Can people be happy if they are not successful?

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   Karina9211posted 14 years ago

   Can people be happy if they are not successful?

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   goldenpathposted 14 years ago

   What is successful?  Money?  Social status?  Love?
   
   True success beyond the tangible and superficial realms of this world lies within.  It is that satisfaction that one's own path is truly fulfilling the measure of their being.  You can be happy living off of $8 an hour as long as you live within your means.  You can be happy by extending charity, love and understanding to those within your social circles rather than striving toward higher classes.  You can be happy even in times of lost love if you exercise that seed of faith that one is out there for you and that you will eventually find that person.
   
   In short, if your life is filling the measure of your spirit and being then yes, you are happy!

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      LouCannonposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Successful? The question of all time... Personally I think that it is a feeling that starts in your soul and takes over your entire life... There is no key element -- but an overall picture

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   linky2010posted 14 years ago

   Of course, failure is just a temporary defeat it doesn’t mean sadness or it’s the end of the world, it only means to strive further and to exert more effort.

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   Research Analystposted 14 years ago

   happiness is the result of many things and once a person finds out what that is for them than it can not be measured by people, places or things.

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   jasper420posted 14 years ago

   happiness isnt defined by success rather than ones ablity to enjoy life based on there beliefs practices and attuide

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   hearttalkerposted 14 years ago

   I feel like if people are happy they are successful doesn't everyone feel successful when they are happy?

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   sir_tallestposted 14 years ago

   everyone has his or her own definition on what success is and if they don't achieve it....there is no way they can be happy

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   tina1234posted 14 years ago

   I think when i'm not successful, in general, i'm also happy, although sometime i'm not so happy, full with dispirited and failure.
   I like this quote " If you keep on failing at everything you do, don't view yourself as a failure. For you succeed at failing. So to succeed, one must fail at failure!"

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   nightwork4posted 14 years ago

   of course you can. being happy is the greatest success a person can have. what i'd like to no is if being super rich gives a person happiness?

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    Apostle Jackposted 14 years ago

    You must be good at something in order to be happy.

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    Sri Tposted 14 years ago

    Yes, look at India. Many of the holymen there live in total poverty and yet they are in ecstatsy. Happiness is an inner condition that does not depend on externals.

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