Is it possible to always be happy?

Answer 1

Yes, if you are in mental hospital. You see those people laughing always. Just kidding.

Everything is about balance. There is happiness and there is sadness there is gain and there is loss, there is live and there is death, there are joy and there are sorrow.

We can't be happy always but we can feel bliss and peace if we attain balance in life. We live once, we want to taste all the taste in life, right? Sweet, bitter, sour, spicy - life. if we only taste sweet, then it be meaningless.

Learn to accept adversity as learning opportunity, learn to accept joy as encouragement.

Just dont do anything to hurt people, and live in no regret then your life will be in bliss indeed.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

In life not EVERYTHING is going to go your way. Sometimes you'll be lonely, sad or even depressed. I do not believe that there is a person in this world who is constantly happy. Its to much of a good thing. If you were never unhappy how would you even know what it feels like to BE happy?? If you never experience the bad things in life then how could you ever be able to cherish all the wonderful things? Now some people can hide sadness/unhappiness exceedingly well, but thats something all together different. So basically no i dont think its possible at all.

Answer 4

Of course not -- not naturally, anyway. It's normal to have ups and downs, all through life. It's just how we're made. Unrealistic expectations of constant and consistent happiness lead many people to unnecessarily seek help from mental health professionals every year.

One of my all-time favorite sayings (author unknown) has always been: "The soul would have no rainbow, had the eyes no tears."

You'd be an awfully dull, two-dimensional person if you only and always felt happy. How sad for you that would be.

Answer 5

According to Martin Seligman in Authentic Happiness we are born with a set point of happiness, kind of like a thermostat. If you are getting too much good fortune it will bring you back down to your normal level. If you are experiencing too much frustration and misery it will bring you up to your normal level.

Everyone's level of happiness is individual and some people are " happier" than others.

Answer 6

Happiness is generic, and is applied to almost every kind of
enjoyment except that of the animal appetites. It ia a state of
well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to
intense joy. These include: bliss, joy, joyous, carefree,
jubilant, exultant, cheerful, playful, amused, fun, glad, gay,
gleeful, jolly, jovial, delighted, euphoric, ecstatic, thrilled,
elated, enraptured, comfortable, harmonious, and triumphant.
Societies, religions, and individuals have various views on the
nature of happiness and how to pursue it.

Only saint-like persons, who feel that they are no longer
interested in the external world, think that happiness is within.
For many persons, nothing can make them happy. Our minds are as
different as our finger prints - no two are alike. Listening to
loud music makes one happy and makes another unhappy. Hence,
there can be no single definition for happiness. It is probably
impossible to objectively define happiness as humans know and
understand it, as internal experiences are subjective by nature.
Because of this, explaining happiness as experienced by one
individual is as pointless as trying to define the color green
such that a completely color blind person could understand the
experience of seeing green.

As a state and a subject, it has been pursued and commented on
extensively throughout world history.

"Call no man happy till he is dead." - Aeschylus

"Happiness is a positive cash flow." - Fred Adler

"Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true
happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but
through fidelity to a worthy purpose." - Joseph Addison

"True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of
one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation
of a few select companions." - Joseph Addison

Happiness is often associated with the presence of favourable
circumstances such as a supportive family life, a loving marriage,
and economic stability. Kali Yuga, the age of darkness, is the
time when these favourables are difficult to find.

Unfavorable circumstances - such as abusive relationships,
accidents, loss of employment, and conflicts - diminish the
amount of happiness a person experiences. In all nations, factors
such as hunger, disease, crime, corruption, and warfare can
decrease happiness. However, according to several ancient and
modern thinkers, happiness is influenced by the attitude and
perspective taken on such circumstances.

From the observation that fish must become happy by swimming, and
birds must become happy by flying. Aristotle points to the unique
abilities of man as the route to happiness. Of all the animals
only man can sit and contemplate reality. Of all the animals only
man can develop social relations to the political level. Thus the
contemplative life of a monk or professor, or the political life
of a military commander or politician will be the happiest
according to their own psyche.

The following is the self-reported positive affect (i.e. positive
emotion) during the day by 909 employed women in USA:

Activities and their positive effect index:

Intimate relations 5.10
Socializing 4.59
Relaxing 4.42
Pray/Worship/Meditate 4.35
Eating 4.34
Exercising 4.31
Watching TV 4.19
Shopping 3.95
Preparing food 3.93
On the phone 3.92
Napping 3.87
Taking care of
my children 3.86
Computer/Email/
Internet 3.81
Housework 3.73
Working 3.62
Commuting 3.45

Interaction with partners:

w/ friends 4.36
w/ relatives 4.17
w/ spouse/Significant
other 4.11
w/ children 4.04
w/ clients/customers 3.79
w/ co-workers 3.76
w/ boss 3.52
alone 3.41

Further, happiness is not entirely psychological in nature - it
has got a biological basis too. The neurotransmitter dopamine is
involved in desire and seems often related to pleasure. Pleasure
can be induced artificially with drugs. Use of drugs is not some
thing new, it has been used by many including Sanyasis since
millenia.

Answer 7

I think it is only human nature to want the things we can't have and cannot feel, like love, and being happy all the time. no one is happy all the time. Not unless their on some kind of medication all day everyday.

Answer 8

no. you can put on an act, but deep down inside you are not always happy. everybody has something thrown at them in life that isnt pretty. now, you can make up your mind to have a good attitude about things, but that doesnt mean contentment.

Answer 9

No. If you were always happy, you would no more aware of being happy than a fish is that it is always under water. Variety is the spice of life.

Answer 10

No, all emotions are normal. Some people use happiness as a cover for what they are really feeling and that isn't healthy.