Let's Define Happiness

Have you been able to find a great definition for the word Happiness?

Give this a try . . .



Cannot help but smile when you see this, right?

But does that mean Happiness?

Or would you say happiness could be your husband making Sabbath dinner?
    Menu:
          Kettle Korn
          White Cheddar Popcorn
          Ripe Pears
          Cantaloupe
          Pumpkin Pie with Whipped Cream
          and, oh yes, do not forget the Prune Plums!

Poets have searched for the meaning of happiness . . .

Happiness

by Carl Sandburg

I asked professors who teach the meaning of life to tell what is happiness.

And I went to famous executives who boss the work of thousands of men.

They all shook their heads and gave me a smile as though I was trying to fool with them.

And then one Sunday afternoon I wandered out along the Desplaines River

And I saw a crowd of Hungarians under the trees with their women and children and a keg of beer and an accordion.

"When what you think 

and what you say 

and what you do 

harmonize and blend 

you will find happiness."

-Anon

"To be of use in the world 

is the only way to be happy."

-Eleanor McMillan Brown

"We cannot cure the world of sorrows, 

but we can choose to live in joy."

-Joseph Campbell

Tell me, please, what makes you happy?
Is it possible to give it words?
Do you know it when you see it?

"Perhaps if one really knew 

when one was happy 

one would know the things 

that were necessary for one's life."

-Joanna Field