Have you found true joy? Can you be happy without the FSM?
552873
The FSM, the one true god. A god of beer, humor and happiness. All this, and a noodly appendage! \n\nI cannot understand why the christians, mulsims, jews and hindis have not thrown off the shackles of their religions and joined us.
1168767
I beleive that everyone is born with their purpose and dreams in their heart.  You will be miserable if you chase after money instead of your God given destiny.  If you follow your purpose God will supply every one of your needs and you won't just be happy but you will have joy.  Happiness is based on your circumstances but joy is in your contentment in your circumstances.  Meaning if your doing what you are meant to be doing even when your sad you will still be happy becasue you will have no regrets.
426390
being happy with choices you have made in your life
427850
If you live long enough, you'll have your share. It comes  with disappointments & failures, usually from someone you care for. God gives Joy, and it is better than happiness. Happiness is linked to "happenings" & you can be unhappy. The joy of God has no opposite, It is beyond reason. You can't be "unjoyed."
121335
you should be a happy person yourself. But make sure that you know the limitations of having fun and being a good discipler. You can never be successfull and not a boring if you think that there is always a good and bad. there can only be limitations and not wrong and right.
1102955
freedom and eternal happieness
936826
No.\n\nWould a person consistently do, say, or think higher or better things if they did not feel truth within their heart? That is, what would be the reward of competing with an imaginary concept? You don't understand people very well if you think that imaginary rewards from imaginary beings are enough to keep them "in line" for years upon years.\n\nBut let me just speak for myself. Imaginary rewards from imaginary beings with imaginary qualities are not enough to make me want to do better and be better. If I did not have evidence of God in my heart and soul, I would be a sloppy, self-centered, chronic-misdemeanor-committing, self-indulgent jackass. This is my nature. Trust me, I know. If this world was the only world there was, I would slather my incompetence and selfishness all over it, and I wouldn't care about any consequences except prison. And, no, I'm not kidding.\n\nIt takes more than an imaginary concept to make me want to be better. It takes more than imaginary incentive to make me want to rise above my small-minded nature. It takes true spiritual rewards from a living God who actually provides them. What the deal is, is that without God I have a dark heart and a murky mind. When I lived outside of God's grace, I was an utter and complete tool.\n\nThere was no human incentive good enough for me to change my heart and mind. Anything any of you people could have offered--money, prestige, personal glory, fame, or any of that hoo-ha--just wasn't good enough. All of it (at least the money, prestige, and personal glory, which I did have or think I had) did not change my dark heart and murky mind. It fed these things, in fact, and I craved more.\n\nMy problem was that there was nothing in this world that was satisfactory and whose promise did not wear off shortly after I attained it.\n\nIt was when I reached the point where I came to understand this for real, and I hated it, all of it, that I began searching for God in earnest.\n\nIt wasn't you, or him, or her that I was competing with, trying to satisfy, or holding up as a standard. All you people were as bad as or worse off than I was. Nobody had anything I wanted. And as for good behavior and good intentions--people who exhibited these things turned my stomach. I certainly didn't see that as an incentive either.\n\nI hope that this answers your question. To sum up: Only God could fill the chasm within myself, and he did fill it when I sought him. If it was all just a concept, it wouldn't have worked--because I have chased after many a concept, seized upon its claims, and turned up empty-handed in the end.\n\nGod lives, his promises are real, he provides, and all that is of him endures.
679320
It is in this world. Go out and look for it. Look for it in the faces of smiling children. Look for joy, real joy. Not people pretending to be happy or gaining pleasure from the suffering of others. I picked up babies not so long ago, who had lost their mothers and craved a little tender loving care. Just helping them get clean and making them feel loved brought a divine feeling of love to them and to me.
458762
when you allow yourself to be happy.
88938
The only thing I can say to you is that you have to find joy in the small things that happen. A beautiful flower or sunset, hearing a child laugh, a kindness done for you by another person. If you wait around for the "big things" to bring you joy - ie; winning the lottery, marrying rich, becoming a movie star - you won't ever be happy because those things just don't "happen" in real life. Okay, sometimes they do, but rarely, ya know? Sometimes it's going to be a minute to minute thing, but you have to make yourself look for something positive, make yourself find one thing that makes you happy - even for just a minute. I know.
326385
No, you should like totally be happy.  OMG I'm like so happy you did.  Good boy!!!
686391
Do you feel excited about life?  Are you proud of your accomplishments?  Do you enjoy your work, your relationships, your lifestyle?  Do you find yourself smiling often?  If so, then you're probably happy.  Do you lie awake in bed at night and worry and fret and feel miserable?  Do you fight a lot with the other people in your life?  Do you use food, alcohol, or drugs to make you feel better?  Do you drag your feet through the day, wishing you were somewhere--anywhere--else?  If so, then you probably aren't happy.  There are a lot of places in between, and that's where most of us fall on any given day.  The question you have to ask yourself is whether you feel happy more often than you feel miserable, and if not, then evaluate what things or people are contributing to your unhappiness...and make some changes.
913536
no. i was in a miserable marriage for ten years. and every day of those 10 years, i put on my happy face and faced the world.  i thought that if i could convince everyone that i was happy, then i might actually be happy...inside thought i was numb and sad...
1015081
When you are absolutly sure in what your personal beliefs are , you can find happiness . \nReligion is a "tool" that some opt to use.\nOthers do not need it as they are able to find inner peace.
508837
no.\n\nno.\n\nand ~ you're the one in control of making yourself happy.  either you are or you aren't.  maybe a spouse is the deal for you.  maybe it's having kids.  maybe not.  blaze your own trail...
24348
I know without any doubt that God Loves us..ask yourself this question? Do you ever feel like something is missing in your life? Can marrying the right person fill that gap? Can having enough money fill it? Can having good health fill the emptiness? For everyone that has asked themselves that question and they have found out that the answer is no..The emptiness that we feel is the separation from God, when we accept His son Jesus into our lives, then the Holy Spirit will come into our hearts, then a veil is lifted from your eyes, and the Truth shall be revealed, and the pit in your stomach shall be made whole..For God is Love..and satan is death..Amen!!\n\nIn answer to your question, I was not brought up in any church, God was NEVER mentioned in our home, my mom abused me as a child, my dad molested me also..I was going to commit suicide when my brother asked me to go to church, so I went to make him happy, I hated being in church, I called everyone there Jesus freaks..the next Sunday, I could not stand the emptiness any longer, so I said well I tried everything else, I will try God..Praise the Lord..I am glad I did..Amen!!
357865
huh?  I didn't think I did!\n\nCan you be too happy?  Can you thank God too much for the good things of the world?  How can you have too many holidays?