Happiness is a subjective matter but have significant place in one's life.
How we can define and measure happiness for individuals and country?
Have you looked into Viktor Frankl's theories and personal story - the pursuit of happiness? He posits that happiness cannot be pursued, but instead is something that ensues.
http://www.pursuit-of-happiness.org/history-of-happiness/viktor-frankl/
This is a very interesting question because many people worry because they think their life is on a wrong way because it does'nt match with "official" standards of happiness.
In medicine, we try to assess it with quality of life, but the questionnaires are adapted mainly for sick people.
So, it could be interesting first to consider what happiness is and to tell it to the community, and it will be more balance, resilience and commitment than success, free time and "zen" experiences.
And to assess it, a questionnaire adapted to daily life of average people could be interesting.
Thanks Francois & Lisi. I am looking for personal opinion about happiness. Hope we will contribute to understand the various perspectives of happiness from different domains.
A hungry person is happy when he is saturated.
A sick person is happy when he heals.
Nabob is happy with the next million.
Mother is happy with a baby smile.
Happiness is a vey very relative term.
Strongly agree sir.
Under such situations, how we can measure happiness?
Different individuals different culmination point for happiness.
1. Money/convenience
2. Shelter, food and clothes
3. security
What else can be a part..
Happiness is a state of mind when you seek nothing,want nothing and you have only love and oneness with the universe,it is a state where every thing is in you and you are in everything
Hi, have you tried to have a look at Veenhoven's work? (e.g. https://repub.eur.nl/pub/16149/)
We designed recently a program on Happiness and my approach was based on the concept of wellbeing, equanimity and joy. My personal model of happiness is thus a mixture of concepts from the Behavioural Economics (Kahneman), Positive Psychology (Seligman) and Joy and Happiness (Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu).
@Camelia Lia. Sustained happiness is urgency because giving special privilege like ministry of loneliness (UK), MINISTRY of happiness (Bhutan). In addition, increased focus towards spirituality, meditation and yoga shows the increased tension of individuals.
I am looking happiness as a benchmark to modify the definition of sustainability with 3Cs.
Community (social/people), conservation (environment/planet) and convenience (economic/profit).
"Living is like being chained at the bottom of a shallow pond with my eyes open and no air. I can see distorted images of happiness and light, even hear muffled laughter, but everything is out of my reach as I lie in suffocating agony. If death is the opposite of living, then I hope death is like floating."
Author: Katie McGarry
Happiness is experiencing inner joy and contentment from selflessly serving others
Happiness is a feeling we get when we achieve something or we see someone else accomplish something. So, happiness is a sense of well-being, pleasure, or satisfaction. When people are achieve or safe or lucky they feel happiness.
Happiness is a short-term emotional sensation which sometimes reaches you without any certain reason - just because everything goes fine. in such a moments you often can not say WHY - you are so Happy.
[but one always knows WHY unhappy he is].
“In psychology, happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being which can be defined by, among others, positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.”
“Happiness is that feeling that comes over you when you know life is good and you can't help but smile. It's the opposite of sadness. Happiness is a sense of well-being, joy, or contentment. When people are successful, or safe, or lucky, they feel happiness.”
If happiness is defined as a mood, then self-reports are all there is. Feeling happy is what we mean by being happy, so happiness is defined subjectively. ... In the same way, there are things that make you feel happy but may lead to a state of unhappiness. Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy. Here are self-love steps that you can begin today to attract the love and happiness you want in your life:
- Get to know who you are. ...
- Be true to yourself. ...
- Take care of your needs. ...
- Learn to breathe. ...
- Be patient with yourself. ...
- Meditate. ...
- Chant silently. ...
- Listen to your inner child.
Trying to think yourself happier is difficult, happiness comes when you change what you do. And of course, if you ask someone if they are happy they will probably reflect on how they feel. An unhappy person will bring to mind their feelings of sadness, perhaps some negative emotions or absence of joy. Simple Ways to Make Yourself Happy Every Day:
- Commit to doing one nice thing for yourself every day.
- Listen to yourself.
- Forgive yourself.
- Accept yourself as you are right now.
- Eliminate toxic people in your life and workplace.
- Prioritize your health.
- Stop skipping meals.
- Breathe!
Regards
Happyness is state of mind. Happyness is essential for successful life. It is a part of satisfaction.
Happiness is a inner feeling and required in our day to day life.
Happiness might seem like a straightforward emotion, but dig deeper and things soon get complicated. For a start, there is more than one way to think about “happiness”, and no certainty about how best to measure it. Some studies focus on how happy someone is in the moment, while others measure how satisfied people are with their lives. The two are not the same.
Many different positive emotions such as awe, hope and gratitude give rise to a feeling of happiness, but it isn’t clear why these emotions evolved in the first place...
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2177616-new-scientist-live-what-makes-your-brain-happy/
A definition can be as follows:
"Happiness" refers to a "healthy and pleasant state" of the inner experiential sensible configuration of mind.
The degree of "happiness" of a person at a time can be understood by examining the natural signatures of the normal behaviour of the person at that particular time relative to those observed in the past.
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