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[squeekiemouse]

I actively try to be happy. I work very hard at it, actually. But, I think I forget that many other people dont, or at least dont feel like that is an option or a way to deal with the world

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[groblek]

I'm not sure how much I go about actually trying, but the majority of the time, I *am* happy. Even when scary things happen in my life like getting laid off from a job, I tend to find the joys I can take from where I am. I can't help it, I look around and see all that I am blessed with in this life, and can't help but think that life is good. I suppose it's a matter of perspective in many ways - my values for what's really important in life are pretty diverged from the mainstream. I don't care about having the newest and best things, or about what people who don't know me well might think. I'm overall lacking in ambition as the world sees it. My biggest ambition is that I be remembered as someone who was a good friend/husband/parent/etc and a generally good person. One concrete thing I do find that helps is that I'm happiest when I have some kind of a craft project that I'm working on, I do love to make things.

[changeling0203]

This phrase has also helped me these last several days - "Today, I will be as happy as a bird with a french fry." Because it's just so cute it makes me smile. And because I can't think of anything or anyone happier than a bird with a french fry.

[changeling0203]

Dude, I was so trashed last night.

[kay_gmd]

I tend to brood, but I do seek out things that make me happy, and try to break out of it when I get in a funk.

[silkfiddlerette]

I have gone through most of my life trying to be happy and actively working on it, but since my life has gone through changes in the past few years it's been hard for me to balance that with everything else I *should* be doing. So I'm currently working on figureing out how to work on being happy and having "I can do whatever I want to because I'm a free thinking individual dammit" time with obligations time.

[discodoris]

Yes, I look for the good things that make me feel happy. Watching the flowers bloom, watching the joy of toddlers exploring the world, the blue of the sky, the joy in music, the great taste of food