digger70 Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 What is the Secret to Happiness? There's No secret to happiness, life is what you make of it yourself . One can make a home anywhere in the world it all depends what one want's /likes One can be happy with that and if one has a good Partner/wife/girlfriend they can make a Very Happy Life and make it last. Happiness is what one can Make with the right partner and right place to live. There's no secret to Happiness ,that's what I Think.But Hey, I could be wrong ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Adiudon said: Easy, Don't worry about stuff that you can't control, Don't compare yourself to others, Be content with what you have and get a dog for company. Hey , I have a lovely big Mackeral tabby cat for company , a house is not a home till one shares a book on other cats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcuthbert Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Good health, young women, and cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 13 minutes ago, toofarnorth said: Hey , I have a lovely big Mackeral tabby cat for company , a house is not a home till one shares a book on other cats. Very nice cat. And, obviously, too fat to walk on the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparktrader Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 33 minutes ago, Stocky said: "Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen, nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery." ~ Wilkins Micawber (Charles Dickens - David Copperfield) 20 pounds gone in 1 day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazykopite Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 When you find out let me know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Governments who are no longer in the Morality Policing business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbabythai Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 17 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said: Thailand is a place in which it is fundamentally incumbent upon us to remain happy. Expression of unhappiness in Thailand, is just not acceptable. Should we not smile, enough, then we let others down. This is part of the culture. The very act of smiling, makes everybody happy. We know this from basic psychology: We are afraid because we run, for example. And, we are happy just because we smile. I LOVE Thailand. Thailand is the best place I have ever been. Truly, I love Thailand, more than any other country. except when some <deleted> cuts me off and causes me stress on the roads... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G Rex Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Dear OP , my secret to happiness is simply to ignore any more of your verbose trite posts. I am going to do that immediately. My impending happiness is coming…. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAFETY FIRST Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 19 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said: tell me the secret to happiness? MONEY Girls are getting more expensive these days 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Rabbit Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Sparktrader said: 20 pounds gone in 1 day I know you know of this place. "the crowding ghosts of many miserable years" True happiness can be found in these places, nevertheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparktrader Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 32 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said: I know you know of this place. "the crowding ghosts of many miserable years" True happiness can be found in these places, nevertheless. What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Sparktrader said: What? Sorry, my friend. I thought you might know this place where Dickens learned to write. This is Marshalsea. Without this notorious debtors' prison in Southwark, we would not have the Works of Dickens, obviously. By the way, Dickens was a prolific writer. And yet, nobody complained about his writing "too much". I guess that I am no Dickens. Right? The POINT being that Happiness can be found in the strangest of places. Dickens found his happiness in debtors prison. And so, we can say, it's not over until it's over. Edited August 27, 2021 by GammaGlobulin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparktrader Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 3 hours ago, digger70 said: What is the Secret to Happiness? There's No secret to happiness, life is what you make of it yourself . One can make a home anywhere in the world it all depends what one want's /likes One can be happy with that and if one has a good Partner/wife/girlfriend they can make a Very Happy Life and make it last. Happiness is what one can Make with the right partner and right place to live. There's no secret to Happiness ,that's what I Think.But Hey, I could be wrong ???? So just walk around farting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparktrader Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said: Sorry, my friend. I thought you might know this place where Dickens learned to write. This is Marshalsea. Without this notorious debtors' prison in Southwark, we would not have the Works of Dickens, obviously. By the way, Dickens was a prolific writer. And yet, nobody complained about his writing "too much". I guess that I am no Dickens. Right? The POINT being that Happiness can be found in the strangest of places. Dickens found his happiness in debtors prison. And so, we can say, it's not over until it's over. No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Sparktrader said: So just walk around farting Everyone needs a hobby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparktrader Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Forest Gump was happy. He was simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 10 minutes ago, Sparktrader said: Forest Gump was happy. He was simple. You are saying that simplicity and minimalism are two key elements integral for attainment of Happiness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparktrader Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Just now, GammaGlobulin said: You are saying that simplicity and minimalism are two key elements integral for attainment of Happiness? Yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaGlobulin Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 Just now, Sparktrader said: Yes Never a truer word have you spoken in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pomchop Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 chop wood, carry water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanomazu Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 8 hours ago, Antonymous said: Happiness is being able to do what we want in life. Similarly, I define success as being able to spend your life in your own way. I was happy enough in the UK; I’m happier still in LOS, because here I’ve found more freedom to do exactly what I want in life. I am happy, very content with my lot. How about you? Are you living a life of your own choosing? What motivates you? What do you want to achieve for yourself and those you love? What do you value most, spiritually, emotionally, and materially? If you’ve reached those goals you will be happy and if you haven’t, chances are that you won't be happy. Having a purpose is the key to a fulfilling and happy life, not forgetting that one person’s happiness is another’s nightmare. There are people on these forums who seem to live a life that I’d hate and vice-versa. So long as you are able to follow your purpose your life will have meaning…to you. And it does not matter, in the context of this question, what other people's opinions of you are. Contentment comes at a time that you understand what your purpose is and that you are pursuing it. Discontent arrives when you forget or can’t find or are blocked from pursuing your purpose. I also like what Mark Twain wrote when looking back on his life: "There isn't time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving, and but an instant, so to speak, for that." What a wonderful quote by Twain, so easy to appreciate, yet so hard to put into practice. Of course Goethe, reflecting on his life, said that he had been happy at most 4 weeks in his life in total. So again the brevity of time spent in happiness is a real thread among those with genius. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW Happy Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Apparently 29 luxury high end cars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bbbbooboo Posted August 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2021 Hmmm.... happiness is the absence of a nagging wife...... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuang Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Be happy ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gottfrid Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 That´s easy! Just do not take so much notice of everything you read on TV. Everything else after that is the automatic road to happiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 12 hours ago, Sparktrader said: So just walk around farting Up to you ,if that makes you Happy. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnative Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 I liked the excellent posts from both of the 'Chris' posters. I feel like I am happier now than in some of my earlier years. I think it's important to keep a positive outlook as much as you can and I always try to see the glass as half full rather than half empty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparktrader Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 31 minutes ago, chuang said: Be happy ???? Whats the secret to being clean? Have a shower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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