“When were you ever really happy?”

That was the discussion topic on 2 June 2015 at the Women's Library. And our responses: ‘Meeting new people, can’t remember, happy lots of the time in little flares ups of happiness and long slow burning happiness, heaps and heaps of times, with relationships and friendships, used to think that contentment is more sustainable than happiness but now I’ve taken to clapping like a seal, got a dream job/enough money/friends/partner, that’s how I felt 8 months ago before my ex left me, finishing an assignment, seeing kids, dogs that welcome me back from putting out the rubbish, teaching a kid from a disadvantaged family how to read, sunrise, training myself to be happy, grateful to be in a safe country,, setting a goal and achieving it, having a hot shower, fake it till you make it, the golden triangle of relationship-job-home, people laughing, lazing in the sun, the little things, overall my life is good, falling in love, making love, finding inner peace, meditation is good, used to think happiness was gained from getting things out there but it’s more inner, business going well and empowering people to do the job better than me, being close to the stage at a Celine Dion concert, connecting with people, music, landscape. Lis’s happiness had something to do with a jar of vegemite smeared over her neck. Didn’t quite get it… Thank you to Wendy for a great topic – simple but interesting.