tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post112715506058859587..comments2024-02-09T05:30:07.127-05:00Comments on Blogpourri: What Makes You Happy?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1141053913693542772006-02-27T10:25:00.000-05:002006-02-27T10:25:00.000-05:00cat and its tail.cat and its tail.Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1141053843967539062006-02-27T10:24:00.000-05:002006-02-27T10:24:00.000-05:00Bharath, thank you for sharing your thoughts and s...Bharath, thank you for sharing your thoughts and such a lovely story about the cat and it's tail!<BR/><BR/>I had totally forgotten I'd written this post. Thank you for making me go back and read it.Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1141034183237540332006-02-27T04:56:00.000-05:002006-02-27T04:56:00.000-05:00Hi Sujatha,Happened to read your take on happiness...Hi Sujatha,<BR/>Happened to read your take on happiness and the comments that followed. Enjoyed them all.<BR/>Here's me recipe for happiness....Rain or shine, life goes on. Good health, good appetite ( not just good food ), laughter during serious bonking with wife, over the seriousness of it all,<BR/>rough and tumble with my ten year-old daughter, walks in the park with above-mentioned two or Bharathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16247064980318543358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1127323792608687062005-09-21T13:29:00.000-04:002005-09-21T13:29:00.000-04:00Anshu, thanks.Anshu, thanks.Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1127316592021607552005-09-21T11:29:00.000-04:002005-09-21T11:29:00.000-04:00Sujatha,Excellent post!This is definitely an extre...Sujatha,<BR/>Excellent post!<BR/>This is definitely an extremely subjective topic and very well written. Here is humor for everyone :)<BR/>5 secrets to romantic happiness:<BR/>1. It is important to find a man who works around the house, cooks and cleans and who has a job.<BR/>2. It is important to find a man who makes you laugh.<BR/>3. It is important to find a man who is dependable and doesn't Anshulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14049917275020238870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1127313601333618472005-09-21T10:40:00.000-04:002005-09-21T10:40:00.000-04:00Charu, thanks. I know what you mean. This is one o...Charu, thanks. I know what you mean. This is one of the reasons I like the movie As Good As It Gets. I did not understand that title at all until I heard it said in the movie. That's the trick, to find that fine line that separates being resigned to what we have and constantly wishing for everything we don't have. And once we've found the line, to walk it. Tall order!:)<BR/><BR/>SF, ok, are you Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1127305018187786082005-09-21T08:16:00.000-04:002005-09-21T08:16:00.000-04:00things that make me happy - finding a pair of shoe...things that make me happy - finding a pair of shoes marked down 75% on sale - in my size :)<BR/><BR/>my husband coming home early from work<BR/><BR/>the day's first cup of coffee <BR/><BR/>nice comments on my blog :))<BR/><BR/>a glorious sunny day with perfect blue sky<BR/><BR/>also - if u ask ppl in their late twenties and 30's when they were last happy - mnay of them say when they were 8 or 10 The ramblings of a shoe fiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193183543700543479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1127301771641061362005-09-21T07:22:00.000-04:002005-09-21T07:22:00.000-04:00lovely post, Sujatha... have realised that for mos...lovely post, Sujatha... have realised that for most people (me atleast) happiness was always some time in the past - when I had something, when I earned so much, when I was in college... - or some time in the future - again when I get that dream job or buy that car or whatever even less material... trying so hard to find happiness in the now and here when I crack that, think I will be truly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1127284785549740032005-09-21T02:39:00.000-04:002005-09-21T02:39:00.000-04:00Hi Aditya, thank you for that comment and for remi...Hi Aditya, thank you for that comment and for reminding me about that long-forgotten movie. The idea of my post was not to go looking for happiness, but to remember the instances of happiness that we already have in our lives.Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1127245242875246772005-09-20T15:40:00.000-04:002005-09-20T15:40:00.000-04:00I always remember this movie called "Bawarchi" sta...I always remember this movie called "Bawarchi" starring Rajesh Khanna and how he got so much happiness into a house which was constantly being filled with hatred. The message of the movie was- "While looking for big happiness, we loose the small moments of happiness that go by. That should not happen".<BR/><BR/>Your post..certainly something to think about but for the moment, amusing, in more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1127233294518689022005-09-20T12:21:00.000-04:002005-09-20T12:21:00.000-04:00Minal and Mandar, thanks.:))Sourin, thanks and wow...Minal and Mandar, thanks.:))<BR/><BR/>Sourin, thanks and wow! Obviously that movie's made quite and impression! Did you go look up these dialogues on a site somewhere or are they from memory?<BR/><BR/>Gawker, I think that's why the Chinese writer chose to write down specific occassions of happiness in his life, as opposed to the sort of generalized statements I made at the end of my post. Your Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1127226585634264802005-09-20T10:29:00.000-04:002005-09-20T10:29:00.000-04:00I think the problem with enumerating things that m...I think the problem with enumerating things that make you happy is that happiness is often very relative. Like something that could make me happy today could make me unhappy tomorrow. Like snow. It might make me happy the first time it falls, it might piss me off if it continues to fall for the entire week. Whereas, things that piss you off are often absolute. Like someone speaking on a gawkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081710140055676484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1127223758733381632005-09-20T09:42:00.000-04:002005-09-20T09:42:00.000-04:00a very elegant and thoughtful post, sujata.a very elegant and thoughtful post, sujata.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1127217898102399242005-09-20T08:04:00.000-04:002005-09-20T08:04:00.000-04:00SujWhat an excellent post. What is the porpose of ...Suj<BR/>What an excellent post. What is the porpose of life, but to be "happy"? Right. I could go on and on, but at the risk of sounding cliched, these dialogues from my fav movie 'American Beauty' come to mind when someone asks me about being happy (and no, i am not smoking anything!):<BR/><BR/>The first one is when Ricky Fitts and Jane are watching that video in Rickys room<BR/><BR/>Ricky: It Sourin Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10403501269620049377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1127199516790360302005-09-20T02:58:00.000-04:002005-09-20T02:58:00.000-04:00Sujatha,Lovely post dear, and lots to think about....Sujatha,<BR/>Lovely post dear, and lots to think about. It's a great idea to come up with a post listing what makes you really happy, and keep visiting it when you are feeling down and out:-)Minalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08556930930046840091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1127198065283052042005-09-20T02:34:00.000-04:002005-09-20T02:34:00.000-04:00Hi Ravi. Will do. And please do comment.:))Hi Ravi. Will do. And please do comment.:))Sujatha Bagalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140274113596874518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13834351.post-1127196013439101232005-09-20T02:00:00.000-04:002005-09-20T02:00:00.000-04:00Hi Sujatha,Gosh..your post has just given me an id...Hi Sujatha,<BR/>Gosh..your post has just given me an idea for my next post re: on the subject of happiness! And here I was, waiting for an idea to come by to write again! Do check my blog today or tomorrow! <BR/>:)<BR/>PS: Will comment on your post later!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com