Saturday, January 6, 2007

Pursuit Of Happiness?

Let us have a critical opinion on the meaning of Happiness.Below are two ideas...

Happiness is a momentary feeling or a phase which is not in your control and which can be wiped out any minute. You are happy because of the way things have shaped up around you. You feel that while you were a mere catalyst, you couldnt have achieved what you have without the support of destiny.

Another description of Happiness would be as something which is in your own hands and you control your destiny. You feel that you can be happy or sad whenever you want. It is you who control your own state of mind and believe that no matter what comes, it is to you to be happy or not feel about it.

These two contrasting ideas make me ponder about what happiness is exactly to me and how would others term it. Just as it is difficult to define "Love", it is difficult to define "Happiness".

Any thoughts on this??

1 comment:

zoxcleb said...

Happiness.. its a state if mind. Its not something tangible. Its how you see things. Its perception. In that sense, both ur definitions hold true.

But happiness is something we can never attain. Once you have stopped pursuing happiness, it leaves you. The journey of life is meant to be filled with the chase. The chase, they say, is better than the kill.

As for Love, there are so many definitions out there, it matters not which one u use.. it just matters that you know when you really feel it. same goes for happiness, who cares how its defined, as long as u feel it, by your own definitions.