese mindfulness puzzle: "Wherever you go, there you are."
If you start by being aware of your breath, you know it comes and goes. It is like the end of one wave from among the endless ocean waves. They continue to come and disappear to be followed by another and another and another. They come. They disappear. They come, they end, they flow back to be covered by another incoming wave. You can hear the sound. It's rhythm puts the mind into a trance, and you go far away but wherever you go, there you are.
My travels through this journey called life, have taken me down many paths from which I now share some reflections on Mindful Running, Mindful Business and Leadership, and the Apprenticeship of a Mindful Therapist.
(http://www.mindfulness.com/)
2006-11-27 07:17:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've learned a lot of things in my life... Happiness is totally dependent on me. I am responsible for my own happiness. I've learned to be contented with the things in my life... I don't take them for granted; and I cherish every friendship, and relationship... family and friends. I love the world around me... in spite of its obvious faults... I am surrounded by reminders of how amazing everything is... therefore I am happy.
2006-11-27 05:41:11 · answer #3 · answered by just nate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
making time for friends. making things (like paintings, cards and poems), cherry tomatoes, tai chi, living near the beach, listening to my irrational gut feeling, going with the flow, getting lost, avoiding maps or spelling correctly, reading about interesting ideas, and drinking coffee, oh! and making loads of impossible wishes and believing that anything can happen, knowing material things do not bring happiness, but travelling is brilliant
2006-11-27 05:36:46 · answer #4 · answered by whichcamefirstthechickenortheegg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doing what I want to do without sacrificing or compromising my values for the acceptance of others. Read anything by Ayn Rand...
2006-11-27 05:28:45 · answer #5 · answered by Jade S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One day at a time.
2006-11-27 05:30:34 · answer #6 · answered by Conway 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enjoy what others have to offer.
Offer to other help and fun.
Accept that everybody is different and that I have something new to learn everyday.
2006-11-27 05:56:33 · answer #7 · answered by sedfr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone cannot have constant happiness
everything is a cycle everything has its up and downs
2006-11-27 05:39:03 · answer #8 · answered by wranderer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the little things :)
2006-11-27 12:51:50 · answer #9 · answered by MaryLou 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
contentment.
be realistic.
2006-11-27 05:48:35 · answer #10 · answered by prince47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋