| What is the definition of 'happiness?' Is
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| | equates to more stress, more worry and
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| it material wealth filled with fancy
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| | more aggrivation. So, is happiness
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| cars, a dream house, extravagant furs and
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| | honestly just comprised of 'things?'
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| jewelry? Or is happiness simply having a
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| | Sometimes, we virtually trade our lives
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| roof over your head? Food in the fridge?
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| | for not only basic necessities, but for
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| Having a child? A pet? A swimming pool? A
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| | excessive items and services as well. We
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| designer Gucci bag? Parents?
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| | become so obcessed with finding
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| Grandchildren? Love? Money? The perfect
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| | happiness, that we lose sight of the fact
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| job? Winning the Lottery?
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| | that happiness is within - always.
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| According to the American Heritage(R)
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| | Certainly you've heard of individuals
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| Dictionary, 'happiness' is derived from
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| | trying to 'find themselves,' or
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| the Middle English word hap - meaning
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| | 'rediscover themselves...' The reason
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| 'Luck.' But does happiness really have
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| | they are attempting these innovative
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| anything to do with 'luck?' Based on this
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| | approaches is because they are seeking
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| description, one could assume that if you
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| | inner happiness. But the point has been
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| avoided a fatal traffic accident but got
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| | missed: Happiness is already there.
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| fired by coming late to work, you would
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| | Disappointments and tragedies in life
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| be filled with 'happiness?' Is it luck or
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| | will come and go, but happiness never
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| what you make of it? Maybe, 'happiness'
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| | leaves you. The human's capacity to be
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| is exactly defined by its indirect alias:
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| | resilient to trials is unfathomable. We
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| happ iness - perhaps, happiness is in
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| | can lose our jobs, but be grateful for
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| fact defined by the fortune that we
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| | our spouses. We can lose our homes to
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| permit to happen.
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| | nature, but be thankful to be alive.
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| Do you recall a time....ah, let's say
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| | Spiritually speaking, there's a saying
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| when you were about 5 years old - what
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| | that 'God only gives what one can take.'
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| defined happiness back then? Was it
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| | Whether it be God, Allah, Budah, or Jesus
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| getting a puppy for Christmas? Or maybe,
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| | Christ - the basic precept remains the
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| you were a child of divorce; and all you
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| | same: Survival. We survive, we overcome,
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| wanted was for Mom and Dad to get back
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| | we live. And happiness is a big part of
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| together again? Then as you got older,
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| | how we live. You'll hear gamblers
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| you were hoping that someone would ask
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| | spending their last change, all the while
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| you to the prom...that would've made your
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| | praying to God, '....please, God - just
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| day, maybe your life...for the moment.
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| | this one last time....if I win, I'll
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| During college, good grades made you
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| | never ask you for another thing.' And
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| happy, but it was short-lived. Because in
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| | sometimes, we, ourselves have been in
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| the real world, you had to look for a
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| | situations where we've asked for things,
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| job, and competition was stark. It's an
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| | like, '....God, if you let me have this
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| employer's world....you thought. But
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| | job, I won't bother you again..." and we
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| then, you got the perfect job - now you
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| | know that this is further from the truth.
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| could be happy - or could you?
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| | We ritualistically begin bartering with
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| Life requires more than just what we
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| | the Higher Power, or we utter constant
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| want. Inevitably, one must understand to
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| | complaints of unhappiness and despair,
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| truly find 'happiness,' he must make his
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| | because we can't have our ways.
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| own happiness 'happen.' Sounds a bit
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| | Again you see that happiness is a
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| redundant, but truthfully, there is no
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| | perception of each individual. We are
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| set guidelines that will bring one
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| | instinctively compelled to find fault in
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| happiness. There is no 'magic wand' we
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| | our lives. By human nature, we begin our
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| can wave to bring joy into our lives.
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| | 'fault-finding' mission the moment we're
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| Human nature thrives on the thrill of the
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| | capable of free-thinking. It is then,
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| chase. We dream and we hope for the next
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| | that we lose sense of self-worth and the
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| big break - it is the grand adventure of
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| | bigger picture of vitality altogether.
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| living.
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| | Stuck in the patterns of the happiness
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| We are hopeless creatures of comfort. We
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| | paradox, we simply cannot find where our
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| like having and accumulating things.
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| | happiness has gone.
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| Whether one admits to it or not, to a
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| | It's not a matter of bargaining, it's not
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| certain degree, we all try to keep up
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| | an issue of money or fame - instead,
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| with 'the Jones.' We work so we can pay
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| | happiness is what you resolve to accept.
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| our rents, mortgages, credit card debts,
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| | If we live through optimistic hope; if we
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| school loans, car payments...the list
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| | dare to dream; if we empower ourselves to
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| goes on and on. And at some point, we
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| | fully live; then we have regained our
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| realize, that aside from having most of
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| | sense of happiness. There is no in
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| what we want, we still aren't happy. Now
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| | between. There is no other replacement.
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| since we've learned to adapt to new
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| | We only have one physical life to live -
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| standards which we've created for
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| | we have no choice but to make the most of
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| ourselves, we find that we have less
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| | it. We might as well live happy.
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| time, less patience, less sleep, which
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