Comments on: Clarification of “Happiness” http://www.povert.com/2005/12/28/clarification-of-happiness/ It's Pronounced "Pah-vert." You povert. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joe http://www.povert.com/2005/12/28/clarification-of-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Joe Thu, 29 Dec 2005 18:21:54 +0000 http://www.povert.com/?p=438#comment-400 "You’re just sore that I compared you to a perky little girl." Hahahahaha “You’re just sore that I compared you to a perky little girl.”

Hahahahaha

]]> By: Erin http://www.povert.com/2005/12/28/clarification-of-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-399 Erin Thu, 29 Dec 2005 18:16:40 +0000 http://www.povert.com/?p=438#comment-399 I don't think that Pollyanna was ridiculously optimistic. Had I thought that, I would have used a much cooler word than Pollyannaism, I would have called you quixotic instead. Though she was a tad annoying (that's to be blamed on Hayley Mills) I think her level of optimism was pretty healthy. You're just sore that I compared you to a perky little girl. :) Yes, yes, yes the golden mean, I get it. I don’t think that Pollyanna was ridiculously optimistic. Had I thought that, I would have used a much cooler word than Pollyannaism, I would have called you quixotic instead. Though she was a tad annoying (that’s to be blamed on Hayley Mills) I think her level of optimism was pretty healthy. You’re just sore that I compared you to a perky little girl. :)

Yes, yes, yes the golden mean, I get it.

]]> By: Joe http://www.povert.com/2005/12/28/clarification-of-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Joe Thu, 29 Dec 2005 18:09:22 +0000 http://www.povert.com/?p=438#comment-398 Agreed. "... neither necessary nor sufficient" may have come across a little stronger than I had intended. I think that who one associates with fits into the idea of being in control of yourself — people choose their own friends, and if they choose poorly, then they can become unhappy. Agreed. “… neither necessary nor sufficient” may have come across a little stronger than I had intended. I think that who one associates with fits into the idea of being in control of yourself — people choose their own friends, and if they choose poorly, then they can become unhappy.

]]> By: Citizen http://www.povert.com/2005/12/28/clarification-of-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-396 Citizen Thu, 29 Dec 2005 16:08:55 +0000 http://www.povert.com/?p=438#comment-396 "It posits that we all determine our own experience, that we don’t need to depend on others to make us truly happy. Being able to count on people is fine, of course, but it’s neither necessary nor sufficient." Interesting point of view, and one I tend to share. I also believe that while you can be happy without outside input, such input - if complimentary - will only add to your happiness. I suppose that's pretty obvious, but maybe not. “It posits that we all determine our own experience, that we don’t need to depend on others to make us truly happy. Being able to count on people is fine, of course, but it’s neither necessary nor sufficient.”

Interesting point of view, and one I tend to share. I also believe that while you can be happy without outside input, such input – if complimentary – will only add to your happiness. I suppose that’s pretty obvious, but maybe not.

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