Is happiness shared or stolen?

Question: Is happiness shared or stolen!?
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oh wow

you have an
awe
inspiring mind
to answer your
question
is happiness
shared
is it stolen

let's see
sharing a feeling
sensation how
osmosis!?
or like playing ball
I throw
you send it back to me
that though would
be an illusion
which is now confusing me
lol
another view
angle - we'll see!.!.!.
my happiness
is mine,
it only 'fits' me
how could I share
if you are not
exactly as me!?
why would you
anyone
steal it
then that cricket
would chirp loudly
and happiness would bolt
at the first frown or
thought of how your
actions left me

hmmmmmmm!.!.!.!.!. tricky one you pose tonight!.!.!. a riddle, enigma!.!.!.!. a mountain from a mole hill!.!.!.lol
let me muddle thru one more time;
if I tell a story about my happiness I would be sharing it
if I give or share it with one less than unworthy -- hurt and false pride would have me say it's "stolen"

-- wait, uh-hmph!.!. I may see this one !.!.!.!. hmmm!.!.!. almost, I can reach!.!.!.!. my happiness is a unique treasure, expressed, shown, valued, experienced and felt differently each time it is touched!.!.!.!. not only that but my happiness feels different to you, and will never fill, fit or satisfy you!.!. you create your own!.!. you recreate for others!.!.!.!. and that in turn, creates more for you!.!. if I take the illusion of sharing, the idea of somehow stealing!.!.!. putting giving in this batter!.!.!. it becomes a creation!.!.!.!. of mine!.!.!. but only special or nourishing to one!.!. it would never be the same for two!.!.!.!.!.
happiness is part of joy!.!.!.!. joy is from the heart!.!. the heart is faith and trust and is the true and pure portion of the being - the selfless, sacrificing face of love!.!. happiness being that true and pure being, while being true and pure to oneself!.!.!.which is delivered via a bridge - built of faith, of trust and hope -- only way for anyone to get over to the inner you!.!.!.!.
--alright, then given this view!.!.!.I have to say neither!.!.!. now, thats rude!.!.hear me out!.!.please!.!.
if I give anyone--for this we'll say you --that treasure which is 'my' happiness - won't work!.!. it's fleeting, no substance - not you!.!.!.!. what and how you feel is as alien to me, as I am to you!.!.!.!.!. to create or recreate happiness; I have to make it for you!.!.!.after all, "my or mine" is me!.!.!. not you!.!.!.!.
your happiness!.!.!. it must be just and solely!.!.!.!. "you"!.!.!.!.as unique, and just as true!.!.!. not factory, nor assembly made!.!.!.!.!. but created within a moment; then added to, built by each one after!.!.!.!. anything less, well!.!.!. again!.!.!. false, untrue!.!.!.!. created and recreated again!.!.!. over and over by each ripple in time!.!.!.!. it can not be stolen, as it is constantly changing!.!.!. moving!.!.!. shifting!.!.!.!. never long in one moment going straight to the next --dwelling, residing and being it is a piece of you---
- it is apart and a part of the keeper, the holder!.!.!.that self which you call you
it would bring no one else the same - no happiness for some other being- it would share by recreating for another by you!.!.!.!. by the person!.!.!. growing, each time and touching the happiness in you!.!.!.!. causing yours to grow within too!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

If I become happy when I finally get all of the floors swept and mopped, then it is neither!.

If I become happy when my friend calls to tell me good news (or vice-versa) it is shared!.

If I call my mother to tell her my happy news and she tells me reasons that my news is actually dangerous or stupid or worthless, then my happiness is stolen (or given away!?)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

happines is shared!.!.!.but you can steal one's happiness by being mean to them!.!.!.!.but are you going to be happy when you are really hurting someone!.!.!.!.
happiness is fulfilling for both of you and your friends!.!.!.!.but it does ends when one becomes envy and greed!.!.!.!.!.!.
happiness is long lasting if you know how to give and take!.!.!.but when it is all about taking and taking or giving and giving!.!.!.!.!.should you be happy if the ticket is one way ride!.!.!.!.
happiness stays with someone who understand bitterness and sadness!.!.!.!.!.so want to be happy!.!.!.!.!.just open your heart!.!.!.and feel the joy and laughter and the tears!.!.!.!.!.!.good luck!.!.!.!.!.!.!.wish you could share yours with your loved ones!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

happiness got to do with the mindset!.

I'm happily eating pie!.
I'm happier to share the pie with you!.
even much happier when my pie got stolen, because my tummy is now available for ice-cream!.

now, I'm happily eating ice-cream!.
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How can happiness be stolen!? You must love yourself to be happy, first of all!. You have to constantly work at it!. Each person to work at it for themselves!. And no one can make someone else happy!. Happiness can be shared, but not stolen!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

happiness is within us,different things and people bring it out from within!. Like a comedy makes us laugh, but people and incidents can suppress it, not steel it from us we turn it on and off when we want too!.Nice question thoughWww@QuestionHome@Com

I think it can be both because your happiness can influence others, but when you're down that can ruin everyone else's mood as well!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You can never steal someone's happiness!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Happiness only exist when it's shares!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Oba ix!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

What the Hell!!?

Happiness can't be shared or stolen

Happiness is just simply obtainedWww@QuestionHome@Com