What makes you happy?

[misa.j]

I was listening to morning edition on NPR this morning; they were talking about how a growing number of psychologists are starting to determine what makes people happy, and some researched by using a Palm Reading. They studied kidney-disease patients and healthy people and found out that the patients were as happy as or even happier than healthy people.
They said people are happy when they are engaged(not a pledge to marry, but participated).

I am interested in human psychology and thought it was very interesting. I get easily happy by small things like just being in the woods and get dirty, being busy and productive at work, or making dinner successfully. Those are the things I actively do, but I also get happy when I see my husband, my dog, or people I know smiling and laughing.

Measuring happiness seems impossible, but I thought it would be interesting to know what makes other people happy.
Does anybody want to share your opinion?

 

[Eve]

Money makes me happy.

 

[RockLee]

Money makes me happy.

LOL.

Well I think what makes me happy is be able to experience other cultures and talk to ppl from over the world ?

 

[Grandpa Frank]

I'm Easy !!

A cat's purr
Another's laugh
The Forum
My wife
Hearing "Thank You"
mother nature
shooting
Good art & photography
A good thunder & lightning show
A few good TV shows
Having good friends from around the world
America's freedoms

So many to name so easy; wonder why I don't relize all these things and feel happy more often?

Frank

 

[jieshi]

the girl i like (cause she likes me hehe)

 

[DoctorP]

What makes me happy?

1) The look on my daughters face when she wakes up and realizes that I'm home!

2) The excitement on a babies face! (I love babies, not just my own)

3) silence (in the right moment)

4) a warm body next to you on a cold night

5) watching a child catch a fish

6) seeing my dog when I get home from work (dogs are always happy to see you and can brighten up any day!)

7) Golf

8) the satisfaction that you feel from completing a job

9) an outdoor onsen! (esp on a cold night)

10) a nice cold beer

 

[Duo]

hmmmmm, I'd say living makes me happy.

 

[kirei_na_me]

Things that make me happy:

My three little boys(even though they can really grate on my nerves at times).

Warm weather and lots of sunshine.

Sex (couldn't leave that one out).

Chocolate.

All the great friends I have and how we can always make each other feel a lot better.

Music.

Taking a walk outdoors(has to be over 45 degrees to make me happy, though).

JREF

Watching one of my favorite movies or TV shows.


Um, plenty of other stuff, but they're what come to mind first.

 

[RockLee]

Sex (couldn't leave that one out).
Chocolate.

haha, I knew it, I knew it all along !

 

[misa.j]

All of your posts are making me happy already; I knew it was going to happen.

Kirei,
I love your honesty, I forgot about sex.

 

[lexico]

I love your honesty, I forgot about sex.

Is this supposed to be a confession thread?
As for me, almost all the things that's been said +
11) watching my dog run
12) watching my fish swim
13) watching my snails snail
14) listening to my kids babble
15) babies babbling
16) getting a post just right
17) engaging in clockwork debate
18) appreciating a unique point
19) being able to say it
20) reading silly posts and going along
21) an overwhelming thunder storm with lots of wind, sound, flash, and vibration
22) anything huge in sight
24) a good movie plot
25) Robin Williams' silly jokes
26) Jack Nicholson's weird jokes
27) floating in water
28) a nice, short haircut military style
29) getting a reply
30) food in general; I'm not picky ;-)

 

[Kama]

What makes me happy? A lot of small things. I can name only few of them. *there is no real order)

*walking while it's snowing (especially in the night)
*spending time with people I like
*seeing them smiling
*having fun.

I can't really think about all these things.

 

[JustJosh]

KITTENSSSS!!1

 

[EscaFlowne]

Things that make me happy:

My three little boys(even though they can really grate on my nerves at times).

Warm weather and lots of sunshine.

Sex (couldn't leave that one out).

Chocolate.

All the great friends I have and how we can always make each other feel a lot better.

Music.

Taking a walk outdoors(has to be over 45 degrees to make me happy, though).

JREF

Watching one of my favorite movies or TV shows.


Um, plenty of other stuff, but they're what come to mind first.

let see cheesecake, the beach, my playstation2, those things pointed above, good night out on the town, Drinking with friends, and small skirts on girls with big bums...i'm not picky!

 

[miu]

1) Drawing (couldn't live without it)
2) Making things
3) Being close to someone (both physically and emotionally)
4) Good music
5) Laughing
6) Moments when you realise that you're happy despite everything
7) A good conversation

That's just a few but I don't want to make a huge list ^^;

 

[Doc]

There's not much that makes me happy. Mainly because I'm very rarely happy. I very rarely smile too. Actually I don't smile at all. You may find this odd, but I digress it's who I am. I was literally conditioned this way because of my past. While it sounds heartbreaking, I honestly see nothing wrong with it. The few things that make me happy is being alone, playing video games at my leasure, being alive, and being who I am. There's nothing else that really makes me happy.

Doc

 

[misa.j]

I appreciate all of your replies, was afraid of not getting any reply since talking about happiness can be kind of a private thing.
Thanks everyone.

 

[quiet sunshine]

Mine:
All beautiful things
Most infant animals
Friend's greeting
Things I expected long or hardly ever expected realized or happened
......
......

 

[quiet sunshine]

A good thunder & lightning show

21) an overwhelming thunder storm with lots of wind, sound, flash, and vibration

Oh, thunder & lightning always frightened me. Is there any woman who enjoys thunder & lightning?

 

[misa.j]

I do, especially very powerful ones. We get some in summer where I live, and I find fallen trees on the next day.

One time, I saw a car smashed by one of the trees; I felt bad for the owner, though.

 

[kirei_na_me]

I also love a thunderstorm. I like lightning and thunder and I love hearing it rain. However, I don't like a thunderstorm if there are tornadoes that accompany it.

 

[Shisu]

A lot of things make me happy.
True friends, when nature is good to me, when I solve something difficult, when I get mental contact with my dear Sensei...

 

[jubichan]

Naruto makes me happy. Sad, but true... BTW kunoichi is my char's name on Vanadiel (FF11)! w

*poof*

 

[Censport]

Motorcycles.

 

[mizerable_d]

Naruto makes me happy. Sad, but true... BTW kunoichi is my char's name on Vanadiel (FF11)! w

*poof*

ahhh i love naruto! XDDDDD

hugging people i like makes me happy ^^ yummy foods...no homework...a nice spring day with cherry blosoms everywhere...light breeze...friends...sleeping...jrockers^^...chinatownXD...anime...lotsa things! ^__________________^