“Happiness?
It is an illusion to think that more comfort means more happiness.
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.”
Storm Jameson
Operative words here include “deeply”, “simply”, “freely”, “risk”, and “needed”. Here’s some questions to help you determine where you are at about all this:
DEEP FEELING
How do you experience deep emotion?
Are you more comfortable with strong emotion or do you prefer a lighter existence?
SIMPLE ENJOYMENT
What are the simplest things that provide enjoyment to you?
What are the small and transient joys in your life?
FREE THINKING
How do you challenge your perspectives and worldview.
How comfortable are you with ambiguity and change?
RISK-TAKING
Are you a “Bird in the Hand” or “Two in the Bush” kind of person?
Do you prefer the possible or the certain?
BEING NEEDED
How comfortable are you with being needed by someone else?
How comfortable are you admitting you need to be needed?
Take your time formulating your responses … no rush.
Relaxing while I ponder my own questions in the Heartland ….
John
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- An Interview with Award-winning Blogger and Author Rohan Healy on “The 7 Things That Me Genuinely & Irreversibly Happy” Blog Tour (Part 1 of 2) (brendalineblogs.wordpress.com)
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THE STRATEGIC LEARNER 
Oh these questions are solid food for thought; I like that! 🙂 I think these underlying questions are key in understand what true happiness really is. That way, we simply refocus, redefine it and stop chasing the illusion of happiness, but attain to the real thing, the simple and genuine things that never change! Thanks for sharing. All the best of success! 🙂
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