Thursday, June 01, 2006

HAPPINESS

what is happiness, is there one single definition that can account for all beings, is it just a want to be free from suffering, because i know that happiness for specific individuals varies as much as snowflakes floating throu the air, it also comes down to what people are prepared to accept as their position in the world some people are just happy working in a supermarket their whole life, and some people need so much more to be happy, is it a matter of being content with what you have, is it about not having a long enough attention span, do people get stuck in a safe warm place and become afraid to leave, is happiness, for some people living on the edge, or are they just addicted to adreneline, are some people just happy to be at home all day watching TV, while some people cant bare to be alone, and if so, why do governments and advertising companies keep telling us what will make us happy, or what will make us more appealling to a prospective partner, can happiness be bought, or does money just reduce the amount of suffering one will have to endure, is happiness just having options available, do children really know what happiness is, or does ones definition of happiness change, is happiness just the opposite of suffering, can one measure happiness, is settling for second best happiness, do people ever give up on it, do some people just enjoy suffering, are all beings after happiness or are they just after what they think will make them happy, and yet arent really sure what happiness is, is love happiness or suffering, or does it entail both, is love a part of happiness or is happiness a part of love.

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