What is your HAPPINESS?

SSG Robin Rushlo — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:56:23 -0500

Round Three today is a Gurkha The Classic Cigar: Havana Blend These and the GURKHA ROYAL CHALLENGE are getting to be my favorite daily smoke.

Quote of the day: Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle. George Burns

So what is your HAPPINESS? What is your favorite happy ........

Either in the Military of after leaving the military what is that Happiness!?

Have a great day and be HAPPY !

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 16 at 2015 11:01 AM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 11:01:23 -0500

The joy of hearing my children's laughter. It never gets old, nor fails to make me happy.

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Dec 16 at 2015 11:10 AM

LTC Stephen F. — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 11:10:58 -0500

When I first saw your post SSG Robin Rushlo the phrase Don't Worry, Be Happy jumped to mind. This biblical admonition was used as the tag line for an un-cola commercial decades ago long before it became part of a song.
I concur with 1SG Private RallyPoint Member that hearing the unselfconscious laughter of young children is always uplifting.
As I believer in my Lord and Savior I understand I need to approach God with childlike trust, faith and confidence. Yet as we grow up it is easier to be childish in terms of selfishness than to be childlike and full of joy and happiness simply by experiencing the world around us.
Music still makes me happy, sad, thoughtful etc. I have learned to appreciate a vast variety of music and try to use music to enhance the mood or alter my won when I am in a funk.

Response by CPT Jack Durish made Dec 16 at 2015 11:21 AM

CPT Jack Durish — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 11:21:19 -0500

I say a little prayer of thanks every morning when I wake up: Thank you God for another day. I am an American. Beside me lies a good woman. We live in a good home. Our children and grandchildren are healthy and happy and (mostly) nearby. Our stomachs are full. Our bodies are warm. Military service has shown me worlds where few of these blessings can be found. I no longer hear the crash of artillery nor the mutter of rifle fire in the distance. The whoop-whoop of a passing helicopter is not reason to fear. It's either the sheriff hovering overhead to insure our safety or a news reporter advising motorists on freeway conditions. Life is good. Who wouldn't be happy?

...and I get to enjoy it all for another day

Response by LCDR Rabbah Rona Matlow made Dec 16 at 2015 11:31 AM

LCDR Rabbah Rona Matlow — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 11:31:34 -0500

My current space and place in life...

Response by SPC Anne Miller made Dec 16 at 2015 11:38 AM

SPC Anne Miller — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 11:38:50 -0500

Thanks for posting the question. It was exactly what I needed to see first thing this morning. I actually don't know how to answer it. My happiness is kinda a dual-edged sword. My girl's are my HAPPINESS, but with our prolonged separation, it had also become my sorrow.

Response by SSG Michael Scott made Dec 16 at 2015 11:43 AM

SSG Michael Scott — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 11:43:50 -0500

A bad day of fishing, is better than a good day at work.

Response by MSgt E. W. Forbess made Dec 16 at 2015 11:50 AM

MSgt E. W. Forbess — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 11:50:59 -0500

Grandkids! But they're not unlike the good woman/bad woman dilemma that George Burns mentioned in your quote... :-)

Response by SFC Jim Mergott made Dec 16 at 2015 11:59 AM

SFC Jim Mergott — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 11:59:14 -0500

My children.

Response by SPC(P) Jay Heenan made Dec 16 at 2015 12:33 PM

SPC(P) Jay Heenan — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 12:33:28 -0500

What is my happiness? Should be pretty easy to answer right? Don't get me wrong, I am not unhappy (for the most part). I guess what makes me happy would be my family. I look to them for strength (even if they don't know it). Even when I am having a bad day, a day where I struggle with feelings of failure or disappointment, to them, I am just Daddy and they show me what actual unconditional love is really all about. My wife and my children are the reason I am, because without them, I would be nothing. So yeah, my happiness is my family.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Dec 16 at 2015 1:22 PM

MAJ Ken Landgren — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:22:05 -0500

Whatever my goal is, it eludes me. I feel like I am fighting a war of attrition where I win but also lose.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 16 at 2015 2:39 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 14:39:46 -0500

Besides my kids.... trying to figure that out!

Oh wait, Here are a few... Seahawks winning. Oregon Ducks losing. Sunshine. The smell of a gun range. Pendleton Whiskey on Ice.

Response by SGT Mark Stevens made Dec 16 at 2015 3:23 PM

SGT Mark Stevens — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 15:23:07 -0500

My happy is that moment I'm sitting next to a stream or creak, water is bubbling along, leaves are rustling and sun is streaming through the trees and I'm panning some dirt for gold. It's fun to find but doesn't matter if I do. Just like fishing, "A bad day of fishing is better then a good day of work!".