I was curious about the origin of the word happiness.
I discovered that it is based on the world 'hap'.
In middle English this world means 'Chance' or 'Good Luck'.
(That 'hap' world can be also seen in perhaps i.e. by any chance)
If we base our definition on that old terminology we can seen that happiness was basically a matter of luck. Some were happy, others were not happy. It was kind of fate. Nobody could change it.
When people started to learn a bit more about what happiness was really all about, they realized that the monetary factor (good luck is often associated with prosperity) was not all. There had to be something else, otherwise life would be so unfair !
In the end they refined the definition to come up with something more realistic, less materialist : state of well being.
Somebody who is happy, just feels good ! You don't need to be a multi-million company CEO to get the right to be happy.
Everybody, in their own way, more or less complex, found a way to reach a state of happiness from some moment of their lives !
It is not complicated, just widen your mind and try to take some distance with every event of your life. You can't know in advance in an seemingly bad event, will not have good sequences ?
(By the way this is one of the concept in Zen).
Well, time to go to bed !
Remi.
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Were you stoned when you came up with this? Because I was when I looked at the word Happy and thought wouldn't it be amazing(trippy) if the origin or definition for the word happy was somehow a guide to being happy in life, like it was a divine little wink from someone above, to you alone. And lo and behold the origin of the word is indeed a guide to how you may achieve happiness. And a good way to start is by thinking a bit laterally, as I guess I was when I looked at the word happy when I was stoned.
Some things happen to us good or bad. If bad things happen to we tend to more often be conscious of these little hiccups and curse the skies above. Do we do the same for when luck throws us a break, big or small in our everyday lives? Maybe being conscious of good luck on a daily basis will make you happier about life, even when bad news arrives as it does ever now and then. I pray for your sake, only ever now and then.
Happy initially was associated with luck. You lucked out, be thankful. You didn't, don't blame those whose did. Be happy for them. Luck = Happy.
'Just widen your mind and try to take some distance with every event of your life'
Become more aware of the big picture as well as all of lives little animations.
I heard that the word "happiness" comes from the verb "to happen" because if you make something happen, is because you have reached what you wanted so then you are happy..
good one...
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Oldest know root word of happy is hep from ancient Egypt. Also known as hep-i, the god of the Nile who brought forth prosperity in the form of fish, birds and vegetation. Coincidence that it is the root word of happiness?...
Oldest know root word of happy is hep from ancient Egypt. Also known as hep-i, the god of the Nile who brought forth prosperity in the form of fish, birds and vegetation. Coincidence that it is the root word of happiness?...
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