Define Happiness

[RogerR]

I say there is no such thing as happiness and that it's an illusion that we create to keep ourselves going from day to day.
We spend our lives trying to achieve something that does not exist and that's what keeps us alive.
It's something to give our lives purpose and that people who consider themselves to be happy people are just exceptionally good at deceiving themselves..

Originally Posted by Pavan

There is no such thing as being happy, you can only try to pursue happiness. Sometimes you try too hard, some times you don't try enough, but you can never try at a constant rate and try to maintain some sort of happiness.

Thats just how I see it.

i find these perspectives perplexing. what about that feeling you get after your team wins a match/award, or some other personal success? and from the purely scientific view, what about the chemical and hormonal changes that happen in our bodies when we are in a state of 'happiness'?

as for myself, i find that it ranges anywhere from a state of contentment to exhileration, depending on the situation. winning a pack sprint in a bike race would lend itself more toward 'exhileration', where as time spent with family and friends would lean more toward 'contentment'.