Glad happiness

Happy

Also known as good

Strength 2 of 4

A steady, warm sense that things are going well and life right now is much as you would like it, lasting beyond a passing lift.

In the body

  • Warmth spreading through the chest
  • A relaxed, open face
  • Easy, even breath

Needs behind it

When these needs are met

Softer and stronger

  1. Glad
  2. Pleased
  3. Cheerful
  4. Happy
  5. Delighted
  6. Joyful
  7. Radiant
  8. Blissful
  9. Ecstatic
  10. Elated

Often confused with

Cheerful

Happy is an inner sense that life is going well; cheerful is a bright mood that shows on the outside and can sit on top of a harder day.

Content

Content is a quiet sense that what you have is enough; happy has more lift and brightness to it.

Glad

Glad is a small, often passing lift at one particular thing; happy is a broader, steadier sense that life is going well.

See also

Faux feelings that can hide this