Why is there so much of disharmony in this world when happiness is just within reach?
449035
things that happen in the world are echoes of what's been happening for a long time. Once a ball gets rolling it takes conscious effort to stop it. (I appreciate your sentiment. Even if the effort for peace is not successful, every little bit helps).
504000
Life should not be a constant "happy" high!  \n\nHappiness is shallow - acquired by short-lived, unfulfillng experiences and material things or self-serving purposes.  It's fleeting,  that's why most Americans are constantly in pursuit of it!\n\nAnyone who says that they are always happy,  are oblivious to and/or unconcerned about the world and those immediately around them.  There are many things to be sad and concerned about - hunger, disease, poverty, war, domestic abuse, child neglect, etc.  Those who are constantly happy obviously turn their heads to those in need.\n\nJOY comes when we see that others' lives have been improved.  It also comes when have overcome an obstacle in life with God's help.  It takes God-given sadness and concern first to motivate us to do so.  Most Americans seek what makes them happy,  not what brings them deep joy.\n\nTo say that,  with God,  we should always be happy,  is ignorant.  God gave us sadness for good reasons.  Without it,  we would never miss those we love,  we would never feel for someone else's pain,  we would never feel deep joy to have truly loved someone - we would miss many,  deep life experiences.  We would never reach out to others with genuine love!
572870
Probably because you are not exactly happy where you are at in your life now. Things outside of you connot truly make you feel better, you should spend some time each day, even if it is just for a few minutes to allow yourself to think. Whenever I'm not feeling quite right ( whatever that is ) it is usually some unresolved issue that I've been avoiding!
520316
Happiness is like love; it is defined as a personal thing. In order to achieve happiness, maybe one needs to learn more acceptance,forgiveness and tolerance. Just an idea.
263160
I'm happy in respects to my family and things like that but when it comes to love no. Money also not a happy area im always short of money , but over all life isnt that bad really. There are times though when it absolutely sucks but you have to rise above it and realise there always tomorrow and goo dthings are around the corner
116597
this phenomenon is because we were raised in a society that seems to reward greed.  The more things you have supposedly the better off you are.  So it seems natural that this infused value begins to show through in our attitudes and emotions.  It's just been part of our life that material thigns will make us happy, although once we obtain whatever it is we eventually discover how hollow it turns out to be.  then it's on to the next thing that'll forever change our lives.  Then as we lust for all these material things, somebody's pockets are getting lined with our money.  The little secret they wouldnt' want you to know is that it's really up to an individual to choose to feel satisfied or not regarless of their situation. The old maxim: The ebst thigns in life are free...   now then again so are the worst, nobody ever paid for cancer.  for the sake of not ending on a sour note like that, it's up to the individual.
1085323
Most are.\n\nI read statistics on it once...but I cannot find them again. I was shocked b/c I thought most ppl were miserable, when in fact most people are happy. \n\nHere's the only thing I could find for you;\nhttp://www.dailyguideposts.com/forum/tm.asp?m=194
226646
Becasue happiness doesn´t come from things.  Happiness is the result of living your life to the fullest and enjoy the company of those around you.
598088
that is a very good question....I guess I would have to say cause some people are never satisfied with anything or just aren't happy unless they have something to complain about on a daily basis to make them happy...or that they wont be happy until people around them are miserable just like they are
739044
Sometimes you just have to swallow your differences to make others happy.  Especially is that other is your family. \n\nI don't think it's too much to ask to share in your family happiness.
600625
Too much focus on the self, me, me, me, so that's where the problem lies. When you focus on others, giving, caring and sharing, you become more happy because you tend to think less on your own problems and realize that there are those who got it way worse than you.
190229
Other people can't make you happy. Your happiness is dependent on how you choose to react to the world and the people around you.
561337
Yes, there is such place. BUt you know what? we should not let our own happiness depends on the people around us. let happiness become our choice. this is your life, you have the freedom to choose a life that you wanted.
1134493
assuming that misery is the ultimate state of unhappiness? Sure, as happiness has no requirement. Ah, I see ... it is a trick question... to know that you are happy is a kind of misery anyway as knowledge foreshadows wisdom and wisdom is a sad thing. Igorance again is the key ... actually this question resembles a koan like what is the sound of one hand clapping or mu.
453219
My theory is that its because we are programmed to fight and struggle to achieve...\n\nwe're always on the lookout for ways/things/relationships to improve our lives whether we consciously intend striving for them or not. \n\nthis yearning doesn't stop even if you do improve your situation - it doesn't stop even if you get burnt by experience (losing something good after reaching for something you thought was better)\n\n\nIt only subsides I believe when you learn to truly appreciate how many people are staring at your own green patch with envy...\n\ncontentment seems to pour its blessings on the meek far sooner than the ambitious. \n\nI think contentment is like a natural reign on ambition - I'm hoping to achieve a nice balanced life with this theory!
182852
It is very human to need to feel better than in order to feel equal to. In other words, we subconsciously want to forget our own flaws and by noticing or imagining other people's flaws it makes us feel that we are better than them and o.k. about ourselves. So no, not in this life. But Jesus said that the meek will inherit the earth, so someday in his kingdom, things will be different.
572391
Happiness is relative. It cannot exist without comparison. Life is only valuable because it's limited.