And Happiness Is...

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Okay my good news post is about happiness. What does it mean to you and for you? 

The Mirriam-Webster dictionary says Happiness is a state of well-being or contentment, and Joy is a pleasurable or satisfying experience. 

I do not agree with either definition but I'm throwing this out there for your consumption anyway as some of you may agree with them or have your own thoughts on this.

 

The wonderful Judith Rich says "Happiness is a by-product of being aligned with one's spirit, living with an open heart, and expressing one's authentic passion."  

For me, happiness is whatever makes me feel good when I'm doing it regardless of what it is. 

 
It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich. Alan Alda
 

My favourite journalist turned humourist Tony Deyal wrote the following in the Trinidad Guardian recently in an article titled Happiness is...

Whoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop. Gertrude Stein

Money can't buy you happiness it can, however, rent it. Anon

Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery. Spike Milligan 

What's the use of happiness? it can't buy you money. By all means marry: If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. Socrates

A man doesn't know what happiness is until he's married. By then it's too late. Frank Sinatra

As one who became a philosopher (Socratically speaking) through the bridal path of life, I am like Charlie Brown. When I work, I work for Peanuts. All I ask from life is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Tony Deyal

Tony Deyal was last seen saying that when asked what she wanted most from life, the wife of French President, Charles DeGaulle shocked the exalted company by saying, "A penis." her husband corrected her gently and said, "The English pronounce it differently, dear.  They say 'appiness."



And to you dear reader, happiness is...Do comment and let me know.