What is happiness? Throughout history there have been many attempts to define and measure happiness. Philosophers, theologians, psychologists, economists, poets, and many others have tried to provide us with the answer to that question. Its importance to humanity has long been recognized. And, in the quest for understanding we’ve been provided with many insights into the biological, spiritual, economical, and psychological connections to our happiness. Regardless of the findings, we ultimately find the answer within ourselves. Happiness is a subjective experience. Each one of us defines happiness in our own way.
Happiness Is Online Presentation--
Words by Krystal Lynn Kuehn, Music by Jeff Kuehn
Photographs by William James & Rachel James, Presentation byViolet James
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The following poem, Happiness is was inspired by the author’s life experience, faith, and desire to share true happiness with the world. May the poem and online presentation encourage, inspire, and make you a little happier today. Be sure to tell a friend about this presentation & together we can bring happiness to the world.
To live happily is an inward power of the soul.
~Aristotle
Happiness…is not a destination. It is a manner of
traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a
by-product of working, playing, loving, and living.
~Haim Ginott
Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory. ~Zig Ziglar
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. ~Storm Jameson
Happiness is living well. ~Plato
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. ~Marcus Aurelius
Happiness comes when we test out skills towards some meaningful purpose.
~John Stossel
Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response.
~Mildred Barthel
The secret of happiness is something to do. ~John Burroughs
Happiness is for most men, at all times, the secret motive of all they do and all they're willing to endure. ~William James
