Define: Happiness

What is happiness? Some say hapinness is obtained if your contended with something. Happiness is a pleasure that bring good thoughts into your mind. It is the opposite of sadness. And everyone wants to be happy.

A wikipedia defines happinness:  “Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy.  A variety of philosophical, religious, psychological and biological approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources.”

So whatever that means lets define the real true meaning of happiness. Let us look into a situatuion. One day a man walking down the street finds a 100 dollar bill. He quickly picks its and heads home. He said “i’m happy! I found a 100 dollar bill along the road”. He’s happy because he found a 100 dollar bill with a contentment of having it for free. He is so happy of what luck has brought him that day.

But in a case of another man. He has a sick child needing some medical treatment. One day due he bought a lottery ticket hoping he would win. So luck came in and he won the jackpot. But he’s not happy. First his child was sick and needed a great amount of money to be treatened. He only found out that the money that he won from the lottery was not enough.

Other says happiness is obtained by getting so much money. They say that these money are the key to happiness. I, myself thought of it that way. If i had money i will be happy. But it turns out it doesnt. There are certain things that you need to be happy. In whatever term that maybe.

So what is happiness? For me, happiness is only obtained if the person thinks it is happy for him. He maybe contented but not happy and happy but not contented.