Thoughts such as, what does happiness mean, what it is all about and what its different facets are, may enable the facilitator understand it better. Some such thoughts about happiness are given below.)
1. Happiness is a state of mind where one is joyous, characterized by positive emotions.
INTENT
(The objective of the facilitation process is to help each participant explore the topic for himself, individually and independently. Following are some of the objectives of the session.)
1. To understand what is happiness
2. To understand what makes one happy
3. To analyse whether happiness is constant or permanent
4. To analyse whether happiness impacts self, people around, situations
5. To analyse the impact when one is happy on self, people around, situations
6. To analyse whether happiness is a feeling within or outside
QUESTIONS
(These are some leading questions that the facilitator may contemplate on for understanding and connecting with the topic.)
1. What is happiness?
2. Who is a happy person?
3. How do we feel when we interact with a happy person?
4. Does a person like to be happy?
5. What gives us happiness?
6. Does what makes us happy, make everyone happy?
7. What do we gain or lose by being happy?
8. What affects our happiness?
9. How can we be happy?
