Quote: Sure, it's your happiness. So... I know what you DO when you are happy, I know how you ACT in expression of that happiness... but what is the impetus of your happiness? What has occured that makes you FEEL happiness, and therefore act and do things in expression of that feeling?
Ok. So what kinds of things make me feel happy?
accomplishing something at work, finding some extra money stashed in a coat I haven't worn in a while, hanging out with my son, compliments, a clean, neat house, cooking a good meal...
I don't know. Really, most of the time when I'm happy, it isn't really connected to anything external. It's more a happy feeling inside that doesn't seem to have much to do with the world around me.
For example, I usually wake up happy and feel happy from about 6:00 am (or whenever I wake up) until, say 9:30 or so. Then, thoughout the day, (whatever the day's events) I become more and more depressed until I hit bottom. The only thing that makes me feel better is to go to sleep.
Basically, though I'm more or less functional -- lots of things that *should* make me happy, in fact, stress me out or disappoint me. For example, hanging out with *friends* or winning a case or buying something for myself that I've been wanting or going to the gym.
Somehow, I feel that I'm missing your point. But for me, it mostly seems that happiness (kind of like sadness) just washes over me in waves, without any particular rhyme or reason.
Obviously, in the past, there have been events that have made me very unhappy. It's hard to think of any specific event that made me happy.
