Happiness or Contentment

Happiness means different things to different people. It is also transient and fleeting. It could last for a moment, an hour, a week or a year. 

So happiness is the big brother of joy. Joy is a smile when you see your family after a long time/ receive a rose from a friend/ read a joke/ look out of the train window and see the autumn leaves.

My kind of happiness; Laughing aloud while listening to your favourite radio show along with laughing silently while reading something funny. The thing is happiness adds value to you, and the therefore the world you have inhabit.

So if you are happy the world around seems bright even in the worst weather ever.

Happiness can be found in small or big places, it does not necessary have to be a life changing experience it could be a small thing and as simple as your neighbour putting your bins away. That is easy and simple; makes you smile. 

So what is contentment; is that being satisfied with whom you are and where you are. Contentment is more solid it does not have all the frills of happiness and does not give you a great high. But contentment does not fail you. 

Yet all our life we continue to chase long term happiness.

So what would you prefer Happiness or Contentment