Wednesday 21 September 2011

What is Your Favourite Definition of Happiness?






definition of happiness - smile cookies
40 smiley faces
Happiness is an emotion in which one experiences feelings ranging from contentment and satisfaction to bliss and intense joy
Wikipedia


definition of happiness - Swan on Hanningfield Reservoir, Essex
Grace and Elegance of Nature
You don't have to be ecstatically happy, but are you satisfied with your life, do you feel that you're growing and changing, do you get on well with other people, are you comfortable with yourself, do you have a purpose in life?
DSr. Timothy Sharp - director of the Sydney based Happiness Institute


definition of happiness - Perfection of a flower
Honest beauty
Happiness is not our only emotion. It is the outlook we have chosen to cultivate becaue it is the most effective, thoughtful and productive.
Author Unknown.


definition of happiness - a newborn baby girl
Unconditional love
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather loved in spite of ourselves.
Victor Hugo (1802-1885)



definition of happiness - striped bamboo yarn cardigans
Dare I admit I love to knit!
When I was a small child I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong. Happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away
Anna Pavlova. Russian ballet dancer (1818-1931)


definition of happiness - tiger lilies
Tiger lilies I adore
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions. The little soon forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment - countless infinitesimals of pleasurable and genial feelings.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) English poet


definition of happiness - a chinese monastery
Peace at a monastery in China
Happiness is a true state of mind, that you can have anytime, anywhere. Happiness comes from love, wholeness and peace. It is an inner state of being that comes naturally as you become connected with who you really are, your gifts and your purpose.
Arielle Essex. from her book Compassionate Coaching

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