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So, do you like being happy?

I mean, do you like it when you're happy?

Is it a good thing when you're happy?
Can you appreciate being happy when you're happy?

Can you acknowledge, I like being happy?

May you be happy!

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Do you like it when your friends are happy?

Wouldn't it be nice if your friends were happy?

Yeah, it's nice when my friends are happy.

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Wouldn't be nice if your family were happy?

You go a visit and everyone is happy.

Wouldn't that be nice.

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What about your acquaintances?

What if all your neighbors were happy?

What if all your co-workers were happy?

What if the people in the stores and restaurants that you go to were happy?

That'd be pretty nice.

I like it when my acquaintances are happy.

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What if the difficult people in your life were happy?
Not happy because they're making your life miserable.
What if they had a source of happiness that was genuine and wholesome?
They might not be so difficult.

That would definitely be nice.

May difficult people find sources of happiness that are genuine and wholesome.

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Of course it'd be nice if everybody in this room was happy.

May everyone here be happy!

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It'd be a good thing if everybody on this planet was happy.
Wouldn't that be amazing?
That'd be really nice!

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May all beings everywhere be happy!

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