{"id":243,"date":"2012-03-21T13:30:19","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T20:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=243"},"modified":"2012-03-21T13:30:19","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T20:30:19","slug":"should-we-define-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=243","title":{"rendered":"Should we define happiness?"},"content":{"rendered":"I got to thinking about true happiness. What exactly does it mean to be happy? Does it mean you get everything you ask for? Does it mean wealth and stability? Does it mean true love and family? I don’t really think you can put a general definition on the word happy. Everyone defines happiness differently. We spend so much effort trying to make ourselves happy. We eat at fancy restaurants, buy the pair of shoes we have been eyeing for months, and force ourselves into situations we think will make us feel better. So the question I ask myself is: what do I define as happy? Is that what I feel? Usually I’ll say yes to my definition of happiness, and that is all I can ask for. That is all any of us can ask for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"