What do you want ?

jhon · Jul 8th, 2006, 16:36

choose the Love that you are,it removes dis-ease (health),helps us to discover our worth (money),gives us peace of mind(happiness)and allows us to trust in the life process(self confidence)Om Prem, jhon

batistuta · Jul 8th, 2006, 23:16

With love everything else will fall into place .

70s-80s overlander · Jul 9th, 2006, 09:56

Could I do WITHOUT money? If I had to I could hold body and soul together somehow. I've seen it done before.
Could I do WITHOUT love? Ouch! That's a hard one. Not very well, but I could continue on, trying to be loving nonetheless.
Could I do WITHOUT health? I am old enough to have faced death -- and to continue to face death -- in the eye. Again, I've seen the unhealthy continue on and I could continue on until the last breath.
Could I do WITHOUT self-confidence? If I had to. I have seen very scared people nonetheless get things done.

Could I do WITHOUT happiness? Totally, probably not. Sometimes it helps to have one or two benign delusions about how one is doing, but if I couldn't figure out some miniscule way to be happy I had might as well die.

***One of my favorite books has always been the novel about the slums of Calcutta, "City of Joy" (1985) by Dominique Lapierre [the 1992 movie fairly faithfully covers the first third of the book]. Certainly the book is about happiness in the absence of money and health. Self-confidence was in short supply, but they did have love and a definite modicum of happiness.
[see the website for City of Joy Aid: "Lapierre has long chronicled the strength of the human spirit":
http://www.cityofjoyaid.org/impact.html ]

Hudaji · Jul 9th, 2006, 10:09

49.3 people are looking for happiness? Just goes to show what a miserable place the world has become!

70s-80s overlander · Jul 9th, 2006, 10:17

The question didn't say LOOKING for happiness. It was asking us what we would value the most if we could only have one of the five listed items. That 49.3% of us are willing to settle for happiness [no one said "how much"] suggests that we do NOT view the world as a miserable place. I do hope that you -- and everyone -- might find a little bit of happiness even if money, love, health, and self-confidence are harder to come by. Shalom.

dani · Jul 9th, 2006, 15:49

I belief that everybody values happyness the most, even if they don't realize it or if they call it different.

But how do you reach happyness? Thats the big question.
Many many people think they will gain happyness through i.e. nonstop partying or through being rich or powerful. But IMO all those things are not directly connected to happyness, you can never become happy through one of those.

No, IMHO happyness comes from within oneself, it is an attitude. You have to be happy in the first place, otherwise the fulfillment of any other desire has no power to increase your happyness. In contrary, there is a danger that your other desires are keeping you away from happyness if you mistake them as means to become happy.

-Dani

tonylittle · Jul 9th, 2006, 17:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick-H

With happiness everything else will come.

And if it doesn't, well, one is still happy.

Yes its happiness for me,but there is one problem with being happy all the time all my girls have left me because i am so happy in the morning, but i am still happy and richer

Tony

gautam · Jul 10th, 2006, 13:23

would go in for happiness anyday anytime

icetea · Jul 10th, 2006, 13:30

outch...how easily everyone does away with love

asad7874 · Jul 10th, 2006, 14:15

'Money' has got only 6% of votes

!
Looks like most of the IMers here are rich souls!

come-on fellow poors!!...vote now, 'Money' is fast losing the battle!!

View Poll Results: If you could only have one of these things, which would it be?
money	6	6.59%
love	21	23.08%
health	20	21.98%
happiness	43	47.25%
self-confidence	1	1.10%
Voters: 91. You may not vote on this poll

Jul 8th, 2006, 16:36	#16
jhon jhon Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Byron Bay - Aus. Posts: 57	Love All choose the Love that you are,it removes dis-ease (health),helps us to discover our worth (money),gives us peace of mind(happiness)and allows us to trust in the life process(self confidence)Om Prem, jhon

Jul 9th, 2006, 09:56	#18
70s-80s overlander 70s-80s overlander Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: chicago,il,usa Posts: 170	working backwards to the answer: happiness Could I do WITHOUT money? If I had to I could hold body and soul together somehow. I've seen it done before. Could I do WITHOUT love? Ouch! That's a hard one. Not very well, but I could continue on, trying to be loving nonetheless. Could I do WITHOUT health? I am old enough to have faced death -- and to continue to face death -- in the eye. Again, I've seen the unhealthy continue on and I could continue on until the last breath. Could I do WITHOUT self-confidence? If I had to. I have seen very scared people nonetheless get things done. Could I do WITHOUT happiness? Totally, probably not. Sometimes it helps to have one or two benign delusions about how one is doing, but if I couldn't figure out some miniscule way to be happy I had might as well die. ***One of my favorite books has always been the novel about the slums of Calcutta, "City of Joy" (1985) by Dominique Lapierre [the 1992 movie fairly faithfully covers the first third of the book]. Certainly the book is about happiness in the absence of money and health. Self-confidence was in short supply, but they did have love and a definite modicum of happiness. [see the website for City of Joy Aid: "Lapierre has long chronicled the strength of the human spirit": http://www.cityofjoyaid.org/impact.html ]

Jul 10th, 2006, 13:23	#23
gautam Super Mode Join Date: May 2005 Location: Chandigarh - Blore NON-STOP Posts: 708	would go in for happiness anyday anytime __________________ "Your thoughts could be your prison" My pics on flickr Kerela backwaters - by beach

Jul 10th, 2006, 14:15	#25
asad7874 Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Delhi Posts: 89	'Money' has got only 6% of votes! Looks like most of the IMers here are rich souls! come-on fellow poors!!...vote now, 'Money' is fast losing the battle!!

Jul 8th, 2006, 23:16	#17
batistuta Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,729	With love everything else will fall into place .

Jul 9th, 2006, 10:09	#19
Hudaji Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Donnybrook, Australia Posts: 26	49.3 people are looking for happiness? Just goes to show what a miserable place the world has become!

Jul 9th, 2006, 10:17	#20
70s-80s overlander 70s-80s overlander Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: chicago,il,usa Posts: 170	The question didn't say LOOKING for happiness. It was asking us what we would value the most if we could only have one of the five listed items. That 49.3% of us are willing to settle for happiness [no one said "how much"] suggests that we do NOT view the world as a miserable place. I do hope that you -- and everyone -- might find a little bit of happiness even if money, love, health, and self-confidence are harder to come by. Shalom.

Jul 9th, 2006, 15:49	#21
dani मेरा नाम Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Switzerland Posts: 499	I belief that everybody values happyness the most, even if they don't realize it or if they call it different. But how do you reach happyness? Thats the big question. Many many people think they will gain happyness through i.e. nonstop partying or through being rich or powerful. But IMO all those things are not directly connected to happyness, you can never become happy through one of those. No, IMHO happyness comes from within oneself, it is an attitude. You have to be happy in the first place, otherwise the fulfillment of any other desire has no power to increase your happyness. In contrary, there is a danger that your other desires are keeping you away from happyness if you mistake them as means to become happy. -Dani

Jul 10th, 2006, 13:30	#24
icetea 'sort of hate India' club member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Chennai, via Romania Posts: 917	outch...how easily everyone does away with love

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