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Friday, August 10, 2012

Define: Happiness





hap·pi·ness

[hap-ee-nis] 
noun
1. the quality or state of being happy.
2. good fortune; pleasure; contentment; joy.



1, 2.  pleasure, joy, exhilaration, bliss, contentedness, delight, enjoyment, satisfaction. Happiness, bliss, contentment, felicity  imply an active or passive state of pleasure or pleasurable satisfaction. Happiness  results from the possession or attainment of what one considers good: the happiness of visiting one's family. Bliss  is unalloyed happiness or supreme delight: the bliss of perfect companionship. Contentment  is a peaceful kind of happiness in which one rests without desires, even though every wish may not have been gratified: contentment in one's surroundings. Felicity  is a formal word for happiness of an especially fortunate or intense kind: to wish a young couple felicity in life.
 
 
 


So the question is What makes you happy?



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