Chasing Butterflies

Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you - Henry David Thoreau, famed 19th Century American poet & philosopher. What is happiness? NIE Prof Neihart: happiness means living a life according to one's values & principles. - believes that people do not consciously think about what happiness means to them. Happiness, or even unhappiness, sometimes sneaks up on people. After a while, one realizes that one is not quite happy & that a certain situation is not suiting one. But if the situation is favorable, the pleasant nature of it comes into one's conscious & awareness, and one may then try to replicate the situation to stay happy. NTU Prof Powdthavee: happiness is feeling good about one's life & living a life that is meaningful in some way. But there are so many definitions to it & it is difficult to define the concept in any one way. Basically if you are happy, you feel good about yourself, your environment & your life.