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Aliantha · 10-10-2007, 05:59 PM

Happiness is something you decide to be or not. Being 'happy' is not the same as being joyful for example.

to me, happiness as a definition for a way of being means that my basic core feeling for life is peaceful. I know there will be things which will irritate me, but they don't control me. They don't have the power to change my state of being. Sometimes sad things will happen, but again, do I let that feeling control me or do I stay true to my state of being?

I'm not perfect. Far far from it, but I do recognize that most of the time, I can choose to be happy if I want to, regardless of what my immediate circumstances are.

10-10-2007, 05:59 PM	#12
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Happiness is something you decide to be or not. Being 'happy' is not the same as being joyful for example. to me, happiness as a definition for a way of being means that my basic core feeling for life is peaceful. I know there will be things which will irritate me, but they don't control me. They don't have the power to change my state of being. Sometimes sad things will happen, but again, do I let that feeling control me or do I stay true to my state of being? I'm not perfect. Far far from it, but I do recognize that most of the time, I can choose to be happy if I want to, regardless of what my immediate circumstances are. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber