Inge Prayerly

Happy Birthday! I hope it's the start to your best year yet!

Inge, May you be filled with such joy and a sense of play on this your special day Such beauty you share, it comes from within Knowing this shall be a year of dreams coming true

Hello Inge,
Happy Birthday to you.

"Watch for all that beauty reflecting from you
and sing a love song to your existence."

~Rumi

It is too late to wish you a Merry Christmas, but not too late to wish you all the best for the coming year. May you find 2012 filled with love, laughter and peace.

Hi Karla! Thank you for adding me to your friends. I look forward to seeing more of you and your beautiful horses! God bless, and have a blessed, wonderful, joyful holiday!

Hi Berney! Thanks for stopping by my page! Have a wonderful, blessed, joyful holiday season!

Hey there Inge and thank you for the opening to share you and your brand of magic here in this forum, I look forward to that...

Quote:Originally posted by: spiritalkIf you consider yourself being a happy person, how do you know?

I know in my reactions to people, places, things. My mind seeks the joys of life.

How do you f...

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Quote:Originally posted by: spiritalkIf you consider yourself being a happy person, how do you know?

I know in my reactions to people, places, things. My mind seeks the joys of life.

How do you feel happiness?

My body, mind, spirit is in balance and at peace.

If you are happy, what is it that makes you happy?

My belief in the ultimate good of people, the places they congregate, and the things that keep me both challenged and yet at peace in learning and growing.

If you are not a happy person, what do you think would make you happy?

Does happiness just "happen" to some people and not to others?

Happiness is gained when we are content with ourselves, our environment and yet ready to challenge the things that drag down the energies of growth.

Are some people born to be happy?

Happiness is not a gift to our being. It is a focus or direction we can choose to take. What we look for in a situation, we will find. What we send out to others, will return multiplied many times. That is a key to unlocking happiness within.

Can we learn to be happy?

Fortune Cookie Wisdom: For every sorrow, there are a thousand joys. When we seek the joys in all things, they add up to our own happiness. As we think, so shall we be.
God bless, J

Hi Spiritalk

and thank you very much for your comment.
I agree with all of your sentiments, because that's how you experience happiness; However, others experience happiness differently; myself included. For example:
How one feels happiness : yes balance and peace are fine, but what about my elation and feelings of joy?
What makes you happy? : people's happiness is determined by how they interpret the world around them, how they perceive themselves in this world, and how they see themselves in the "big picture."
Your question as do what one thinks makes one happy is totally up to the individual. They can find their happiness in the fulfilment of their work (that's me), in their wonderful family life (also me), in their business or sporting achievements (not me). I do not believe in Aristotle's "higher value" happiness as opposed to lower value" happiness. Whatever it is that creates happiness, is good enough for me.
Does happiness just happen: no, definitely not. We as individuals are responsible for our happiness.
Hence no one is born to be happy either.
Finally, yes, yes, yessss, we can learn to be happy.

I wish you fun filled and happy days
Udo

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