Can happiness exist without sadness?

The height of personal happiness can only be measured by the depth of personal sadness. Happiness is not a stand-alone feeling. Happiness is a comparative emotion. The measure of happiness a person feels is judged against the measure of sadness a person felt in the past. read more

However, if happiness is a physical reality experienced by the body regardless of awareness just like death and taxes, then indeed happiness can exist without sadness, probably eternally. In this case, happiness is of a physical form. read more

I believe, however unlikely, that happiness can exist without sadness. This is life though and nothing remains constant or truly lie within the extremes. Happiness and its polar opposite, Sadness, can be viewed as an axis. read more

The measure of happiness a person feels is judged against the measure of sadness a person felt in the past. The greater degree of sadness, the greater degree of happiness. Without sadness, happiness has no meaning. Ironically, the fear of emotional sadness often restricts a person’s ability to experience the high heights of happiness. read more