Right or Happy??

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Roger_Ramjet

Saturday, October 07, 2000 - 03:10 am Click here to edit this post
<thinking silently while talking to Talisker>

I'm curious about what everyone thinks about this question.

Which would you rather be--right or happy?

As Eddie would sing......"What a wonderful world................."

Himay10ns

Saturday, October 07, 2000 - 03:38 am Click here to edit this post
Pretty easy for me....I'm right most of the time so I'd pick happy! :)

Roger, are you and Tali still awake?? I've been tiptoeing around trying not to wake you guys up. BigHost is letting me out this morning to go work a charity golf tournament. I just had some SMACKS. Already fed the chickens, so no one has to get up and do that. I'm going to go hop in the shower.....damn, it's only 3:30AM, the water's gonna be FREEZIN! See you around noon.

Xenia

Saturday, October 07, 2000 - 03:47 am Click here to edit this post
I woke up to pee and I found you guys out here pondering...

I couldn't chose one or the other. I am so stubborn and sometimes being right--and having the last word--is important to me.

Happiness is essential of course, but the concept of "happiness" is so blurred...

On second thought...the idea of being just happy seems boring to me. Having to be right means I'd be challenged and get to challenge other people. There would be victory and defeat. Happiness has always symbolized consistency to me.

It would make me happy to always be right. :)

Xenia

Saturday, October 07, 2000 - 03:48 am Click here to edit this post
It's back to bed for me.

Don't eat all the Corn Pops before I wake back up, PLEASE!

Vykin

Saturday, October 07, 2000 - 12:21 pm Click here to edit this post
There is no right or wrong answer to this question. A person could be right but not happy. I'd rather be happy and wrong

Moondance

Saturday, October 07, 2000 - 02:32 pm Click here to edit this post
I rather be happy! ... See I am right! :)

Talisker

Saturday, October 07, 2000 - 05:03 pm Click here to edit this post
Happy is usually better. Being right is great but only if it is appreciated.

Zebulon

Saturday, October 07, 2000 - 05:23 pm Click here to edit this post
It's a great feeling to know when you are right, isn't it? However, for human beings that's not possible all the time. We all have different views and different ways of discussing issues.

I firmly believe that happiness comes from within. It has something to do with struggling, enduring, and accomplishing. One should never confuse happiness with temporary "pleasure".

If I had to pick between the two, I would choose to be HAPPY because you would be confident enough in yourself and your personal accomplishments to not worry about whether you have to be right all the time...unless, of course, you post on this messageboard. LOL!

Arreal

Saturday, October 07, 2000 - 05:41 pm Click here to edit this post
I agree with you Zeb, except for one thing. What you call happy, I would call inner peace or joy. I just tend to define happiness as an emotion, while inner peace and joy are a state of being.
I would wear myself out being happy, bubbly all the time.


What exactly did you mean by the term HAPPY
Roger?

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Roger_Ramjet

Saturday, October 07, 2000 - 05:45 pm Click here to edit this post
I wanted to leave that definition up to each of us to decide. As we are seeing, the concept of happiness tends to have differnt slants. I didn't want to constrain anyone by placing my definition in to the equation.

Vykin is correct that there isn't a right or wrong answer---the answer each of us comes up with is right for that one person only.

I posed it as a philosophical question to ponder if anyone wanted to. I like such issues, and tend to ask about them. No intention of prying if someone didn't want to answer

Luke

Saturday, October 07, 2000 - 11:21 pm Click here to edit this post
Happy. Definitely. I guess because being right seems more closed and while being happy [and wrong] can be more open-ended... I mean if I were to be happy and wrong, I'd still be able to learn from my mistakes, start over, continue learning, all while being happy.
Once you've found out your right, but without happiness... Where do you go from there? You have the answer, and your answer is right. No questions. No learning. No continuity. No future...
Wait a second... maybe I'm getting a bit to carried away with this...!