Are you happy?

And if you are, can you tell me what it's like?

When you are happy you know it
When you are not happy you know it.
Confused yet?

No I can't tell you what it's like. I'm too busy, you know, doing things the happy do. Tra la la la.

:rofl:

What's it like? Pure, unadulterated contentment.

J. Buffett

And when I'm happy, I feel like I get the joke and see the world for the barely functioning production that it is.

for the most part.

Things get me down but in the long run, they're never that important anyway.

But I just looked at the number behind "federal income tax" on my pay stub and now I'm not happy at all because BushCo has a shitload of my money.

No, but seriously. I am generally a happy person. I can't really explain why or what it feels like though.

I'm sorry you're not happy. :(

:hug:

Well, maybe not so good.

Because I was just reading a thread about the artificiality of the cultural mandate for diamonds to express love, and I had a flashback to two and a half years ago, when the last woman I dated, who demeaned, mistreated, and betrayed me like no one else ever had, as we were riding to the store in her car a few weeks after I gave her a silver dolphin ring as a gift, said, "This is a nice ring, but if you're going to ask me to marry you, you're going to have to get me one with a diamond."

I thank God that this problem solved itself a few months later. :D

Because I was willfully blind to everything she was doing to me. That was just one of one hundred thousand clues. I can smile about it now, though.

I'm right in the middle of finals, and if I think too mcuh about how happy I am (which I'm going to be this monday when I visit my SO), I can't do any work :o

There are periods of outright happiness.
Those usually involve family and friends.
What's it like?
Satisfying.

I sense that you are not happy.
Hence the question. (duh)

What's making you...if not UNhappy...at least NOT happy?
Is being not happy the same as being UNhappy?
Doesn't seem so to me.

:shrug:

I've been stuck for 10 years at least trying to pretend that everything is okay, and that I have a good marriage, etc.

It's a farce! I haven't been happy for at least that long.

It's not all anyone's fault. I made decisions that led me here. I'm making decisions that will lead me out with any luck

:hug:

Hope you find your way!

I'm struggling right now with a medication that might not be right for me, but I think I'm doing okay in terms of separating my actual feelings with possibly med-induced funks.

The medication has done wonders for my anxiety and OCD, but the downer side effect may mean it's just not the right medication.

Anyway, I'm not sure I answered your question!

:hug:

sitting on a gigantic fluffy bed in a beautiful mountain lodge with freshly ironed pajamas on, and Lukas by your side, naked, and serenading you.

BTW, SN video is out soon. I'll never leave MTV now. My life is over.

Mine would be thus:


Eating a hot fudge sundae sitting on a gigantic fluffy bed in some beautiful tropical oasis in no pajamas and Toby next to me, naked, and serenading me.


:rofl:

I am a bundle of sunshine crapping joy where ever I go. :wtf:

Lukas is short and sassy.

He needs to stop touring and rest... with me....

And look, he's trying to deny it.

How could you say that?
That look is priceless. :rofl:

Unlike Lukas, who is a manly man

In other words, a teenager. :P

and that is good enough for right now.

It feels calm.

I'm not consistently happy or unhappy...what does that mean?
Maybe crazy would be a better word for me...or moody? :shrug:

Lately, not close to that.

It's a fleeting thing.

"People always say when you ask them that they're 'fine & dandy'. What is that? I don't even know what the hell they're talking about. I've been fine, and I've been dandy...but never fine and dandy."

:rofl: no wait, better make that x(

Happy happy, joy joy!

On the other hand, I have PILES of grading to do. Exams. Insect collections. More exams. Lab notebooks. I hate grading.

Life sucks.

:bounce: :woohoo: :party:

...but it sure is nice to be able to sleep in tomorrow morning!

:hi:

I met a great Lady that has Rocked my World and changed my life.
A year ago I was suicidal. Go figure??

:shrug:

Redstone

Sounds trite..but true.
Everyone gets sad or frustrated or just feels some self-pity now and again...and that's fine. But whenever the urge to wallow in my little problems hits...I try to remember how good my life really is.
Every time I feel like complaining about my weight or my age or a few wrinkles or that my husband doesn't seem to care much for me... I remember my 37 year old neighbor who died of cancer while her boys were just babies. I'll bet she wouldn't have given a damn about being a few pounds overweight. And I'll be she would have been thrilled to see 40 and enjoy a few wrinkles and watch her sons grow up.

It's all a matter of perspective.

Put it this way -- I'm smugly satisfied. My relationship with my extended family is irreparable, but I have come to grips with it. My home life is very satisfying. My job gets better every day.

If what I think is going to happen to me happens within the next month I will be ecstatic.

This sure beats the alternative. A year and a half ago I felt down and thought my life was on a downward spiral.

It's all temporary, isn't it? We're up. We're down. We continuously alternate between the two. I find I struggle to stay on an even keel at all times so the highs are not too high and the lows are not too soul crushing and devastating.

It's pretty good. :D

Things have been up and down lately, that's for sure. But I am grateful for all of the good things in my life: my family, my friends, the roof over my head, my access to medical care (which I desperately need right now), my yoga community. I could go on and on.

...not even close...x(

and that makes me happy..I guess.

and no...I'm not happy at all

I've had a lot of bad stuff happen in my life, but here in the latter third of it, things are looking pretty good. I know better than to let myself get too used to it, however.

just how happy I am. I live in a city that I really don't like living in, but I have a really interesting job, I have the best partner anyone could ever hope or dream for, I have good friends and close family, even though I don't see them very often. I live comfortably and I'm working on a masters degree the equivalent of full time. I often get overwhelmed, frustrated or burnt out, but try and shake myself back into my own reality -- I'm a lucky monster and I should appreciate it more. My friends and colleagues tell me I'm one of the happiest people they've ever met, and sometimes I get surprised by that, as it's all relative -- I think I'm naturally an optimistic and happy person, so for me to be aware of my own happiness means I have to be doing something REALLY spectacular, if that makes any sense. I don't know what the reverse is like, as I've been lucky enough to be upbeat pretty much my whole life, apart from usual ups and downs.