Our World Revisited: The Origin of True Happiness

                           I just want to be happy. Is that too much to ask? Well of course not. Everyone wants to be happy. However, it is too much to ask if you don't know what happiness is. It is also too much to ask if you're depending on the inconsistent, the temporary, and the conditional things of life to produce this happiness. You will also be asking to much if you expect to never be happy because most likely what you're expecting will be produced by your subconscious mind.Would I be too rash to say that this concept is only logical?
                          Sometimes what is commonly felt is not necessarily logical. It is common to want something but not know what it is or what it looks like or feels like. Babies are often this way for they have the initial understanding that they want something but they have no idea what it is that they want or how to get it. They aren't born knowing what food is but they know the satisfaction of being full. We are just like that sometimes. We want things we don't even know the meaning of or how they are obtained. This doesn't mean its logical. In fact its illogical. Wanting to be happy means that you've at some point felt the results or satisfaction of being happy and now you see a change or a lack of this in your life. So define it. Make a clear and well analyzed view of what happiness is to you. Write it down. Review it. Add things to your definition of happy. Subtract things from your definition of happy. Learn what it is to you because if you don't know where you're going then how will you know when you've arrived?
                        Do not depend on things that will not last. Its simple and seems quite logical but many people make the mistake of doing this even when it comes down to being happy. Nothing on this Earth lasts forever. Not one thing lives for eternity except those things which are within, such as the soul, the spirit, things of that nature. You can't depend on the temporary and the inconsistent to create something you want to last in your life. Of course you experience satisfaction which feels a lot like being happy, but the difference is that happiness can last forever! Yes you can be happy each and everyday that you are alive! Why? Because being happy does not mean that you are satisfied. Happiness is a choice where as satisfaction is more of a reaction or a result. The temporary will never be able to produce the eternal. Things that won't last will never be able to make you happy...only satisfied. If you've been depending on the temporary then you have been building a house without a foundation. You need a foundation to produce true happiness. Something steady and firm, consistent, and eternal. Otherwise, you're resorting to satisfaction which is a cheap knock off of happiness.
                                Lastly, what you see is not what you get. What you THINK is what you get! If you think you can never obtain true happiness, even if you realize and understand all the above mentioned truths, happiness is a far off dream. Thinking creates. It has a unique power and ability that many of us do not understand the concept of , and because of this we find ourselves in dungeons that we created in our own minds. If you think you can never be truly happy you won't even be able to approach it. If you haven't gotten it by now, the origin of true happiness lies within you! Logically, you determine whether the sun shines brightly over you or if the rain beats down on your life. You just want to be happy. Is that too much to ask of you? OMJ

http://www.inspirationalblogs.com/blogs/joy/Learning_Joy_from_a_Toy.html
http://www.2knowmyself.com/happiness/Ways_to_be_happy_in_life