What is happiness 什么是幸福？

To: Boon; Marie; Joy Y.; Connie
Subject: RE: Thought of the day

Just saw this saying. If it is correct, then we will know the way to increase happiness, either build up your ability or lower your expectation. Sounds very simple and I kinda of find some justifications now. :)

What is happiness 什么是幸福？

Happiness = Ability/Expectation

幸福 = 能力/期望值

Joy's reply: Since the numerator is fixed, what we can really do is to decrease the denominator....

My response: Actually the numerator is not fixed. The possible problem is when  the numerator is increased, most likely the denominator will increase in the meantime – that’s human’s nature.

Marie's reply: Say, ability=expectation, does that mean 100% happiness?  I doubt...if ability does not equal achievement....

My response: Hehe….I consider the ability of achieving your expectation is a kind of ability as well.

Marie's reply: Excellent answer!


An interesting topic, isn't it? What's your opinion on it?

所有跟帖： 

• 看了下面漂亮MM的"啥是幸福", 上篇旧文哈. :) -longhair- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2009 postreply 06:34:53

• 幸福就是：猫吃鱼，狗吃肉，奥特曼打小怪兽！哈哈。。。 -夏日童话- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2009 postreply 06:35:07

• 回复：幸福就是：猫吃鱼，狗吃肉，奥特曼打小怪兽！哈哈。。。 -longhair- ♀ (17 bytes) () 10/01/2009 postreply 06:41:31

• 好像最近流行多颜色字体 -小葡萄妈妈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2009 postreply 06:37:06

• 嘿嘿...是呀? 那我提起赶潮流了. 其实, 这是两年多前的东西了 -longhair- ♀ (49 bytes) () 10/01/2009 postreply 06:40:52

• 国庆好 -小葡萄妈妈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2009 postreply 07:09:55

• 幸福是自己争取的。不要压希望在别人身上。 -大红鲤鱼- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2009 postreply 06:51:58

• 是的.整天乐呵呵的人朋友也多...自己先快乐了,其他都变好了. -pretty_woman2- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2009 postreply 12:02:31

• 确实是这样，如果对自己期望值太高，很难有幸福感，退一步则海阔天空。 -Oona- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2009 postreply 07:30:22

• 是的.比较可行的是有2-3年的短期目标然后每天做好一件是朝这个方向努力! -pretty_woman2- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2009 postreply 12:04:28

• 还真说不清幸福是什么，不同的人生阶段感受会不同 -臭臭妈妈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2009 postreply 09:24:21

• 幸福就是可以随心所欲，live the way you want. -seanie- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2009 postreply 09:25:46

• 尝尽天下美食，走遍世界的每个角落，能实现这个梦想就是我的幸福。 -SHUAYA少将- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2009 postreply 09:46:29

• CO：尝尽天下美食，走遍世界的每个角落，能实现这个梦想就是我的幸福。 -alazycatinsd- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/01/2009 postreply 09:49:21