Happiness Can Be

Joy

A duty

Growth

Enduring

Gladness

Eudaimonia

An attitude

Blessedness

Contentment

Fearing God

Flourishing

Hope in God

Not a goal

A warm puppy

A good feeling

Cheerfulness

Gratefulness

Finding wisdom

Mostly victory

No vague dream

Building a boat

Trusting in God

Filling the hour

Keeping God’s law

Life satisfaction

The truest wisdom

A day-to-day thing

Self-contentedness

Writing a symphony

A state of activity

What we think about

A state, not a trait

Subjective wellbeing

To love and be loved

Getting understanding

The balance of emotions

A direction, not a place

A habit to be cultivated

Having mercy on the poor

Cheering somebody else up

Liking what we have to do

Well-being and contentment

Growing dahlias in the garden

Making the best of everything

Eating the labour of our hands

What we make up our mind to be

Feeling satisfied with our life

What we experience here and now

Not the mere possession of money

Not to be sought in the distance

Seeking and finding how to serve

Not a state of constant euphoria

The best shield for a cruel world

The by-product of other activities

Being where God would have us to be

Feeling positive more than negative

Something we can grow under our feet

Something we desire for its own sake

The goal of human thought and action

A choice that requires effort at times

A place between too little and too much

A thing to be practiced, like the violin

To be without some of the things we want

Struggling and enduring and accomplishing

An important element in the service of God

Feeling or showing pleasure or contentment

A deep sense of meaning and purpose in life

Overall appreciation of our life as-a-whole

A recollection of past emotional experiences

The embrace of some purpose beyond ourselves

When we feel love and kindness toward others

A conscious choice, not an automatic response

A few simple disciplines, practiced every day

An activity rather than an emotion or a state

Feeling like we are living the life we wanted

A global assessment of life and all its facets

General satisfaction with our current situation

Feeling that the conditions of our life are good

A by-product of pursuits that give our life purpose

An achievement brought about by inner productiveness

Not what we see and touch or that which others do for us

The joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort

The simple harmony between ourselves and the life we lead

An aggregation of multiple emotional reactions across time

A positive evaluation of our life and accomplishments overall

Something to do, something to love, and something to hope for

When what we think, what we say, and what we do are in harmony

Having had a good night’s sleep and not being hurt by new shoes

Having our mind fixed on some object other than our own happiness

Being where we belong, and comfortably going through everyday life

What we think and feel and do, first for others and then for ourselves

An overall sense of experiencing more positive emotions than negative ones

Feeing that we have accomplished (or will accomplish) what we want in life

A perfume we cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on ourselves

Not to be confused with joy, ecstasy, bliss, or other more intense feelings

The spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude

An emotional state characterized by feelings of joy, satisfaction, contentment, and fulfillment

An attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances

Simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience

The experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that our life is good, meaningful, and worthwhile

The cause and the effect of many desirable circumstances, such as strong relationships, more friends, better health, success at work, making more money, having more energy, better self-control and a longer life