Good question!

What is happiness: peace, quiet, freedom, joy --money, status, admiration, security?

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Marerophilia:
A depth of love that youth can seldom appreciate or communicate;
A love that never can die for it is a wild seed living inside us, and it is what it is;
Love: that which bonds the reality of one's being to the mystery of the unknown;
Wildflowers: evidence revealed."
~~carefulcarpenter

Well, all of those things, for the most part, are all in what each individual thinks they are.

For example, MONEY: money, to some, is great and it's salvation and it's everything. To others it's dangerous and the cause of all evil.

Get my point?

Yes, tell us more, please.

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Marerophilia:
A depth of love that youth can seldom appreciate or communicate;
A love that never can die for it is a wild seed living inside us, and it is what it is;
Love: that which bonds the reality of one's being to the mystery of the unknown;
Wildflowers: evidence revealed."
~~carefulcarpenter

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Marerophilia:
A depth of love that youth can seldom appreciate or communicate;
A love that never can die for it is a wild seed living inside us, and it is what it is;
Love: that which bonds the reality of one's being to the mystery of the unknown;
Wildflowers: evidence revealed."
~~carefulcarpenter

mental health = that thing most people (including sophia) don't have

Bingo.

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But you can't define it, so you can't point fingers.

The Buddhists say that suffering comes from ego. Maybe the greater the ego-consciousness the greater the sickness? Therefore, one who is happy is more compassionate, more empathetic, more grateful?

Maybe caring for oneself in the inner world manifests into the outer world as caring for others, and less personal suffering? Also, people who are hypercritical of others are this way because they suffer with hypercriticism of themselves? Maybe more people need to get a hobby?

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Marerophilia:
A depth of love that youth can seldom appreciate or communicate;
A love that never can die for it is a wild seed living inside us, and it is what it is;
Love: that which bonds the reality of one's being to the mystery of the unknown;
Wildflowers: evidence revealed."
~~carefulcarpenter

is kittyradio a hobby?

No, it's a way of life.

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I'm Squarepusher, and I approved this message.

I see Kittyradio is listed twice!

Amateur Science related

Amateur astronomy
Amateur microscopy
Chemical experiments (or kitchen chemistry)
Electronics, small scale, of course.
Fireworks
Genealogy
Lasers
Mass-Observation
Physics demos or experiments
Robots
(See also: The Amateur Scientist)

Animal-related

Animal Fancy (keeping or breeding animals for pets or show)
Animal rescue (injured or orphaned wild or domestic animals)
Bird watching
Beekeeping
Dog breeding
Falconry
Fishkeeping
Herpetoculture
Horses
Hunting
Human agility
Dog training
Elephant training

Arts and crafts

Altar art
Beading
Blacksmithing
Calligraphy
Collaging
Cosplay
Crochet
Cross-stitch
Dollhouses
House making
Drawing
Embroidery
Enamels
Engraving
Figure painting
Glassblowing
Henna
Jewelery making
Knitting
Leather crafting
Metal Working
Origami
Painting
Figure painting (hobby)
Tole painting
Watercolor
Splatter painting
Papercraft
Pottery
Quilting
Scrapbooking
Sculpture
Sewing
Soapmaking
Stained glass
Stamping
Warm glass
Weaving
Wood carving
Woodworking
Lifecasting

Collecting

Antiques
Artwork
Autographs
Aviation archaeology
Banknotes
Baseball cards
Beetles
Books
Bottles
Business cards
Butterflies
Calendars
Cameras
Candlesticks
Cans
Cards
Conifer cones
Bottle caps
Christmas Accessories
Classic Videogames
Clocks
Coasters
Coins
Comic books
Crystals
Currency
Dice
Die-cast toys
Dumpster diving
Enamels
Fashion Design
Feathers
Fossils
Found objects
Fountain pens
Guns
Handbags
Hats
Jewelry
Keychains
Knives (Pocket Knives, Hunting Knives, Kitchen Knives)
License Plates
Lunchboxes
Manga
Matchcovers and matchboxes ("Phillumenism")
Microchips
Militaria
Miniature figures
Moths
Newspapers
Patches
Photographs
Plates
Postcards
Posters
Quotations
Recordings (Records, CDs, Cassettes)
Rocks and Minerals
Scale Models
Salt and Pepper Shakers
Shopping lists
Snow globes
Souvenirs
Spoons
Stamps
Sticker CollectingSticker book
Swords
Teddy bears
Thimbles
Trading Cards (such as Baseball Cards)
Treasure Hunting (possibly using Metal Detectors)
Toys
Watches and Clocks
Wine
Yardsticks

Computer-related

3D computer graphics design
Animation design
Computer games
Computer programming
Open source and the free software movement
Competitive programming - e.g. ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest or TopCoder
Distributed computing projects
Image editing (with Adobe Photoshop for example)
Retrocomputing
Modding / case modding / Overclocking
Kittyradio

Food

Baking
Barbecue (Grilling)
Homebrewing (beer making)
OpenCola
Home Canning
Cake making / cake decorating
Wine tasting

DIY (Do It Yourself)

Home Repairs
Interior Design
Logging Inventing ideas
Lock picking
Low-tech
Spud gun
Go-Karting
Refurbishing

Electronics

Amateur radio
CB radio
Circuit bending
DIY audio
Designing and building electronic circuits
Hardware hacking
TV and FM DXing
Home theater

Film-making

Animation
Brickfilm
Short movies

Games

Board games
Backgammon
Checkers
Chess
Carrom
Chinese Checkers
Clue
German board games
Go
Monopoly
Pente
Risk
Rummikub
Tournament Scrabble
Stratego
Card games
Bridge
Cribbage
Gin rummy
Hearts
Poker
Rook
Spades
Trading Card Games/Collectible Card Games
euchre
Cue sports
Dominoes
Fantasy sports
Role-playing games
Sudoku
Tiddlywinks
Video games
Wargaming, sometimes with miniatures

Gardening

Bonsai
Grafting

Historical reenactment

Ancient reenactment (See also: List of ancient reenactment groups)
Dark Ages reenactment
Early Medieval reenactment
High Medieval reenactment
Renaissance reenactment
Jousting
English Civil War reenactment
Modern reenactment
North America Fur Trade reenactments (known as "Rendezvous")
French and Indian War reenactment
American Revolutionary War reenactment
Napoleonic war reenactment
Franco-Prussian War reenactment
American Civil War reenactment
Wild West reenactment
Cowboy action shooting
World War II
news

Interactive fiction

Collaborative fiction
Gamebook
Interactive storytelling
Role-playing game
Sopranos episode reenactment (Has become increasingly popular in upstate New York.)

Internet-based hobbies

Fun with Your friends
Blogging
BookCrossing
Currency bill tracking
Facebooking
Geocaching
DeviantART
Google whacking
GPS drawing
IRC
Kittyradio
MUD
MSN
MySpace
Newsgroups
Random surfing
StumbleUpon
Wikipedia
World Wide Web
Yahoo Answers
Friendster
Mindsay
World of Warcraft

Literature

Constructed languages (conlanging)
Geofiction, including model nations
Learning foreign languages
Reading and bibliophilia
Penpal
Writing
Zines

Model (scale model) building

Live steam models
Matchstick models
Military models
Model aircraft
Model cars, including radio-controlled cars
Model commercial vehicles
Model engineering (Machining)
Model houses
Model figures
Model military vehicles
Model nations
Model railways/railroads
Backyard railroads
Model rockets
Model yachting

Music

Karaoke
Musical composition and MIDI composition
Singing and playing musical instruments
Songwriting
Listening to music

Observation

Amateur astronomy
Bird watching
Geyser gazing
Horoscopes
People/crowd watching
Transportation spotting (see below)

Outdoor/nature activities

Airsoft
Backpacking
Birdfeeding, birding, and birdwatching
Bouldering
Buildering or urban climbing
Butterfly watching
Camping
Caving
Canoeing and kayaking
Fishing
Footbag/Hacky Sack
Gardening (forest gardening, organic gardening, wildlife gardening, bonsai, and permaculture)
Geocaching
Ghost Hunting
Hiking
Historical Trekking
Horse riding
Hunting
Kite flying
Laser skirmish
Letterboxing
Mountain climbing
Nudism
Paintball
Rafting
Rock climbing
Rockhounding (rock and mineral hunting/collecting)
Ice Skating
Plinking
Sailing
SCUBA diving
Sight seeing
Skiing
Skateboarding
Snorkeling (Snorkelling)
Snowboarding
Survival Camping
Stone skipping
Traveling
Treasure hunting (possibly with metal detectors)
Urban Exploration
Walking

Performing arts

Amateur theater
Dancing
Juggling
Magic tricks
Singing
Poetry reading
Bhangra Dancing
Fire Poi/ Sock Poi
Fire staff

Photography

Astrophotography
Darkroom work (developing and printing photographic film)
Kite aerial photography

Sports or other physical activities

Aerobics
Archery
Aviation
Badminton
Baseball, softball, and rounders
Basketball
Bowling
Boxing
Cheerleading
Cricket
Cross country
Cycling
Dagorhir
Dance
Diving
Freshwater and saltwater fishing, including fly fishing
Fencing/Historical Fencing
Football
Football (soccer)
Free Running
Gliding
Golf
Gymnastics
Hanggliding
Horseshoes
Hunting
Ice skating
Kitesurfing
Lacrosse
Marbles
Martial arts
Netball
Orienteering
Paintball
Parkour
Racquetball
Ringette
Rowing
Rugby football
Running, Jogging
Sailing
Shooting rifles, pistols, and shotguns
Squash
Surfing
Table tennis
Tae Kwon Do
Tennis
Track
Trampolining
Unicycling
Ultimate
Volleyball
Walking
Weight lifting
Skateboarding
Skating
Skiing
Slacklining
Snowboarding
Swimming
Yachting
Yoga
Soccer
Pilates

Toys of some sophistication

LEGO, including Brikwars, and Lego Mindstorms
Radio control toys
Erector Sets and Meccano
cycling

Transportation

Automobiles:
Antique cars
Auto detailing
Autocross
Kit cars
Motorcycles
Mopeds
Scooters
Motorsports (auto/motorcycle racing)
Off-roading
Rallying
Trucks
Enthusiasm
Railfan
Roadgeek
Metrophile
Gongoozler (people who watch canals in the United Kingdom)
Transport spotting
Aircraft spotting
Bus spotting
Train spotting

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Marerophilia:
A depth of love that youth can seldom appreciate or communicate;
A love that never can die for it is a wild seed living inside us, and it is what it is;
Love: that which bonds the reality of one's being to the mystery of the unknown;
Wildflowers: evidence revealed."
~~carefulcarpenter

Tl;dr;dc

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Gongoozler (people who watch canals in the United Kingdom)

Yes Mallory-- a gongoozler would be an interesting hobbyist: peaceful, innocent, quiet. This kind of enthusiast may even be a type of hermit.

Psychological freedom, i.e. the ability to make the choice to not be afraid of failure in its most basic form.

cy' ber po'et --A person seeking an interactive path to psychological freedom(spiritual awakening) via imagination and audience response; breaking down the walls of self-repression that imprison one's soul.


How do you think an active imagination can lead to personal happiness and mental health?

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Marerophilia:
A depth of love that youth can seldom appreciate or communicate;
A love that never can die for it is a wild seed living inside us, and it is what it is;
Love: that which bonds the reality of one's being to the mystery of the unknown;
Wildflowers: evidence revealed."
~~carefulcarpenter

Where's the fucking *get over it* smilie?

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ignorance is no excuse for stupidity

*get over it* is only half of the equation. Where is your *imagination*?

__________________
Marerophilia:
A depth of love that youth can seldom appreciate or communicate;
A love that never can die for it is a wild seed living inside us, and it is what it is;
Love: that which bonds the reality of one's being to the mystery of the unknown;
Wildflowers: evidence revealed."
~~carefulcarpenter

why don't you try and start a self help book and do the whole speech thing in conventions?

Please explain what you mean by "whole speech thing in conventions".

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Marerophilia:
A depth of love that youth can seldom appreciate or communicate;
A love that never can die for it is a wild seed living inside us, and it is what it is;
Love: that which bonds the reality of one's being to the mystery of the unknown;
Wildflowers: evidence revealed."
~~carefulcarpenter