Depends on what day you ask. Today, happy as a clam.
With all the events in the world and human nature, it's hard to be "blissfully" happy all the time. There's peaks and lows.
I'll say I'm consistantly self-content.

IrresistibleB1tch said:

You always say that.
It's not all about you, it's not all about me?
What are you talking about?
If life isn't all about you, then WHAT is it about?

SureThing said:

that's the big question.

but it's a start to realize that it's truly not about oneself. in the grand scheme of things, with billions of other beings, and generations of billions of other beings - how can it POSSIBLY be about one of those beings?

who knows what the meaning of life is but until we know, i guess it's a safe bet to just be happy, have compassion and show love. can't go wrong with that.

CortestheKiller said:

Mean Rhonda is back.

No. They are lying.

I think it's a sliding scale for most like moments in time. Personally, I stopped focusing on being happy or expecting to be and just living life as it comes to me.

retrodude said:

Oh yes.

FunkMistress said:

Oh yeah, I forgot. People with sexual perversions are the only group of people who are capable of being happy. Perversion overrides the strain of neurosis.

novabrkr said:

That's the spirit. More whipping, pls.

i just saw sag10's signature and thought it appropriate...

don't let the past hold you back, you are missing the good stuff

i think happiness exists on a lot of different levels.

in some ways, i'm the most miserable fucker you'll ever meet.

in other ways, i'm happier than anyone on here.

and there's a bunch of happy/unhappy stuff in between that's not as extreme or as interesting.

expecting yourself to be a 100% across-the-board Happy Person is setting the bar way too high. we all have sadness and rage and guilt and resentment and all that stuff. some of us let those things define us and others of us try to manage those parts so we can share the dark stuff with the happy shiney stuff.

anyone who says they're a 100% happy person all the time needs to cut down on the damn zoloft because it's making them weird.

I think the real question is, how do you know when you have a hernia?

Is it when you can't stand up straight because it hurts your belly button?

SureThing said:

i'll be honest, i've never really understood hernias. i guess that's a good thing. i try to lift things properly.

Anx said:

Anx said:

Word.

SureThing said:

Time will dull that pain. In the meantime, you'll derive much joy from raising your children.

And follow my 4-step program.

I don't think one could be truly or or absolutely happy since there are always obstacles and challenges in life. Of course one should look within for true enlightenment and happiness, but that's a challenge in itself.

IrresistibleB1tch said:

Maybe there isnt a universal meaning to life and that we derive meaning from our surroundings, ie religion, mother/fatherhood and other experiences. Meaning doesn't always equate happiness though right? It just provides us with a reason.

LleeLlee said:

well, yes and no (imho). there is a role for each individual to play in an overarching concept, and that does not always equate with individual happiness. but i do believe that the goal is to reduce suffering, and what better way to do that than through living in happiness, even in the face of pain.

I tend to agree with Martina.

I can't let obstacles intefere with happy.

SureThing said:

I've always understood that you can see them protuding, and that women don't get them very much.

And I'd say I am happy only at times, but am closer to content all the time the older I get.

Happiness Is A Warm Gun

IrresistibleB1tch said:

I agree there's a bigger picture and we are cogs on the wheel so to speak lol. But to address the question of personal happiness and meaning I think that while meaning can enlighten you and lighten the burden, knowledge does that, I'm interested in the concept of the meaning of life as an external thing, something bigger than us. I think it was interesting that you said "who knows what the meaning of life is ," that we dont know what it is of course, but maybe a part of that bigger picture is accesible to us through our personal experiences.

NDRU said:

Whenever I notice a woman protruding in that particular area,
I always say a little prayer for them.
"Please God,
let that be a hernia."

Illustrator said:

or at least an absorbed conjoined twin

LleeLlee said:

let me give that some thought.

IrresistibleB1tch said:

nobody is completely happy all of the time with everything, and i think thats what makes life interesting anyway. a balance is good.














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