tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post1751941570183239988..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: What makes you happy? (by Anne Rooney)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-71960615617098709672013-10-17T11:56:04.059+01:002013-10-17T11:56:04.059+01:00Feeling that one's efforts and/or talents (in ...Feeling that one's efforts and/or talents (in whatever field) have been valued and appreciated? This might be in terms of some kind of success or just in terms of being thanked for something.<br /><br />For example, I suffered poor health and elements of depression for many years because (my diagnosis) I was desperate to be published. Being published *has* made me happy - even if aspects of it drive me demented!<br /><br />So, affirmation is, for some people at least (maybe almost all?) a necessity for happiness?Nicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847390687632715336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-44044946339820861392013-10-10T20:21:57.778+01:002013-10-10T20:21:57.778+01:00Thanks Anne, will look them up
hThanks Anne, will look them up <br /><br />hHeather Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16663116147353986746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-85366543863516859752013-10-10T07:59:22.367+01:002013-10-10T07:59:22.367+01:00Wonderful additions, all - thank you. But you'...Wonderful additions, all - thank you. But you're *still* not getting may points for friends and family as they were in the orginal 'givens'.<br /><br />Heather - Diogenes, for one. And the Stoics took a similar approach to some of the eastern religions of letting things flow rather than immersing you.Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-19399792454770526682013-10-10T07:59:19.980+01:002013-10-10T07:59:19.980+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-62543664040342109372013-10-09T20:49:22.047+01:002013-10-09T20:49:22.047+01:00Books, my cat, woodland walks, museums, new balls ...Books, my cat, woodland walks, museums, new balls of knitting wool, stationery.Ann Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484265041343702129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-52882649804088254152013-10-09T19:33:02.443+01:002013-10-09T19:33:02.443+01:00Books, music, film, family, friends, allotment, um...Books, music, film, family, friends, allotment, um, shall I go on? I must be easily pleased and find happiness everywhere... (not sure anyone would really think that if they knew the real me!)Small pleasures are the key.Savita Kalhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977368691995933130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-91749862553446435412013-10-09T16:59:23.149+01:002013-10-09T16:59:23.149+01:00And we mustn't forget apart from growing cabba...And we mustn't forget apart from growing cabbages Diocletian also had a wonderful palace in Split just next to the sea!<br /><br />Apart from books,chocolates and living next to the sea... living in the present helps happiness. Just accepting where you are and enjoying it. No backward glances to what you should or could have done, no forward thoughts to what you should or could achieve or anxiety for the future. Just being in the present. Right now I'm drinking a delicious cup of rooibos tea. <br />Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-60348505523475511272013-10-09T14:01:19.321+01:002013-10-09T14:01:19.321+01:00Books, tea in bed in the morning, the smell of mow...Books, tea in bed in the morning, the smell of mown grass, the view from the top of Martinsell Hill, wine on a summer's evening ... and setting off for the airport knowing I'm flying somewhere I've never been before.JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-20418745610151588962013-10-09T12:54:05.081+01:002013-10-09T12:54:05.081+01:00Having space and time to potter about and to think...Having space and time to potter about and to think and dream, conversations and laughter with friends, black and white movies, caramels and a good book. I also love watching dogs race around in parks - their joy is infectious!Lynda Waterhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880769618542325268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-53337912248935373812013-10-09T10:09:14.666+01:002013-10-09T10:09:14.666+01:00Fascinating! I'm wondering who it is that '...Fascinating! I'm wondering who it is that 'disengages with the world' so that life can't touch them...? This is a common misconception about the Eastern religions, like Buddhism. That's not really what they do though - they basically endeavour to acknowledge (not accept, which implies condoning) that the pleasant and the unpleasant are inevitable, and that being accepting of both and allowing them to flow through you without trying to block them or hang on to them, is the way to ride through life. This is the best route I've found to happiness, and is taught in the West now as 'mindfulness'. You can even try it out by 'acknowledging' what your emotions are and not trying to change them. Even doing this immediately puts them a little distance away from you so that you are no longer caught up in the turmoil and can see it more objectively. This, in my view, is the surest way to happiness. <br /><br />What a wonderful book to be working on. I look forward to reading other posts... h<br />Heather Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16663116147353986746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-11211247594847752252013-10-09T09:49:27.349+01:002013-10-09T09:49:27.349+01:00I'll see your books, opera and some free time ...I'll see your books, opera and some free time (and the judicious application of chocolate) and raise you, work that makes a difference. Define at will.<br /><br />(Er, I don't know how to play poker, so my seeing and raising may be wrong.)Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com