Thoughts on happiness

Happiness may be more interesting than you might have thought. If happiness were just a feeling… then is all happiness equal in “value”? If not, then by what reference would you reasonably “judge” or rank happiness? 

How about this way of looking at kinds of happiness: 

• Unhappy for no reason
• Unhappy for bad reason
• Unhappy for good reason
• Neutral or simply “satisfied” – neither happy nor unhappy as time goes along
• Neutral “on the average” – i.e. “ups” balance out the “downs” over time
• Happy for bad reason
• Happy for good reason
• Happy for no reason – just happy J 

Which are you most like? What does “good” or “bad” mean here? Do you think a  ranking can be made? On what basis? How important is it? Do you agree with the listed order of ranking?

Have a happy weekend!