Happiness is Champagne and Oysters . Or is it ?

[Lucker]

Happiness:

According to Aristotle, happiness is the only end or good that we desire for its own sake, and it is for the sake of happiness that we desire all other ends or goods. Happiness, however, is not merely a pleasurable feeling of contentment or satisfaction, but an activity of human beings, and one that is understood in terms of the function of human beings in particular (see Teleology). Only the rational principle is particular to human beings, and a human life, in order to be happy, must be lived in accordance with reason. Such a life is one in which reason and emotion are properly balanced and harmonized, and in which reason is the guiding principle. Since it is the function of all human beings to live a certain sort of life--and this life is an activity or action of the soul (think mind and spirit, here) implying a rational principle--then the function of good human beings is the excellent and noble performance of these activities or actions. Thus happiness, for Aristotle, is an activity of the human soul in accordance with excellence and virtue, and it is manifested over an entire lifetime (see Virtue). Happiness, as the ethical end, does not simply consist in moral virtue, however, but includes intellectual virtue as well, and complete happiness is a contemplative as well as a practical activity. Yet, Aristotle does not exclude all of the common-sense notions of happiness. Happiness is not a single thing, or a one-moment-in-time experience, but an activity of virtue (which is necessarily accompanied by pleasure), an activity that cannot be exercised properly in the absence of certain external and internal goods (friends, money, health, luck, etc.), and an activity that includes all of the various and incommensurable goods that allow individuals to both flourish and be self-sufficient (i.e. complete, not independent). And it is an activity that takes place within, benefits, and depends upon the community at large.

[Koshka]

ataraxia
a state of tranquility free from anxiety and emotional disturbance.

athedonia
an inability to be happy.

cheromania
an extreme love for gaiety.

cherophobia
an abnormal fear of gaiety.

eudemonics, eudaemonics
1. an art or means of acquiring happiness; eudemonism.
2. the theory of happiness.

eudemonism, eudaemonism
a moral system based upon the performance of right actions to achieve happiness.

euphoria, euphory
1. a state of happiness and well-being.
2. Psychiatry. an exaggerated state of happiness, with no foundation in truth or reality.

jocundity
the quality or condition of being merry or cheerful.

jovialist
a person who leads a merry life.

joviality
1. the quality or state of being merry or jovial.
2. festivity.

jucundity
the condition or act of being pleasant.

macarism
the practice of making others happy through praise and felicitation.

[huney]

It would appear that the mayor of Durham, North Carolina agrees with Aristotle. Sort of.

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/tv/durham-mayor-proclaims-friday-a-day-of-happiness

[Koshka]

Test your happiness (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/happiness_formula/4785402.stm)

[Koshka]

The happiness formula from God's Garden (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/happiness_formula/default.stm)

[Lucker]

Today Nickelodeon is beginning its celebration of the 10th
anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants -- that absorbent, yellow fellow who lives in a pineapple under the sea -- with "The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash Weekend."

As part of that celebration the network has proclaimed tomorrow, July 17th, the first Global Day of Happiness.

And it seems that Durham Mayor Bill Bell is on board.

He even signed a proclamation urging Durham residents to make special note of this observance.

The proclamation reads that a day in honor of happiness is 'most appropriate due to the current affairs within our nation.'

It says that the day 'will help recognize simple pleasures, like a smile -- the more in tune with one's happiness, the more one is inspired to commit good deeds.'

It adds that 'mental health is a worldwide issue, and happiness increases confidence, and self-esteem -- which leads to success, and a healthy lifestyle.'

When we tried to call and ask about the proclamation, the person we spoke to didn't know about the proclamation and said it wasn't on the city's agenda.

So we don't know if Mayor Bell is a big SpongeBob fan or just a fan of Happiness.

[Lucker]

Previous obtained by following Honey's suggestion .
Today is National Happiness Day .
So be effing happy , you effing bleeders .

[Lucker]

National Happiness Day is expanded to International Happiness Day .
Whether Russians can understand this idea is debatable .
But try . Just try , you bunch of miserable Squigglers .
ROFL

[Koshka]

your happiness and good mood are a very infectious :lol:

[elane-ellie]

Happiness is Champagne and Oysters . Or is it ?
Happiness:

According to Aristotle, happiness is the only end or good that we desire for its own sake, and it is for the sake of happiness that we desire all other ends or goods. Happiness, however, is not merely a pleasurable feeling of contentment or satisfaction, but an activity of human beings, and one that is understood in terms of the function of human beings in particular (see Teleology). Only the rational principle is particular to human beings, and a human life, in order to be happy, must be lived in accordance with reason. Such a life is one in which reason and emotion are properly balanced and harmonized, and in which reason is the guiding principle. Since it is the function of all human beings to live a certain sort of life--and this life is an activity or action of the soul (think mind and spirit, here) implying a rational principle--then the function of good human beings is the excellent and noble performance of these activities or actions. Thus happiness, for Aristotle, is an activity of the human soul in accordance with excellence and virtue, and it is manifested over an entire lifetime (see Virtue). Happiness, as the ethical end, does not simply consist in moral virtue, however, but includes intellectual virtue as well, and complete happiness is a contemplative as well as a practical activity. Yet, Aristotle does not exclude all of the common-sense notions of happiness. Happiness is not a single thing, or a one-moment-in-time experience, but an activity of virtue (which is necessarily accompanied by pleasure), an activity that cannot be exercised properly in the absence of certain external and internal goods (friends, money, health, luck, etc.), and an activity that includes all of the various and incommensurable goods that allow individuals to both flourish and be self-sufficient (i.e. complete, not independent). And it is an activity that takes place within, benefits, and depends upon the community at large.


Happiness is not the terminus, happiness is the way to travel

[Sniffer]

Happiness is not the terminus, happiness is the way to travel


The firt time i used an old Tupolev airplane between Moscow and Novossibirsk, I understood that hapiness was the Terminus AND the Way to Travel!! :p

[elane-ellie]

The firt time i used an old Tupolev airplane between Moscow and Novossibirsk, I understood that hapiness was the Terminus AND the Way to Travel!! :p


It was happines, simply just you did not have enough time for to realize that.
Next time please try Trans-Siberian train from Moscow to Vladivostok..:becky:

[Koshka]

It was happines, simply just you did not have enough time for to realize that.
Next time please try Trans-Siberian train from Moscow to Vladivostok..:becky:

Once I watched in Spain a reality-show how Spainards traveled through Russia by hitchhike
It was a real triller :lol: