What makes you truly happy?

I'm an old soul too. I don't seek out true happiness anymore. It's a fleeting thing that can really only be grasped in moments. I try to savor them when they come to me, and reflect upon them in darker moments. I find it in little events in my life. Completing a piece of art, for example, or having dinner at one of my favorite restaurants.

I'll tell u what i think and maybe you'll learn how to be happy:

I draw and will always continue to draw insiration from a book called The Diary of a Young Girl, the true story of a girl called Anne Framk who, with her family, fled the Nazis in Amsterdam. She wrote this diary there and the thing that moves me most is that she never lost hope. She always was hopeful that one day, the war would end and she would go and meet her friends and do everything she missed out in all those years. She believed that every human being was good from within. she never survived the war but what makes me truly respect her is the fact that, despite the conditions under which she lived, she was very happy. The moral i have drawn for myself is that no matter what, true happiness can always be found within. If u go about thinking how unfortunate u are, you'll truly be miserable. But if u think of all that u have, u'll start to think how lucky u are. Whenever i'm sad, i just go out in the open, under a tree perhaps or preferably under the moonlight and try to think about God and nature. I do so love it when the wind blows: i feel as if God's telling me he loves me. No matter what, there's one thing that you'll always find by your side; and that is nature. It makes one feel that one isn't alone or deserted.

Interesting Question !! Even if Happiness is very relative to everyone . For my part ;

Achieving success , and specially after rising after every time I fell .

Being with a friend and having a or more than one close friend ( The soul mate type , the one with whom you can bare your soul to , when you two are transparent )

Appreciating drinking water and swimming , exercising , breathing , horseback riding , jogging , cycling , mountaineering .

Enjoying a great meal, at home or dining out , and especially after feeling that you are starving of hunger.

Receiving recognition from others .

Laughing from your soul , and making other people laugh by telling jokes. Being and playing with kids .

Making love , watching a thrilling and great movie ,

Planting a seed and watching it grow , gardening

Family gathering , Being healthy ( u only realize that when you experience a few health mishaps )

To sum it up ; merely being alive.

I wish to thank you for the chance you have provided people to have a serious insight on their lives and why they should be less depressed and more grateful for their blessings !

May God bless you !

Sheers

I have adopted a 6 month old puppy and I'm experiencing snow for the first time with her. Teaching her tricks and watching her behavior change is so rewarding.

I love seeing my effort pay off and enjoy seeing her grow up with a better chance at life. I adopted her from the Humane Society and giving her a second chance at life is the most rewarding thing I have done.

Things like work, making money and having status in the community mean nothing when you find unconditional love.

The memory of the first time I held my daughter. Her smile, her laughter,when she sings one of her silly songs.

My husband has had cancer for 3 and half years now, and everytime we go for test, and they come back negative, that makes me happy.

Knowing that I have loved and have been loved.

Memories of my mother, who passed away 7yrs ago. She was my biggest fan, and my best friend.

Being able to help others and knowing that I made someone's day a little better or easier.

It's really the little things in life that matter to me, material things are nice, but at the end of the day, they can't hold you, snuggle with you, and tell you everything is gonna be ok.

Many things make me happy....just a few are:

Horseback riding - or just being with horses. There is just something about them that makes me happy. When I'm riding, I don't think about anything else, and it is just a great feeling.

My family. I look around and see how messed up the world can be or how other families don't get along, and I am grateful for their love and how they are always there for me.

Old memories of one of my "best friends". Just the simple ones of what he used to be like - for example, walking around a park and watching the sunset while holding hands, or bringing me my favorite coffee when I'm sick, or letting me lay my head on him when I have a headache and just wanting to chill and watch a movie. He has changed now.....so only the memories make me happy anymore.

My friends.

hey, listen, I recognise everything that you are saying hun as i was the exact same at your age and younger. Straight off I can tell you, that you are very intelligent. I dont specifically mean your IQ, I'm alos referring to your EQ (emotional quotient). So its understandable how you feel about finding it hard to relate to others and vica versa. Also, I can tell you that you sound like you might be depressed. This word has really negative connotations to it. I'm not saying that you are bi-polar or anything, just that you sound like you are pre-disposed to being down on yourself. I recognise this because I was the same.

To answer your question, there is no one thing that truly makes me happy. its everything. When i look back at how I used to be (loner, ugly, hated myself) and then see what I am now (the opposite!!), that makes me happy. I see everything that I have acomplished and it makes me feel empowered to be whoever and whatever i want.

Hope this helps you hun!!

Wow at 16, you do sound old

Hey "live in the moment"..........I know it's a cliche but it became one for a reason. That doesn't mean stop planning for the future. But if you "let go" everything will strangely fall in to place.

your thoughts become your word

your words become your actions

your actions become your life.

Think of what you want, not what you "don't want" or "can't do"

Say what you want, not what you "don't want" or "can't do"

Sounds way too simple but it really is true

So living and experiencing life makes me happy......

Sadly I wish that I could say what truly makes me happy... but what is more puzzling is that everyday people, including myself, search for that complete and true happiness. I am not sure if it will be in love, stability, knowledge, or other random form, but I look for it.

I would really like to be in love(for me). But I think for myself and others that having a goal and working toward it gives us all a sense of peace and purpose or, happiness.