Happiness from Different People

I realized that people have different meaning to the word happiness. A person may claim that happiness is found in the company of friends and family. Others, from exploring different cities and travel. And others, thru the search of knowledge through solitude.

Who is right? Where do we find happiness?

The search for happiness is hard because people are different. Sometimes, we search for happiness because someone told us it is happiness. But I think, that happiness comes from searching one's self. Thru knowing yourself. And then, when you know yourself, you can search for your happiness.

Let me explain what I meant by that. There 4 temperament in personality. I think it is best to start from personalities and temperament if we try to know ourselves.

4 Temperament

• Artisans
• Guardians
• Idealists
• Rationals

Here is where we people find happiness. By knowing our temperament, we know which is our definition of happiness.

The Artisans

The artisans are the artists. The freewilling soul that wants to travel. Therefore, they find and think of happiness as a ride. Experiencing different cultures and cities and traveling the world. They will say that happiness is found in traveling or experiencing different cultures or expressing art. That is true happiness for them.

The Guardians

The guardians are the protectors. They define happiness as being and treasuring their loved ones and friends. Happiness for them is being with family and friends and spending quality time with them. Building new experiences with them. They also think that happiness is found through hard work and being a good loyal serviceman/woman to an organization.

The Idealists

The idealist are inspirers. They think happiness is found by inspiring others to be the best they can be. They think happiness means finding one's self and meaning of life. And they define happiness by helping others, teaching and by developing one's character and virtue.

The Rationals

The rationals are the strategist. They find happiness thru knowledge. Their outmost form of happiness is turning their ideas, visions and plan come to life. They are happy building things, systems and plans. To them, the search for knowledge is the search for happiness itself.

Conclusion

I find this idea really interesting. I used to think that happiness is found by traveling. While I continue to travel, climb mountains, I realized that I don't really find much happiness after a few travels done. It is fun and it does give you a new perspective. But after a few while they are all the same. I mean, people are still the same, where ever you go. And as long as you have the money, you can keep on traveling. 

Then I realized that I was a rational. So the next time, someone told you that true happiness is to travel. You know he's an artisan. When he told you that happiness is being with family, he is a guardian. Know thyself and you'll define your own happiness.