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Happiness

Written by Sam2say from the blog My word on 27 Feb 2008
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Lately I have been a very paranoid person, looking at the direction my life is heading.

I usually feel like I am not doing enough with my life even though I have all these things goin on: Family, Friends, Work and staff.

1. Could it be that I am not greatful for the things I have, like the Job I love but just quit becoz I am not happy with my earnings, and yet I have not even got another offer yet?

2.Could it be that I am in a hurry to live a good life and jumping the fundamental steps to get there, eventuall y I woulld have to start back at one and It's a never ending circle as a result I become very unhappy and unsatisfactory with my life?

Now I want yall to answer me this:

1. Are you happy with your life now?

2. Do you think you are living your life to the best of your abilitiy?

3. Do you often wish you were like somone else and wonder half the time how they achived all that without working as much as you are?

4. Do you ever wonder if there is someone better than your current partner, never mind you ex coz you broke up with them for a reason, clearly they were not what you were looking for?

5. Do you appreciate all your friends and happy with or would you rather be with them only for now, till you drop them and find better ones?

6. How do you define happiness as an individual?

I really would appreciate your input guys, let me be cosoled by ya'll and maybe I'll stop feeling like an alien......

36 Comments

Sam2say
27 Feb 2008 03:14

Alright guys here goes.....

spice
27 Feb 2008 03:23

Are you happy with your life now? SUMTIMES I AM SUMTIMES I'M NOT

2. Do you think you are living your life to the best of your abilitiy? NOPE

3. Do you often wish you were like somone else and wonder half the time how they achived all that without working as muc as you are?YEP

4. Do you ever wonder if there is someone better than your currebt partner, never mind you ex coz you broke up with them for a reason, clearky they were not what you were looking for? ABSOLUTELY

5. Do you appreciate all your friends and happy with or would you rather be with them only for now, till you rdrop them and find better ones? I DO APPRECIATE SUM OF THEM

6. How do you define happiness as an individual? BEING ABLE TO OVERLOOK THE NEGATIVITY INYOUR LIFE AND MAKING THE BEST OUT OF WHAT YOU HAVE

carino
27 Feb 2008 03:29

Could it be that I am not greatfull for the things I have

the word is "grateful", sam2say.

Anyway...

joy
27 Feb 2008 03:31

well it really depends on what u want out of life, if u into financial and material things, then u wil b in this race with the motsepes always, and u wil want more always.
so i just try and keep it simple, and enjoy the small things that make life beautiful nje!
its all gonna b cul girl, dnt wari, life is a cycle

Toodecent
27 Feb 2008 03:34

1. Are you happy with your life now?
Not exactly happy but am appreciating what I have and taking each day as it comes...
2. Do you think you are living your life to the best of your abilitiy?
Not a chance... more improvements should be done..!
3. Do you often wish you were like somone else and wonder half the time how they achived all that without working as muc as you are?
Only when am broke I wish I was DJ Sbu or Patrice Motsepe LOL
4. Do you ever wonder if there is someone better than your curret partner, never mind you ex coz you broke up with them for a reason, clearky they were not what you were looking for?
Nah... dont actually think of women a lot. I have much more things to worry about before them..!
5. Do you appreciate all your friends and happy with or would you rather be with them only for now, till you rdrop them and find better ones?
I loadsheded a whole lot of them...and I appreciate each and everyone of them even the ones I decided to chop off my list....they make me more hungry.
6. How do you define happiness as an individual?
Being alone, not having much to worry about has always been my happiness. I love my own space.

Mathaz
27 Feb 2008 03:35

1. A bit
2. No
3. No, i'd rather have all the bumps and challenges to get me through were i want to be.
4. Definately
5. I don't have friends
6. By being content with the things that i have and being at peace with myself.

Sam2say
27 Feb 2008 03:35

Carino I'll go back and edit all my mistakes, as long as you understand what I'm trying to say lol, I never declared to be a No 1 Jorno.

Jordan
27 Feb 2008 03:39

1. Are you happy with your life now?
Sometimes, when I am sleeping :)

2. Do you think you are living your life to the best of your abilitiy?
Yeah, I think I am! It’s just difficult for me to reach full potential cos there are other things which influence my outcome and are not really in my control!

3. Do you often wish you were like somone else and wonder half the time how they achived all that without working as muc as you are?
No, not really. I wish I had some people’s money, but I don’t necessarily want to be them

4. Do you ever wonder if there is someone better than your currebt partner, never mind you ex coz you broke up with them for a reason, clearky they were not what you were looking for?
Not applicable :)

5. Do you appreciate all your friends and happy with or would you rather be with them only for now, till you rdrop them and find better ones? I choose the company I keep, and so far... so great!!

6. How do you define happiness as an individual? I dunno, I know that sometimes, I feel it :)

madomado
27 Feb 2008 03:50

1. Are you happy with your life now? Not really. But my priority in 2008 is to live life at this pace that im at now, accept the things that i cannot change and be happy.

2. Do you think you are living your life to the best of your abilitiy? Not all all - i've always know i can do better

3. Do you often wish you were like somone else and wonder half the time how they achived all that without working as much as you are? - It happens all the time, and i came to the conclusion that, worying how other people got what they have before you did and worrying how you are ever going to reach them, criples you more than it actually motivates you. The best thing is to at least leran from the people and stop complaining. We are all running our different races. The rule is; keep to your lane.

4. Do you ever wonder if there is someone better than your current partner? No. There's no man that can ever compare.

5. Do you appreciate all your friends and happy with or would you rather be with them only for now, till you rdrop them and find better ones? For me, its not really about appreciating them. Well, i do appreciate them, but it goes deeper than that. Besides, i believe that frieds are for a season and a purpose - you are not necessarily gon stay with your now-best-friends forever, so we learn as we go along. People come into your life for a reason and i always look out to learn from everyone that crosses my path. It's all about growth, as well.

6. How do you define happiness as an individual? Happiness is about being content with what you have. Believing that there's a God and he loves you.

That's me.

Username
27 Feb 2008 03:53

Maybe this may sound cliché but you can never be happy with what you have as long as there is an “upgrade” of what you already have out there. It maybe a job, partner or friends.

Just be content with what you have and maybe better things will come your way.

When I started out in the industry I was in I always wished I would transfer to another sector or join another company, until God gave me the things I wanted and they all seemed not enough I was still unhappy. Crazy enough my life is a mess right now and I am miserable without any direction or clue to where I want to go but I am content. It’s where I need to be right now.

felfel
27 Feb 2008 03:53

I feel you on this one sam2say, i get these feelings around my pms time and i must say its difficult to handle them cos i'm usually feeling very emotional at this time. I start regretting a few things like the degree that i did, not going further with my studies before acquiring debt, not saving when i used to have up to R2000 a day before month -end (payday again)...etc. I want it all too but not in a ruthless manner. However, when i look at my family i just realise how blessed I am. I"ve only lost one close member of my family, my gran last year, no friends have died. Still have my healthy mom, brother, sister, nephews and twin nieces and cousins etc...We don't suffer from hereditary illnessess, we don't have criminals in the family, we don't go to bed hungry, we love each other to death, no disputes at all, everybody helps out or minds their business, evrything is normal. When i sit allone in ma house, I just smile and remember all this I can't help but feel just how blessed I am, to me that's all the hapinnes I need, knowing my family is allright. I end up feeling guilty for wanting more knowing that other families don't have half of what we have................until PMS kicks in again, then i start from scratch once more.

Ima
27 Feb 2008 03:54

Hey guyz this is my first time...

1. Are you happy with your life now? Yep

2. Do you think you are living your life to the best of your abilitiy? No, I can be lazy sometimes but I just love life...thank God!

3. Do you often wish you were like somone else and wonder half the time how they achived all that without working as muc as you are? I used to but not anymore...I believe I have been blessed with this life for a reason and it is only me, myself and I that can live it to the fullest.

4. Do you ever wonder if there is someone better than your currebt partner, never mind you ex coz you broke up with them for a reason, clearky they were not what you were looking for? Yes but again my current partner and I are happy together. I think it's just human nature to constantly wonder about things.

5. Do you appreciate all your friends and happy with or would you rather be with them only for now, till you rdrop them and find better ones? Oh I do appreciate my girls and I love them to bits...they can be a pain sometimes :-) but I guess it comes with the package.

6. How do you define happiness as an individual? Being content with who you are and how your life has turned out to be. To believe that you were destined to be where you are today.

Sam2say
27 Feb 2008 03:55

Keep them coming guys, ya'll really inspire me...

madomado
27 Feb 2008 04:02

And again. you can never be happy where you are going unless you are happy where you are now...

Fluffy Head
27 Feb 2008 04:08

1. Are you happy with your life now?
I am content with the way my life is. I am not happy cause I know that there is room to improve, but am definately content.

2. Do you think you are living your life to the best of your abilitiy?
With all the resources available to me, yes.

3. Do you often wish you were like somone else and wonder half the time how they achived all that without working as much as you are?
Nope...

4. Do you ever wonder if there is someone better than your current partner, never mind you ex coz you broke up with them for a reason, clearly they were not what you were looking for?
Cause I do, which is why everytime I breakup with someone, I'll upgrade - there is always something better out there...btu greed does not get you anywhere.

5. Do you appreciate all your friends and happy with or would you rather be with them only for now, till you drop them and find better ones?
I do.

6. How do you define happiness as an individual?
Happiness is when you get to a point where if I'ld die today I know I'll go to the grave a 'happy corpse' with no regrets, having achieved all I have set out to do and was within my ability.

Best-Achiever
27 Feb 2008 04:09

1. Are you happy with your life now?
Im a satisfied because it was once a dream and i have come to live it now, so im happy.

2. Do you think you are living your life to the best of your abilitiy?
Yes but there is still a room for improvement, i still have hopes and dream that im working on fullfilling them. Each new day to me comes as an opportunity to do better.

3. Do you often wish you were like somone else and wonder half the time how they achived all that without working as much as you are?
Nope .... i always consider those who have achieved so much than i have as my drive, there are the mirror image of what i could be, they are my motivation, so i always struggle to be LIKE them and NOT them. I believe that if someone can do something, so can i as long as it is inline with what i wanna be.

4. Do you ever wonder if there is someone better than your current partner, never mind you ex coz you broke up with them for a reason, clearly they were not what you were looking for?
If things that i look for in a person i can consider the partner are still there in that person, i dont consider anyone better that the person but when one thing goes missing, it is only then i believe there is someone out there better than that person with all the things that im looking for, and i leave.

5. Do you appreciate all your friends and happy with or would you rather be with them only for now, till you drop them and find better ones?
I apreciate all my friends because there are all there for different reasons in my life, and they come with different thing to add into my life and thus i have a chain of friends, The only time i can drop a friend it is when i feel USED.

6. How do you define happiness as an individual?
My defination for happiness is "As i climb my succes lader to the top, i grab at least two people with me to the top, and encourage them to grap others".
It is when i can sit down, look back and know that i made a positive difference in someone's life, when i'm able to bring hope in someone's dreams and bring the best in them!.

madomado
27 Feb 2008 04:12

LOL @ a 'happy corpse'

Lex
27 Feb 2008 04:25

1. Are you happy with your life now?
Yes
2. Do you think you are living your life to the best of your abilitiy?
No,I know there's improvement needed,if I could just get off my lazy ass
3. Do you often wish you were like somone else and wonder half the time how they achived all that without working as much as you are?
I wonder how they got their riches,but I dont really want to be them,I like who I am.
4. Do you ever wonder if there is someone better than your current partner, never mind you ex coz you broke up with them for a reason, clearly they were not what you were looking for?
Only when we're having a fight.
5. Do you appreciate all your friends and happy with or would you rather be with them only for now, till you drop them and find better ones?
The FEW ones I have now,I wish I could spend the rest of my life with them
6. How do you define happiness as an individual?
Being content with what I have

monchooza
27 Feb 2008 04:31

i am so so positive about my future......i right ende i bright

felfel
27 Feb 2008 04:32

By the way, how do we measure hapiness, by the amount of money you have in your bank and thus being able to buy whatever you want, by the amount of deals you close, by the no. of tenders you have under your belt, by your good health,by your family & friends (support system) you have, your ever-present partner/spouse,memories, by your relationship with God etc...???
Is Patrice Motsepe happy with his life, hey maybe not if he doesn't measure his hapiness by his bank balance.
Is the pope happy with his life, maybe he isn't because he doesn't Bill Gates bank balance.....mhmmm............
Can't we just be happy to be alive, to breath the fresh air provided to us by the almighty, to have made it to the next day, the fact that we have both legs and arms, we can hear, see and speak...I'm happy to be here....

Honeypot
27 Feb 2008 05:02

1. Are you happy with your life now? Yes I am cause I am doing everything that i love. And I got rid of all ppl and things that drained me emotionally and physically.

2. Do you think you are living your life to the best of your abilitiy? There is always room for improvement, but at my own pace

3. Do you often wish you were like somone else and wonder half the time how they achived all that without working as much as you are? Yeah I do, but I also I unedrstand that I am me,

4. Do you ever wonder if there is someone better than your current partner, never mind you ex coz you broke up with them for a reason, clearly they were not what you were looking for? Yeah there is but I don't wanna spend half of my life searching for that one. I am content with what I have

5. Do you appreciate all your friends and happy with or would you rather be with them only for now, till you drop them and find better ones? I think I deserve better friends than the ones I have now. Because they only want to use me and when I need them they are not there.

6. How do you define happiness as an individual? Happiness is a feeling that is stimulated by something pleasurable, it can be physical or emotional.

P.S. Sam2say- i like yo style of writing!!!

Dintha
27 Feb 2008 05:10

P.S. Sam2say- i like yo style of writing!!! You're a true blogger @ heart. Sam2say, let's just rather say I'm content with my current situation.

Sam2say
27 Feb 2008 05:20

Wow, thankyou Honeypot, this was actually my frist ever article, I am Happy you enjoyin it....

I suppose everyone need to be content with what they have currently but then again its only human nature to always want more, oterwise what would have been a men's purpose on this world, I'm certainly sure its was gonna be waking up in the morning, eating, making babies and going to sleep, only to wake up the following morn to do the same thing again.

Vutmi
27 Feb 2008 05:26

Are you happy with your life now?
-Yes, cause i know that my life now is just a preparation for better things to come.
2. Do you think you are living your life to the best of your abilitiy?
- Yes, but still pushing hard
3. Do you often wish you were like somone else and wonder half the time how they achived all that without working as much as you are?
-Sometimes(especialy when broke), but most of the i wouldnt be anybody else but me.
4. Do you ever wonder if there is someone better than your current partner, never mind you ex coz you broke up with them for a reason, clearly they were not what you were looking for?
- DEFINETLY; but for now i'll appreciate the current partner
5. Do you appreciate all your friends and happy with or would you rather be with them only for now, till you drop them and find better ones?
- Love them to bits
6. How do you define happiness as an individual?
This verse: "I am hard pressed on everyside, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down but not destroyed." knowing that i have this treasure in jars from God that makes the above possible is pure happiness to me.

Ima
27 Feb 2008 05:34

Thanks S2s for this article. For the 1st time in 12 months of visiting TVSA your article has managed to capture my attention and made me register and say something...now I have finally lost my blogging virginity.

Sam2say
27 Feb 2008 05:52

Thank you Ima, let's here what you gottta say. Welcome, hope you enjoy your stay and dnt be stranger, we always what to here from more people.

Addictv
27 Feb 2008 06:05

1. Are you happy with your life now?
Not entirely,

2. Do you think you are living your life to the best of your ability?
- Not even close…still a lot of improvement due.

3. Do you often wish you were like someone else and wonder half the time how they achieved all that without working as much as you are?
-Sometimes when frustrated with work, family or lovel-ife.

4. Do you ever wonder if there is someone better than your current partner, never mind you ex coz you broke up with them for a reason; clearly they were not what you were looking for?
- Sometimes I guess….am not in a relationship right now so am not qualified to answer this one.

5. Do you appreciate all your friends and happy with or would you rather be with them only for now, till you drop them and find better ones?
- I appreciate them…and shud there be areas am unsatisfied with, we can work on fixing them….as opposed to scouting for new talent

6. How do you define happiness as an individual?
Its being content with all the areas of you life or most at them at the very least,

I think I am where you are at the moment sam2say , restless and unsatisfied…

Tshd21
27 Feb 2008 06:10

Pls delete first reply...don't know what happened.

1. Are you happy with your life now?
I work with what I have...

2. Do you think you are living your life to the best of your abilitiy?
I know I can do better...

3. Do you often wish you were like somone else and wonder half the time how they achived all that without working as much as you are?
Sometimes I wish I have what others have...but I do not wish to be them...

5. Do you appreciate all your friends and happy with or would you rather be with them only for now, till you drop them and find better ones?
I appreciate all my friends for diffrent reasons...

6. How do you define happiness as an individual?
Will be back for this one...Duty calls..

Porsch
27 Feb 2008 06:22

hi guys,

its official my virginity has been broken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

like Felfel, i live my life until pms which happens every month, for me at an early age i have taught myself to not compare myself to someone else that has made me happy cause i have no one to compare myself to,

my grand mother once asked me if i'm short or tall and my reply was it depends on whom i'm comparing myself to if its my older sister i'm definitely taller but to my brother i'm short, and she said that is the wrong answer, since then i have looked at life differently and lived positively.

my friends are incredilbe and i tell them almost everday, i always say to them i dont know who i will be without them, funny enuf we're so different from different backgrounds but our values are the same, having them around makes me want to live even longer, life is not lonely and though with them in my life and all this i made a choice to appreciate them and respect them

Sam2say
27 Feb 2008 06:41

Welcome Porsh, I must say your reply about your grandmother and friends is really porsch.... I appreciate your response.

Porsch
27 Feb 2008 06:45

thanks Sam2say

mazemnyama
27 Feb 2008 07:01

ohh felfel i feel you sisi was just about to write something about there being no such thing as happiness but i guess its easy to overlook the small (yet NB) things in life.
thanks to you too Sam2say for the article it really helped me realise that i am not the only person in the world and that there are ppeople who feel exactly the way i do and its all okay. i hope nawe you got something out of this

myname
27 Feb 2008 07:01

Nice one & thanks Sam. 1. I am happy with my life & the things God borrowed me, i wouldnt have it if he was not my guidance. 2. Yes there are things i want to change. 3. Sometimes i do wish to be like them not to be them because no one have a perfect life, its just they differ. Some are better than others. 4. Sometimes. 5. Not all of them. Abanye i wish i never met them. They can drive me nuts. 6. Happiness cant explain

Sam2say
27 Feb 2008 07:10

Ok clearly I'm not the only alein in the Zone hhuuuu!!!

libra
27 Feb 2008 07:43

1. Are you happy with your life now? 90%of the time i am but i wish they were things i could change like my current job-i need rescuing asap

2. Do you think you are living your life to the best of your abilitiy?
yes but there is room for improvemnt but when i look back where i come from i believe i am on the right track
3. Do you often wish you were like somone else and wonder half the time how they achived all that without working as much as you are?
no,no i only wish i can improve where necessary but still be me all the time
4. Do you ever wonder if there is someone better than your current partner, never mind you ex coz you broke up with them for a reason, clearly they were not what you were looking for?
the next guy may be more good looking than my partner but may have other faults i wont appreciate so i have learned to leave with what i have as long as i am happy - no abuse or mistreating of any sort and as long as i feel i stiill love the person is fine with me
5. Do you appreciate all your friends and happy with or would you rather be with them only for now, till you drop them and find better ones?
i do not have a lot of friends and only see them occassionally - i prefer my family over my friends or to be by myself.its nice to be surrounded by friends once in a while

6. How do you define happiness as an individual?
having self love and not dependig on someone else to make you happy.
being able to appreciate ur life despite what u do not have.
looking in the mirror and seeing the most beautiful person u know even with zits on your face. or u a plus size or extremely thin.knowing that u give ur best in everything u do even though some people do not appreciate. Being able to smile even when things are tough.knowing that someone somewhere loves you even when you do wrong

Sam2say
27 Feb 2008 08:16

@ Libra, I like your answers girl

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