Sunday, October 28, 2007

Are You Happy?

What does it mean to be happy? Are you happy?

Are there different kinds of happiness? Do possessions make us more or less happy?

Give a definition of what you think happiness is and talk about it.

56 comments:

lisa said...

I would definately say I'm a happy person! I have great friends that stand by my side and I have a great time hanging out with them. I do however believe there are different kinds of happiness. You can be happy when you help someone or happy when your with that special person and those are definately two different kinds of happiness. I think possesions make people happy but I don't think they keep people happy because things get outdated and whatever. Basically I would say happiness is just a time of feeling good about yourself or what you have done.

amy said...

Being happy is doing something you enjoy doing. I would I am a happy person. I do what i like to do like, hanging with friends and family. There are different kinds of happiness. Materialistic and pure happiness. Materialistic is having possessions that make you happy or buying stuff just to be happy. Pure happiness comes with out buying obects to make you happy or satisfied. Its priceless.

Levitas Navarius said...

Of coarse I'm happy I mean come on I'm alive and my friends are doing ok so yeah um happiness is when you feel content in the world. Right now I deffinatly do because I've got money in my pocket, a couple of girls that like me (sorry I'm taken) and well I just got over some personal problems so yeah I'm feeling good.

BaerBaer said...

Am I happy? Well isn't that somthing I would love to know about myself. My family is a big pain in the butt and I work all the time. I only have one day with my boyfriend a week and im always sick. Don't even get me started on hanging with my friend's. So am I happy? I guess I am. Work may make me tired and aching all over butt I don't mind being there. The day's I actuly get to see my boyfriend seem to be my happiest day's even though I alwasy have to fight with my step dad to see him, it's worth it. Happyness isn't just something you have for alittle bit. it's something you have all the time. Life may be hard and things might suck but look at the thing's that are good. look at everything threw positive eyes. I don't think you can buy happyness that's just not how things are. I think it's something you get from the people you love and the thing's you hold dear to you. If your unhappy your just not looking at all the great thing's in your life. Like who cares for you and what's to look forwards to. All those thing's make you happy in different ways. I think true happieness is something one creats's for themselfs... nothing else.

your*mom said...

Lisa get over it you have no friends now quit screwing around and do your laundrey.....Kidding but yes i would say over all i am a very happy person. My life may get complicated at times but its jsut a matter of looking at the positive side of life. To some people they may think they need possesions to make them happy but it is not the same for all. A poor person could be happier than a rich person only becasue they enjoy their life more. Possesions are not what make you happy.

L's Army said...

Baerbaer, your comment on happiness is probably one of the most insightful I've seen coming from this class. Nice one.

CLN123 said...

To be happy you have to be happy with what is going on in your life. I feel I am a very happy person:) I definately think there are different types of happinesses. People can be happy no matter what they possess and some people who don't have any possesions might not be very happy. Happiness is how people feel about themselves and how they feel about their life.

t.green said...

Yeah, i'm a happy person. I'm alive and doing well. My friends are always around to keep me happy. To me being happy means that you're around the people you like and doing things you like. You can be happy about people getting you things or buying things. Or you can be happy without having to buy anything. Money doesn't always buy happiness.

DAMSER said...

happy is where you do what youlike doing and hanging out with people you llike hanging out with. i would say that i am a very happy person. there are diffenetly different kinds of happiness. helping people and knowing the people i love, love me back. everytime i help people im happy because money and getting something back in return doesnt matter to me. happiness is is usually a feeling that you get where you helped or feel loved and having fun doing what you like to do.

ThunderStorm said...

There are many different ways to make yourself happy.I would consider myself a happy person. Not even noticing,we strive to be happy on a daily basis.I do believe that there is different kinds of happieness. You are in a way happy when you help someone,or suceed at something,or do something you love doing. I know that I get happier when it comes to certain things. But the happieness comes and goes so it is our job to keep ourselves happy and do the things that get you there.

trogdor said...

Happyness in my opinion is to be content and at peace with yourself. Today I am happy mainly because the Buffalo Bills won yesterday and the Miami Dolphins lost.....I am happy rarely. I am happy when the Buffalo Bills or the Buffalo Sabres win or during winter. Other than game day or freezing cold days I am rarely truely happy.

lisa said...

your*mom..... Do my laundry, what?????? lol haha

Kara said...

I look at myself as a very happy person. I have a few friends and we all are very close. My happiness is being around the people i care about most and sure i like possessions but, they slowly diminish happiness. Everything involves money it has to in order to keep our economy running. So some people will theoretically say that money can buy happiness especially to those deprived.However once that possession one can have is given, sure you get really excited at first but, happiness disappears
shortly after. Happiness is best through social situations and feeling happy with the people that bring positive influences in your life.

Tom Sawyer said...

Happiness is a feeling you get when somthing makes you feel good. There are different types of happiness. There is the type when you buy somthing new your happy for awile but that leaves with time. Theres the type of happines you get when your with your family or someone you would do anything for thats called love. Alot of things come and go but love never will. It will be there till you die thats the difference between happiness you get from possesions and the happiness you get from love. To find true happiness you need to be around people that you care about and have fun with thats happiness.

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cindy love said...

i am a vey happy person... i stand in what i believe in and i take in what people say but i dont let the nasty comments get to me

bees4everLOL said...

CLN123 i totally agree with you! rich not equals happy (for example: how does bill gates know if his friends like him or his money??)

Chrissi said...

happiness is the most easiest thing to come upon. You can find it everywhere! I think that people that dwell are the only ones who are unhappy. I am happy, I have no cell phone, ipod, telephone, t.v., any money, a car, my PERMIT, a house, a family, and very few friends, but I have my puppy, a goldfish named fred, a very sweet guy named Jake, his family, and his friends Cam-jam, Tristen, Brian, and Ben. Thats all that I really need. I dont need materials to make me happy having the feeling of being wanted, needed or depended on makes me happy a cell phone does not say talk to me, feed me or I have to "GO!" it's the feedback that makes me happy. I'm satisfied with what's going on in my life. I like the feeling of knowing that I have not a ton but a few good friends that are ALWAYS there for me. How much of something you have dosen't matter, it's WHAT you have and how much it matters to you. That is happieness in my eyes.

Yoda said...

Being happy is enjoying life. I'd say that i'm pretty happy. I think there are different types of happiness. Some things make people happy and other things make people happy.

stupidgirl said...

BearBear. Your comment is the best thing i ever read lol. I agree with you and your life kinda seems familier except the whole one day a week boyfriend thing. i practically live with my boyfriend, lol. but ya you totally explained happiness i could never do that.

Anonymous said...

Everyone is happy, maybe not at the moment but at least everyone has been there, and if your not there, considering your self sad, depressed whatever....its not alawys bad, because if there was no sad, then would you ever be happy?

Kull said...

Happiness is a combination of a lot of things. How much money you have, how many friends you have and how many personal possesions you have. You can not tell me that if you had more money and more friends you would not be more happy.

okaykaykay said...

I would have to say that all together i am a happy person. i am not going to sit here and tell the good and bad of my life, but i will say that yes life does get dificult at times but i have noticed that it takes just a couple days to get through it so it isnt like you have to be unhappy all the time just because of the little things that hapen to you. as you grow up you start seeing things in a more positive way to reduce the stress level in your life. well thats what i do at least.

outback said...

happy means to be like, u like life you enjoy it,you want to do as much as you can before you go. like go visit other countries,cities,states,islands,ect.... i'd have to say that yes i am happy because i got an o.k. life it isn't the greatest but i have to deal with it. I am not really sure but there are different kinds of happiness i guess like what i just explained, some people might think the negative way and think about the negative happy. possessions make us more happy because it is what we have what we hold on to. look at the beginning and it will say what i think happiness is.

BeeSlayer5000 said...

Of course I'm happy there's nothing better than waking up walking outside and finding a nice large bees nest to stomp on. But in all seriousness I would say I am a happy person. Since I believe happiness is from how you feel about yourself and hell I feel pretty damn good. It doesn,t really matter who you are how much you have since happiness is universal yet if objects or fame makes you happy then thats just who you are.

Sanitarium said...

Outside of school i am a very happy person. But as soon as i get into this jail, i feel like rolling up into a ball and sucking my thumb. Life would be alot better if we could wear hats in this school..hats kick @$$...so as soon as i graduate, i will be able to be happy all day...all the time.

okaykaykay said...

well since your*mom is making lisa do her laundry and elven pirate wants lisa to do their laundry, i feel that i have to even it out and have amy do mine and Griffindorks! haha girls you know im right, you guys have to do eveything the same :) hehehehe

haCkER ALiAs 101 said...

I think people who are relient on items to make them happy are weak. materialism is almost as weak as terrorism. Lool at this logically, do you really want to be a slave to personal possessions and things that cost $$$, OR do you want to find enjoyment out of other things?

bandits.on.a.power-play said...

i think i am happy, but if i was living in onondaga, i would be much happier. I dont really think that there are different happinesses. and i think that posessions can make you happy, but maybe for a short period of time because it eventually gets boring. but this is all i pretty much have to say at this moment-o!... *oneh.

#one said...

I think happy is just a state of mind and how your feeling about yourself at the time.

chadjohnson said...

I have to agree with beeslayer since it does only matter how you feel about yourself not how others view you. Also if you are havin fun you must be happy since the two things go hand in hand

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the66omen6 said...

I am a happy person. Of course, there are alot of things that piss me off but I deal with it all the same. A deep breath or two makes things a little calmer. Home is stressful (got a 3 year old sister...), Work is fine...sometimes (I am new so it is hard to know where everything goes...)School work doesn't seem to bother me that much like it did in the lower grades. I am getting high 80s and low 90s in most of my classes (as far as I know) and just need some....me time... once in a while. It comes once in a while.... well not much I can really say but I am a happy person.

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Environmental HAZARD said...

i feel that i'm a happy person but in fact i find joy reveling in another persons misery

displayname said...

yup. im pretty happy

Issy Lou said...

Of course i am happy. I have alittle bit of a stressful life, but everyone has that going on right now, we're seniors...we got college stuff to do and most of us work and have to find time for the people in our lives, all that fun stuff, but overall I am a happy chick. I love how my life is going and the people in it and I wouldnt want to have it any other way...its great. Yeah, i get pissed sometimes...but who doesnt? Just be happy. You only got one life to live, so live it to the fullest, and yeah we could all be gone in like 2012 because the world might end...haha jk...that probably will not happen...

lallo said...

wow smellie wow i would like to live there too.
i should come live with you?

saltine said...

im happier than a pea in corn soup

Alfalfa said...

I have to say looking at my whole life I am overall happy. There are certain aspects of it that Are stressful like past bloggers have said about applying for college, or even writing up the wills and memories. However, other parts of life are simple and easy for us eniors, like schoolwork for example. Even thought I am happy now, i think i'll be much happier after I have already been accepted to college and know exactly what I'm doing after high school.

Alax said...

You know what i think...................."Life's a garden, Dig it"

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Dusky Twilight said...

Happyness is a joy inside of you and its like butterflys or warmth and a relaxing comfert you dont really feel. you feel blissful and like you could sprot wings and fly.

Me? Am I happy?! HA! What a silly question to ask me! Of course I am! I’m happy with my life, my friends, family every thing! Life has given me so much joy, such.... wonderful close friends that I can turn to no matter what! And my mother? Her undying support always holds me up. My dad to of course and OMG my little brother? He's an angel I mean you know how most siblings kick the crap out of each other and fight? We don’t. Were loving. He doesn’t even mind it if I want a hug. Dude really and we pick on each other. And insult each other, (joking of course) I guess were on such a close level we can call each other stupid and dumb and totally not mean it. Its sooo cool

Wow I totally rambled... Hello fellow classmates bet your reading this now XD

But yeah I’m happy I like to see life in a positive way and look at things from others point of view so I don’t have a reason to get angry. I don't know. I just love being happy. XD I love life yey

McFeely said...

Being happy is being hyper, getting excited about something, smiling constantly. I would say I am a very happy person, I enjoy doing what I love. I would say all happiness falls under the same category. To some people possessions make us more happy, to others it makes them cocky.

Alisha Bowers said...

happy is when you do something or a with someone you love. when your smile dont leave your face. when you feel so good that you can do any thing. when i am with my family i never get sad .

the66omen6 said...

Noone shall be happy! I will happily devoure all the souls of you foolish mortals. *evil laugh*

Issy Lou said...

thats kinda creepy...haha...

boy u stank take a bath said...

Umm right now I am not happy. Earlier today I was, but now I'm kinda in a bad mood. You can stay happy if you don't let stupid people or bad stuff get in your way. But happiness is whatever makes you feel good about yourself or whatever you are doing. A happy mood comes and goes. As of now, my happy mood is gone dude.