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M Moon
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It sure has happened for me tonight...it's as real as it gets!!!!
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No, I cal feel happy if I don't tell people I'm happy. Just because others don't acknowledge it, doesn't mean it isn't happening or isn't real.
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Yes.....and No....I feel happy a lot when I am reading something that makes me feel good. I may never tell another soul and I would still feel good in my thoughts....just one example.
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no I can be happy within myself but I do find a different kind of happiness when I share it with others and if I can bring them some happiness as well thats great
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Not necessarily. One can be happy and keep it to themselves, but it has the potential to be enhanced if shared.
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Not at all. Happiness may be enhanced by sharing with others..but it really has nothing to do with others..it is within you..how you react to circumstance..what you are grateful for...how much you try to make a difference in the world. I was alone for 20 years and very happy..I have been with my partner for 10 years and I am very happy..happiness is never contingent on others..at least, in my opinion. It comes from the joy of life, the celebration of life, the appreciation of life..and one can do that alone just as easily as with others. Needy people who need others to "fulfill" them..not attractive. People who emanate joy...they're the ones you want to hang out with! :)
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I think that you can be happy by yourself but I don't think that people can be truly happy if they are only into themselves. It is only from a giving spirit coming from an acceptance of self can we share what we have and been happy with others and be happy FOR others. Look at the most successful methods of getting out of the blues or depression. It always involves doing good for others. When you do that you feel happier. It takes the focus away from yourself and onto others, just as it should be. We were never made to live alone and our health soars when we have loved ones around us. Edit: So I guess someone disagrees but doesn't have the courage of conviction to say why? Too bad. Why not stay and express how YOU feel?
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No, I think you can be happy within yourself too
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You have to be happy with yourself first, then you could share it. You can't share something you dont have.
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I think real happiness is found within oneself...then it can be shared with another.
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I have heard the expression happy little trees and Bob the artist didnt seem to need people around him but he was like me sharing across the air waves so...its a conundrum...like a tree that falls in the forrest.
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I think this is a terribly clumsy and imprecise way of conveying the idea that many things in life can be more intensely and fully experienced and explored when shared appropriately with the right people. But I wouldn't take it any farther than that. Happiness is real to you only in between your own ears. You define what it is for you. Indeed, many of the joys of life are better contemplated in the quietness and solitude of your own soul, and sharing them with others only cheapens them -- and in some cases, opens them to ridicule, jealousy, or one-upsmanship as well. You have to be a little choosy who you share your best things with (hence the Bibilical adage not to "cast your pearls before swine, lest they turn on you and trample you").
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No I don't believe that.
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yes, because true happiness comes from love, and love is about sharing.
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It is definitely only real when shared. The purpose of life is love. :-)
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you must first understand who you are. no no ... not the programming, not the code that is running ... programs put in by 'society', by 'family', by 'parents', by 'friends' ... and the most difficult of them all to break - your 'genes'. All this code is mechanical. It is probably not you, if you can see clearly enough. It is conditioning. It is difficult to maintain a meme of 'other' in your mind when you can see who you are. There -i-s- no other!
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it is if your happiness comes from love. (as true, or real, happiness does)
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Some of the best excitement I ever had simply couldn't be shared with others. They would have viewed it as tedious. I spent part of my teens bursting with excitement that I couldn't share.
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I'm on the fence post and see both sides of it, I have gotten a divorce in the last two years and now feel I lost the love of my life and my partner. I have not had the happiness without being able to share with someone, you take for granted what you think in your head and sometimes you make the mistake like me and learn one of life's most valuable things. THINK BEFORE YOU JUMP! I'm not saying you can not be happy but the sharing factor makes it that much better and worth it all.
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I don't it has anything to do with being happy with yourself. Yes, that is very important and that does give you a sense of inner peace, but that's not what the quote means or is referring to. When Chris died he was by himself, alone. I think he realized that he made a mistake and that life itself is about having people in your life that you love and care about, being surrounded with love and emotional support does make life more fulfilling.
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Yes ...always :-) !
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Happiness is only real when shared. People in general are uncertain, its part of our nature, and the confidence that people confide to others is essential for feelings of worth and value. Without people how can anyone be certain anything has value? This leads me to believe that every form of happiness in any context is revealed only when two or more people confirm the value of something in a positive manner. And since this emotion officially has value it must be real or at least must be real in allotting happiness.
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No, but I think that when you share it with others it becomes greater.
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