This is a blog post that I want you to write.
Please put in the comment section your answer to this short but immense question:
Happiness is….?
When I get twenty comments I will post my interpretation to a question with no fixed answer. I look forward to seeing what you all come up with.
UPDATE:
I got the twenty comment aim so thank you to all those who took the time to tell me what they think. Really interesting answers and please anyone whose reading this part keep commenting!
My answer is that happiness is simply a side effect of a feeling; the sun on your face, the smell of incense burning, seeing the one you love smile, hearing that you’ve done a great job or tasting your mum’s cooking.
I had this answer when I first wrote the question but your answers all resonate with me in one way or another and it was hard not to change my answer in light of all your brilliant insights.
Happiness is a great book and an even greater view. Cup of tea wouldn’t hurt too!
Or a cup of coffee!
Happiness is….. being loved and loving in return
having a cat to come home to
not having to read Love Is…
haha you cynical man! So true though
Happiness is… snowdrops and daffodil shoots after a long dark winter. 🙂
As a photographer too that is so so true
I like your answer too, although I can’t ever remember being a fan of my mum’s cooking. 🙂
haha I’m a tad bias on that one my mum is an insanely great cook!
Happiness is….doing what you love! (and a warm puppy 🙂 )
Can’t beat a warm puppy! Thank you for commenting we hit the 20 comments so I’ve updated the post with my interpretation…
…an idea, warm meadows, a cup of tea and rain on a window pane, birdsong, a favourite line in a book, a poem, warm hugs, apple pie, paint on a brush….a dream..being…
After reading this comment last week I actually went out and brought apple pie! Thank you for commenting we hit the 20 comments so I’ve updated the post with my interpretation…
Apple pie does have the tendency to do just that…. 😀
And now I want it again!
…taking your imagination for regular strolls and practising empathy/perspective/awareness when you can. (Urgh, fruity but there you go :P)
Happiness is drawing, seeing my little sister dance, a little sister running to me for a hug (my little sisters in general, actually), being with my family and love, running into my niece at university, sunsets, being at the beach when the wind is blowing, reading my Bible and my job.
Your answer is really beautiful, your family sounds really close its lovely. Thank you for taking the time to answer and helping us hit the 20 answer aim!
….having a family that you love.
ps one of the best blog ideas I have come across in a long time!
Thanks Hagrid (I really hope thats your real name!)
… A silent moment without demands.
Oh your answer is something more like a dream. I haven’t had one of those in a long time hehe. Thank you for commenting we hit the 20 comments so I’ve updated the post with my interpretation…
when the eyes say it all before the lips do
Romance or for everything? Really love this very open answer though!
not just for romance! i think this kind of a connection can mean many things (romance, friendship, kinship, fellowship etc.) but it certainly translates to a very deep relationship — therefore it’s a source of many intense feelings incl. happiness.
I really like that. The unspeakable bond between people
Happiness is not the absence of worries, but to have someone in your life that makes all the worries go away whenever they look at you.
Your answer is something similar to a book I just read that gave me the inspiration for this post called Hector and the search for happiness. Thank you for commenting we hit the 20 comments so I’ve updated the post with my interpretation…
Yay!
Who wrote it? Sounds like something for me 🙂
It’s by Francois Lelord well worth a read
..always achievable.
I love that!
Happiness is today…there’s no guaranteed tomorrow! Christine
Very Carpe Diem! Really motivational answer thanks for commenting
James, at my age it’s a realistic answer! And happiness is renewed every morning! Christine
Happiness is being content with one’s self , despite one’s flaws. Happiness is having a passion. Happiness is being grateful for life’s gifts and appreciating the little joys. Happiness is love in all its forms. Happiness is being secure in the ebb and flow of life and embracing uncertainty.
Out of all the 20 comments I’ve got so far I think yours resonated with me the most. Really thought provoking and if I could do my answer (which ive put in the post now) over again I would use yours. Thanks for commenting!
Happiness is having a good burp after a delicious meal sorry for being gross 🙂
hahaha
Happiness is being comfortable in your own skin, having an open mind, a thirst for living, and never losing the childlike curiosity in you. 🙂 A thought provoking post you have here.
Being content with who you are seems to be in a lot of other people’s answers too. Really interesting thank you for commenting we hit the 20 comments so I’ve updated the post with my interpretation…
Happiness is finding out what you want in all things – work, life, mind, and body – and doing it. Well. Because you want to do it. (True Fandom, baby!)
Much easier to say than do.
As a twenty-somthing adult I could not agree with you more!
Heppiness is being good in youre faith
You are the only one to answer with a spiritual comment but I really agree.
….someone you don’t often hear from turning up in your comments box 🙂
Now that’s a lovely answer!
Happiness is someone telling me that my words to them made their day! 🙂
And that was my 50 comment too! Hurray
Happiness is warm feet! I had a nighty that said that with a picture of a penguin in socks when I was a kid and whenever I think of it it makes me happy. And so do warm feet, literally and metaphorically.
happiness is in the small moments…the cuddle on the sofa with your daughter, cutting open an orange and admiring it’s perfect symmetry, finding the perfect blue paint for your wal, reading in bed on a rainy Sunday…
Happiness is not easy to explain in one word or in one thing… But I can say this, happiness is something in your heart/soul… if you have this hidden power, happiness can come from anything, anyplace, anytime…
Really like this thought. Thank you so much for sharing