Happiness

Do most people consider themselves happy, and how do they/we

define happiness? Are our expectations for happiness realistic, and perhaps why not?

Darnell Green

Most people consider themselves happy. Finding happiness is like finding yourself. You don't find happiness, you make happiness. You choose happiness. Happiness can be defined as having more than enough in each area of life--more than enough faith, more than enough relationships, more than enough physical, emotional and mental resources. It is realistic because Self-actualization is a process of discovering who you are, who you want to be and paving the way to happiness by doing what brings YOU the most meaning and contentment to your life over the long run.

You will probably never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation. Realize that true happiness lies within you. Happiness is our choice. It's our ultimate realization of what being happy is all about?

Happiness can be a feeling of contentment created when all of one's physical, emotional, psychological, intellectual and spiritual needs have been gratified. Happiness is the aim in life tranquilities and rationalities. And the cornerstone of happiness is having a religion that you have faith in, a girlfriend or a wife to enjoy life with, content with your personal well-being and being emotionally and mentally strong.

Getting a realistic self-actualization is a key step in understanding what true happiness is all about. Once we discover who we are we can be at peace with ourselves we can understand the true values of happiness. We should try to think of happiness as the meaning or purpose in life the whole aim of human existence. When we fill that that has happened, then we will fill that we've been gratified.

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