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How Do You Achieve Happiness

This is a broad topic and you will receive a variety of answers.

Happiness comes in different forms: emotional, physical, materialistic and spiritual

I am mostly happy whenever I have a good relationship with my family and peers, so I must say that my happiness mostly comes from emotional support/love.

What makes me sad will be a strained relationship with the answer above.
 
Realizing that nobody is perfect and that every moment of life is a learning experience makes me happy.

The hurtful things that people have to do to get by in life make me sad.
 
it sounds like yet another trite platitude but there's a saying, which i'm likely paraphrasing, which goes: "happiness is not a destination. it's a journey"

i tend to agree.

alasdair
 
Im currently on my 2nd month of my long comedown. What makes me happy is the support of my family especially my mom. What makes me sad is knowing that im hurting them seeing me like this. I hope i soon be back to my old self.. i miss myself.. and i dont want to hurt my family anymore. Promised my mom that ill take care of her.. so i guess giving up is not an option.
 
I
squish my partner, kiss her, etc.
do drugs.
hang out with my friends.
do science.
make music.
help others.
bluelight/4chan/reddit/other online lulz.

mainly, for me, happiness comes from interaction with people (or cats, cats are awesome). Even the drugs....I do em w people (my partner and friends mainly)
 
jethro1000 said:
Im currently on my 2nd month of my long comedown. What makes me happy is the support of my family especially my mom. What makes me sad is knowing that im hurting them seeing me like this. I hope i soon be back to my old self.. i miss myself.. and i dont want to hurt my family anymore. Promised my mom that ill take care of her.. so i guess giving up is not an option.
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Jethro, comedown from what? I am month 8 comedown from mdma. I am doing so much better. Never touching it again.
 
My daughter's baby makes me happy and I can't explain it. I don't actually want to understand why that little man is my sunshine. AND my shadow, in the sense that hanging out with him causes me to hate the parent I was to my kids.

In the same moment that I am overjoyed by my grandson, I'm reminded of how impatient I was with my children. They were just babies, after all.

I am happy to be with my grandson. I put my phone in the drawer each time he comes over, and I get down on the floor and play cars, or blocks, or any other games he wants. I notice so many wonderful "firsts" that I missed with my own kids. I have patience in profound ways that I never even thought possible.

My patience with this baby reminds me of my shameful impatience with my four.
 
Honestly making other people happy makes me happy. Not to my own detriment of coarse, but small acts of kindness makes me feel good. I feel that if everyone did small things for others (cup of coffee on co-workers desk, cookies for neighbors, flowers for someone feeling down) the world would be a better place. Cheesy I know, but it works for me.
 
You know, its funny because I thought I'd find happiness whilst trying to be sober. Went weeks without smoking bud but ofcourse after smoking a j with my buddy tonight I find the happiness within all the simple shit I do: playing guitar, playing games, listening to music, feeling like every little thing is going to be alright. Things I thought or just didn't realize (or even forgot) I get enjoyment out of sober.

I think smoking weed makes me happy =D
 
Rainy days and making soup makes me happy. Finding my sweetheart asleep on the sofa with our rescue pup drapes me in a warm blanket of 'joy'. Going through old boxes and finding things of past offers nostalgia and memories of all that has been done.
Sadness , well sadness comes when I lose sight of the simpler things in life like roaming through the woods or walking barefoot through sandy beaches. Oh yeah, baking and making music makes me happy too.

I bet I'm not the only one who got a little teary eyed reading about you and your lovely grandson. How wonderful it is indeed that you have this blessing and that your in a place and state of mind to take the time this time around. Yes, being a GrandParent is truly a blessing and it sounds like you know this fully well and are embracing each and every moment. Lovely.
 
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