what would you sacrifice

[misschief]

what would you give up to be happy? just in general, no specifics. and no 'other' it's everything or nothing, just like real life.

[Katya]

nothing, because somehow i always end up happy, no matter what happens.

[StormVixen]

hmmm... if ur gonna be happy it doesnt matter if you have to sacrefice because you'll behappy with sacreficing what you did... did that make sense? im confused!

[Katya]

hmmm... if ur gonna be happy it doesnt matter if you have to sacrefice because you'll behappy with sacreficing what you did... did that make sense? im confused!

if you were really in a depressed hole, which i have been in 3 times before.. you'll sacrifice your left friggen leg for happiness. i have the mindset now that no matter how bad it gets, i'll be happy one way or another in the end. that's why i'll sacrifice nothing.

[6th Angel]

hmmm... if ur gonna be happy it doesnt matter if you have to sacrefice because you'll behappy with sacreficing what you did... did that make sense? im confused!
I was thinking the same thing, but didn´t know how to put it in words. :hmmmmm:
You made more sense to me than my own head..... Feel better? :fpeek:

[Tarbh Nathroch]

I'm happy (well 87.328%) and I have all my stuff so.....I'm gonna go with...nothing.

[Gwenhwyfar]

I chose nothing, I can be happy without sacrificing anthing. I especially would never sacrifice my daughters happiness, feelings or well being to be happy myself...actually that goes for everyone I care about, the only thing Id sacrifice is my own feelings/well being for my loved ones...if that makes any sence.

[Flaire-FireStar]

Nothing.

[Lunadria]

Nothing. Giving up on something I love would make me unhappy so why would I want to do that? Of course saying that we all have to let go of stuff to move onto happiness at times... all depends on the situation.

[Verthandi]

I wouldn't sacrifice anything; I always see a light at the end of the tunnel.

[Radocs]

Nothing.

[Temptation]

I wouldn't give up anything, because true happiness comes from knowing that you made it through the worst of times to be able to appreciate the best of times. :)

[Aidron]

Um, nothing. if I have to sacrifice something in order to obtain consistent contentment, I won't be a very happy camper. I want it all, and I plan to keep it all until I get ready to let go of it. Besides, I'm extremely happy anyway, so why would I want to give up something to obtain something I already have?

[misschief]

i still haven't voted yet.. :lol:. you guys really wouldn't give up ANYTHING if it meant being happy??

[Aidron]

i still haven't voted yet.. :lol:. you guys really wouldn't give up ANYTHING if it meant being happy??


Fine. I'll give up air pollution, how's that? The things in my life make me happy, the good and the bad. I'm not giving it up to achieve a state I already have. It's redundant and silly.

[pawnman]

But if I had to sacrifice my stuff, I wouldn't be happy anymore...

But seriously, I suppose it's a question of degree. Am I willing to sacrifice years of my life to gain something important (career, family, financial security)? Or, am I willing to sacrifice something to AVOID losing something else (take a bullet for one of my (not yet concieved) children, for example)?

I've never been in that depressive pit. I'm pretty satisfied with the way my life is now, so I wouldn't be willing to sacrifice much to make it just a little better.

[misschief]

Fine. I'll give up air pollution, how's that? The things in my life make me happy, the good and the bad. I'm not giving it up to achieve a state I already have. It's redundant and silly.k. what if you didn't have it?

[Aidron]

k. what if you didn't have it?


Nothing. If I must give up something to become happy I do not see that as true happiness. It will come from within, regardless of what I have or do not have.

[misschief]

Nothing. If I must give up something to become happy I do not see that as true happiness. It will come from within, regardless of what I have or do not have.no, not always, but i see what you're saying.

[pawnman]

Nothing. If I must give up something to become happy I do not see that as true happiness. It will come from within, regardless of what I have or do not have.

So what about giving up things like, say, time? Would you be willing to trade 40 hours a week for financial security? Would you trade 4 years of your life for a college degree? Would those things make you happy?

Try not to think about it in terms of giving up some material posession. Try to think of it as an opportunity cost. "If I volunteer at the shelter Thursday evenings, I can't watch Survivor". That sort of thing. What sorts of things would you be willing to trade for happiness in that context?

[Gwenhwyfar]

i still haven't voted yet.. :lol:. you guys really wouldn't give up ANYTHING if it meant being happy??
you said all or nothing....I might give up a few materialistic things to be happy, like my tv or couch. I wouldn't give up my family, health ext...like I wouldn't leave my daughter and husband to be happy, I wouldn't give up my moms health to be happy, wouldn't trade a minute of my time with my dad to be happy, stuff like that.

[soilsigh aingeal]

How would you feel tomorrow if you didn't have what you do have today? Would you miss any of it? I know I would. This is the same kind of thing as "what would you have changed about your life?" If it were possible to go back and change something about my life, for starters, how do I know I wouldn't do the same exact things? If I knew how my life was currently when I went back, so that I wouldn't make the mistakes, I know that I'd miss my kids terribly, and in the end I wouldn't be happy. Same goes. If I had to choose between ultimate happiness and my kids? I wouldn't do it. Yeah, I have my moments and I want to run away and join a circus, but I'd miss them something terrible if I actually had the balls to do it.

So no way, I wouldn't change anything about my life, I wouldn't sacrifice a damn thing because eventually, I will be happy and it will all have been worth sacrificing my own happines.

[Calen]

I'm trying to understand this question...if someone came up to me and said 'if you sacrifice something, I will make you perfectly happy'?

I suppose I would give up some luxury that I wouldn't need if I were perfectly happy...like ice cream. yes, i would give up ice cream, and be perfectly happy (and probably in better health) for the lack of it. But yeah, I wouldn't give up my health or anything like that...if I weren't healthy, I wouldn't be perfectly happy for very long, eh?

[Wolfscout1]

For me right now and what i'm needing for happiness, well, i'd give up much for being happy. guarantee it and i might would be a slave for ya.

[Illuminatus]

Wow, so many choices! Everything, or nothing! You see, I have to admire someone who goes and makes a poll like that, ignoring all that uncomfortable "middle ground". Like, maybe sacraficing an animal, or a goat or a child, or two childs. You just cut right to the chase. Everything, or nothing baby! You've got that Vegas spirit. I'll bet you just go to the tables, put your chips on the table and yell out "LET IT RIDE! EVERYTHING ON RED 32!" and let the chips fall where they may.

I voted for EVERYTHING. There is nothing that will stand in the way of my happiness. I will sacrafice anything and everything nesecary in order to get to it. Babes will weep over their dying mothers, buildings will burn and ash will blot the sun from the sky. Pestillence and destitution will trail in my wake on my quest for ultimate happiness. I will set the world to burn. No sacrafice is too great!

[charmedkisses1]

depends what the everything consists of


this is ironic since I made this icon an hour ago ^_^

[Rhianna813]

I voted nothing. To me the bigger picture is my own definition of "happiness" which I don't trust myself to make LOL Deciding what happiness means to ME is too ego driven, too superficial, and changable. If offered this choice at age 5, 15, or 25 what would I have thought happiness was and what would I have chosen to sacrifice to get it?

So I would like to be happy with what I have and hope that I experience true happiness someday. One that I can not currently define or wager.

Rhianna

[SSanf]

I would give up my worry, my self-doubt, my laziness as starters.

Then, I would give up my insensitivity to others, my lack of tact and being self absorbed. I would sacrifice them all.

Shall I continue? Because I have a huge list of things I would like to sacrifice for happiness.

[novena]

I honestly don't believe that happiness -- true happiness -- requires a sacrifice. To me, it seems that "sacrifice" and "happiness" are contradictory in nature, because happiness is not something that can be won, bought, traded, or received. It is instead found within the self, regardless of external possessions, conditions, or relationships.

Unless you're talking about "sacrificing" external attachments or illusions...?

My 2¢.

:)

[Aidron]

no, not always, but i see what you're saying.


For me it will, but then perhaps that is one of the reasons why I seem to be consistently happy and most everyone else in the world is not.

[Aidron]

So what about giving up things like, say, time? Would you be willing to trade 40 hours a week for financial security? Would you trade 4 years of your life for a college degree? Would those things make you happy?

Time is not a sacrifice. It's something I will be forced to give up regardless. It is merely a matter of determining how you give it up.



Try not to think about it in terms of giving up some material posession. Try to think of it as an opportunity cost. "If I volunteer at the shelter Thursday evenings, I can't watch Survivor". That sort of thing. What sorts of things would you be willing to trade for happiness in that context?


I never was thinking of it as a material possession, but thank you for assuming that. I am in fact speaking of all contexts. I will do what makes me happiest and I do not plan to give up anything-ever. If by your example I must decide whether to give up helping the homeless or watching Survivor (as if either of those would ever truly happen...) I would help the homeless and tape Survivor.

(Waste of perfectly good tape, but oh well.)

[misschief]

How would you feel tomorrow if you didn't have what you do have today? Would you miss any of it? I know I would. well, i might not have what i have right now in 10 minutes, so me missing it isn't the issue, things and people come and go anyway, *shrug* maybe i just don't see things as 'permanent' so it's easier for me.. i don't know.

[PeleRising]

I gather that I looked at this question a bit differently then many of you. She asked what would you sacrifice to be happy... I didnt take that to mean that I would have to sacrifice the things that currently make me that way.

Things are only things. I can truly say that if there was a fire in my home... and my husband, our children and I were the only things that survived that blaze... I would still be happy. They make me happy... everything else is just stuff, stuff can always be replaced no matter how long it takes. So yes I would sacrifice jewelry... autos... even jobs if it meant that I and my family would be happier in the long run... there isnt anything I wouldnt give up for me (and that me always includes hubby and kids) to be happy.

[Cev'aq]

Sacrificing everything would be a drastic measure to gain something that may be temporary or even momentary. What then?

[asher]

why should u have to sacrifice anything for happiness u shouldnt have to happiness comes to those who go out and be there selves
but im also quiet a happy person so i guess i wouldnt knopw
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[soilsigh aingeal]

well, i might not have what i have right now in 10 minutes, so me missing it isn't the issue, things and people come and go anyway, *shrug* maybe i just don't see things as 'permanent' so it's easier for me.. i don't know.I see what your saying but someone/thing being taken and someone/thing being left are two different things to me. I've given up 'things' in the past that I thought didn't mean anything to me and I was greatly surprised when I didn't have it anymore. I can't imagine giving up something that I know is important to me.

[Marchosias]

Everything neccessary.

I don't do unhappy.

[Marchosias]

Sacrificing everything would be a drastic measure to gain something that may be temporary or even momentary. What then?

More.

[whitewater]

ok, well, i didnt know what to answer, because i love being happy...but if i sacrificed everything, i wouldn't be happy...but if i didnt give anything to be happy i wouldnt be happy either...so im confused...

[Zophael]

Um this is kind of an odd question. I said I would give up everything because I would be happy. I'd rather be happy with nothing than miserable with a lot of crap (oh, my current situation!). If I knew I was going to be happy then I'd gladly give up whatever it takes.

[IndigoMoon]

For the the kind of happiness that carries you through life, I would sacrifice anything. I would assume that I would never have to sacrifice my SO or my children because that would never make me happy. That's the only thing I wouldn't give up.

[BrigidMoon]

I give up everything for happiness. I already did. A house, a husband that made lots of money a year etc etc. There were a lot of things I gave up to become happy. I don't regret it.

[pawnman]

Time is not a sacrifice. It's something I will be forced to give up regardless. It is merely a matter of determining how you give it up.




I never was thinking of it as a material possession, but thank you for assuming that. I am in fact speaking of all contexts. I will do what makes me happiest and I do not plan to give up anything-ever. If by your example I must decide whether to give up helping the homeless or watching Survivor (as if either of those would ever truly happen...) I would help the homeless and tape Survivor.

(Waste of perfectly good tape, but oh well.)

See? You've then given up a tape to work in a shelter, or whatever. Most of the time, you can't do the thing that makes you happiest all the time. I'd be much happier playing my PS2 all day, but I have to go to work to keep the rent paid and the electricity flowing. I'd rather watch TV than clean the animal cages, but the cages have to be cleaned.

Sorry if it sounds condescending, but doing what you want when you want, all the time, seems like a bad way to live life. Never putting in sacrafice for a greater gain, never giving up what you want to do to make time for things others want to do.

[Sequoia]

My happiness? My happiness is in another, as dependant as that sounds o_O So sacrificing for my own happiness? Well, I suppose in a way I would, because I would give anything for this other to be happy.

But to sacrifice everything to be happy? Considering that my everything *is* the source of my happiness, that's a hell of a paradox!

[Zophael]

Theoretically sacrificing everything for happiness wouldn't really be a sacrifice. You'd get back everything that made you happy after the sacrifice was made, no?

ooo *headspin*

[Sequoia]

Sacrificing everything would probably not bring about your own happiness, unless you believe in heaven and are positive you are going there. ;)

Though, if it was some sort of "fly your ship into the death star" thing, it may bring about many others' happiness.

But is that your own? And do you really care, once you're dead?

Deep Thoughts, with Sequioa.

[Illuminatus]

Um, hello? Did anyone read my post? I'm setting the world to burn right this minute. I'd think you guys would be more concerned.

[Rick]

Burn baby burn,
Disco inferno...