If you can not find something within.. You will not find it without. You must be happy with and for yourself. No one else can complete you. Another person can be a good compliment to you but you must be able to stand alone. Other wise you are just a co-dependant. That's why the word is PARTNER not Parent.. Hehe someone who has to have someone else to feel happy and whole.. Well In the words of the great Maxine.. "aren't you an adorable little black hole of need"

 Excepting people who have mental challenges or conditions, happiness is a personal choice.

 As much as I don't want to believe this sometimes, it really is true. I am the only one who has control of my happiness. I can convince myself to be unhappy or to be content. One's mind holds more power than anyone is willing to admit. It's more a matter of teaching yourself to be happy. When you have reached that state it is easier to let someone else in and share your happiness with them, instead of two unhappy people feeding on each other's misery, you have two happy people expanding and extending their happiness to each other and everyone else. It makes for a much healthier relationship. You can have a relationship the other way but it's chances of success are far lower. I suppose you could lead each other to happiness, but then it is more one of person leaning on the other, and that can make the other person even more unhappy. I'm rambling now, so I'll leave it at that.

 True happiness actually has to come from ones own mind. You simply can't depend on another person to make you happy.
Now I know this is a debate on being in a relationship or being alone, but it also touches on happiness.
One can't be truly happy in a relationship unless they are happy with themselves.
Being alone has it's rewards I suppose, but finding the right person to share your life with, can be an amazing adventure of the heart.
Now, to answer the debate topic.
I'd say it depends on the individual. Some can be perfectly happy alone, while others truely do need human companionship.
So, I could go either direction on this one. Still, I believe you only find true happiness when you are happy with yourself.

 Definitely. I think that you can only be happy with some one else if you are happy with yourself. I mean how can you love someone when you cant love yourself? How could you let some one love you if you don't love yourself? The only person that can truly make you happy is you. You should love yourself first before you try to love someone else. At least be happy with who you are!

 It depends on the person. If u think positive and be confident in yourself . U really do not require anybody.

 When you think happy you are happy.

 Happiness is up to you. You can decide whether you want to be happy or not. Yes I agree.

 No one else can make YOU happy....that's something you have to control for yourself. You have to be happy in your own mind and have a correspondingly high self-esteem.

 To all seeking the truth that only lies within......
I just got back from living in Hawaii and there I met with one of the biggest challenges I've ever had to face and "I" went for healing!
I learned a great lesson on NOT to be dependent on another human being for the source of your own happiness..............
Mahalo

 Yes i agree.Happiness is a blessing of god a secret gift which is in the hands of the humans itself. Some times people who have every luxury of the world also are deprived of happiness and that's because the want of getting more which leads them to cribbing and sulking they fail to understand that they should be thankful to God for all the blessings he has given us ,Some times a person living in a poor condition turns out to be more mentally happy and content with life because of the way he thinks .Happiness can be achieved if we remain calm and be thankful to God, this way we can get better ideas which can lead us to great sucessess.I truly agree happiness lies with in our mind majorly .

 You can be happy if you chose to be, happiness only comes to those who really want to be happy

 I agree. True happiness comes from within, another word for it would be wholeness as a person, living a whole life.A whole life spiritually, mentally etc etc. You need to find what truly makes you as a person happy, before you can engage in a relationship with another person. It would be a problem to suggest that another person can complete you and make you happy. Feelings come and go, it will not be fair to the other person if you hold on to them because they make you happy and in the end you both might end up unhappy.jst my opinion anyway :P
People need to share their experiences with someone, people ( some) need to be attached to someone or something,so I would say that relationships definitely has it's rewards, as do being single, but it depends absolutely on the type of person you are.

 Yes, I would have to agree.
I'm pretty sure there are people out there struggling to make ends meet, and are very optimistic. I wouldn't be happy in this situation but some are. My point is that if you can be happy with the hand you were dealt in life, then happiness is in your own mind.

 True happiness comes from ones perception of the world. If you choose to look at all the bad that is all you will find, if you choose to look at the good that is what you will see. So many people are waiting others to make them happy...for instance marriage for young people think this will make them happy and then one year later they are so miserable wondering why am I not happy....it has to come from us! This is the day that the Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad in it! Whenever I am in a bad mood I think, wait a min. It can't be that bad.! :)

 If you are happy internally than you can never get depressed by the saddest thing around you.
But if you aren't happy internally then you can never be happy even with the most joyish moment in world.

 Yes to be happy it is a mind thing! Just like if you make a choice to be neg or positive its a choice.

 There's always the example of teh tribal people in the Amazon and the rich man in his penthouse - he's on his Prozac, struggling to battle his paracetamol addiction and his crack habit. They have nearly nothing and are still as happy as larry.

I still stand by the old saying - ignorance is bliss. If you've never even heard of it, how can you be sad of not having it?

 It is somehow true, but from my own experience, I have been at one situation all alone for abut 48 hours, and I can tell you, it is pretty frustrating, but yes it is lying within us, and if one don't know how to be happy and always think negative, so it doesn't matter if he is with or without companionship, he wouldn't be happy, so in my point of view, it is a very individual situation for each and everyone of us

 I agree, happiness lies in our own mind, as long as we are strong enough to face all kinds of difficulties all by ourselves. To live is to fight, we should make an effort to live a happy life, even if we live on our own.

 (I tried to switch sides but it wouldn't let me)

I agree with the statement... But with a few caveats. I agree that happiness lies within the mind... But I don't agree, that that means that somehow everyone should be able to achieve true happiness just by the power of positive thinking.
I would also argue that relationships are integral to human happiness. Human beings are inherently social creatures, and as such need bonded relationships, of some kind, to achieve true happiness... It may be possible, but it would take a somewhat deviant personality to be able to achieve complete contentment in a social vacuum.
...now as I'm writing this.. I think I have to question the basic concept of "true happiness" in the first place... So maybe I'm actually against it??? I guess that's for another debate.

 If you do not think happy thoughts then you are not going to be happy.

 Happiness is different for most people, and MONEY has nothing to do with being happy!

To me it would be no hungry or needy people any where!
And EVIL EVERYWHERE stopped!

SIMPLE!
Logic101

 It is in your mine because without the thought nothing will mean anything to you any way.

 I totally agree.