Friday, March 4, 2011

Success is no guarantee of happiness. The only guarantee of happiness is happiness.
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22 comments:

  1. SprigBlossomsMarch 4, 2011 at 10:42 AM

    Agreed. I am reminded of the saying 'beware what you wish for, it might come true'.....

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  2. UnknownMarch 4, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    I think happiness helps to foster success, but the reverse is not necessarily true.

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  3. MarioMarch 4, 2011 at 11:37 AM

    Happiness is in our own mind, success help a lot because we wants conquer goals like any man but happiness is a special decision in our personal view. A man with less "things" than others can be happy and a man with a lot of "things" unhappy, all depends of each human being and his concepts, in what make him truly happy. Greetings! Mario.

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  4. Justus SteelMarch 4, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    This is a one of those universal truths I like right along the lines of my favorite: "If nothing changes, everything stays the same."

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  5. SarahMarch 4, 2011 at 1:27 PM

    Right. Now if only we could figure out what makes us truly happy we'd be all set. But I think you already told us.

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  6. MonicaMarch 4, 2011 at 1:40 PM

    So true, my friend.

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  7. martureo77March 4, 2011 at 4:06 PM

    But what is success? Is it really success if we aren't happy?

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  8. surjit singhMarch 5, 2011 at 1:58 AM

    Very very true.
    Thanks my friend, for enlightening me.
    God bless.

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  9. FlameheartMarch 5, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    Exactly right.
    Although Martureo has a very good point. Having money and being in a place of power may seem successful, but maybe it is just the illusion of success...
    If that person is not happy where he/she is, then they probably don't feel as successful on a deeper, emotional level. Their lives could still be quite empty.

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  10. JudieMarch 5, 2011 at 11:44 AM

    Well, that is certainly true! Unless your ultimate goal us happiness. If your are successful and achieve your goal, you will be happy!!

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  11. PhotoDictionMarch 5, 2011 at 6:34 PM

    I guess it all depends on what you think you want in order to be happy. For me, I think that I am mostly happy just to be.

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  12. Drew ByrneMarch 6, 2011 at 3:15 AM

    Success is no guarantee of happiness...if you want happiness, go and buy a toaster...and get a three-year guarantee.

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  13. David from QuillcardsMarch 6, 2011 at 3:59 AM

    Thank you.

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  14. Steve BarrettMarch 6, 2011 at 7:47 PM

    That's for sure. And even happiness can be allusive; Here today, gone tomorrow. It is a mysterious and wonderful thing altogether.

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  15. RajMarch 7, 2011 at 2:47 AM

    Always very deeply inspiring Marty. "The only guarantee of happiness is happiness" Hopefully, with practice, we can do without any "guarantee". Grateful

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  16. bailiMarch 7, 2011 at 4:13 AM

    it denotes the fact that happiness does not belong to outer world. it is about internal feeling we have for life.

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  17. Janey BMarch 7, 2011 at 5:48 AM

    As ever, so true. Success pays the bills, and may allay some anxieties, but happiness is another matter entirely. I think we have to learn to be happy, which is just being in the moment.

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  18. UnknownMarch 7, 2011 at 11:29 AM

    Very true indeed. Happiness has to come from yourself, being relaxed and making the best of it etc. Although success or money must make being miserable better though.

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  19. Cat Wisdom 101March 7, 2011 at 1:13 PM

    And even then there's no guarantee it will last.

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  20. UnknownMarch 7, 2011 at 1:32 PM

    Happiness is relative. Our individual differences determine why someone maybe happy whilst the other one is not given the same stimuli.

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  21. timethiefMarch 7, 2011 at 2:08 PM

    IMO there is no guarantee of happiness aside from the individual's determination to choose to be happy no matter what their circumstances are. Every failure can become a stepping stone to duture success, yet there's almost an unwritten assumption that it is primarily success that leads to happiness. The two can be interrelated but it's not an either/or situation. So when I hear those who speak about how success leads to happiness I am keenly aware that they are ignoring half of the story.

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  22. Sarath UnnithanMarch 11, 2011 at 2:02 PM

    Unless we feel happiness one can never really be sure...a feeling of emptiness still haunts us if we don't feel the happiness that was expected to follow the accomplishment..

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