Jan 11 2012: Maybe a lot of people equate Happiness with "excitement" which tends to make it pretty shortlived and dependent on external stimulus? For me, Happiness is a quiet inner, independent, experience, one perhaps of fulfillment, contentment, peacefulness, serenity - a sense of satisfaction with myself and who I am. Happiness with myself is perhaps the most fulfilling, satisfying of all life experiences! This requires for me some form of going within and resonating within with this place of quiet loving acceptance of myself, that's where I find Happiness, serenity within myself. For me, depending on the outside world to "make something happen to make me" happy doesn't"work"! (smile) Smiles are silent happiness!: )
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