Is this called happinesss? - some feeling, and more philosophical thought

First a question: why does the english-writing world think it is necessary to write a useless ''s'' on the end of happiness? (just as in useless?)

Second question:
Is it? I mean, is it happiness? This vague feeling of ''everythings will work out'' and ''everything is working out'' and ''i'm on the right place'' and ''i'm meeting the right people'' and ''my world is working''... i guess it is :D

on the last one: i am learning to live with another conception of TRUTH. More pragmatically oriented. That's why it's not: ''my worldview is right'' - which is arrogance (from the believer (which can be a religious believer as well as a ''scientific'' believer) and also why it is ''world'' and not ''worldview'': in taking up a worldview you make it your experience of the world too, nb: YOUR world - in contrast to an objective world).

Now to follow up on the last paragraph: i stated a purely individual subjectivity... do i believe in such a pure single person subjectivity of ''MY WORLD''? NO! I believe in intersubjective worldviews... which are far more difficult to change. (Perhaps some hermits have a purely personal worldview - but even then...) But all worldviews we hold are formed (duh) by others, though will and do (at least should!) have a personal component - not to have a personal part is weakness. I believe in an almost nietschian virtue (even though i never liked Nietzsche - admitting i've never read him): there is strenght in being able to be true to yourself, to keep your own view, strongly differing from others.

Another thought:
on the concept ''to believe''
you CANNOT set a clear demarcation from inside between ''believing'' and ''knowing''. There is only a demarcation from a second or third persons perspective - but this is a dangerous one: it makes believe into that which is unproven knowledge. (this already implies actually that believe is a form of knowledge)
Since i would state (not going to argue for it, not now - please do force me to do so): don't use a second or 3rd person perspective to differentiate between two inner (!)states!
thus: there is no difference! (at least not theoretically)
thus: beware if someone states things like: ''that's what you believe, we know however that...''
- to believe is to know and to know is to believe
(push people into saying they don't believe what they know - they won't give in (i predict... and would you say you don't know what you believe? (haha, that's a wordplay... not the same meanings) but for true now: if you believe in God (for example, i do not believe in the monotheistic god, but that besides the point) you must hold the notion of ''God'' in your worldview -- knowledge....
ps: though i'm just now typing an e-mail using the word ''believing'' in another sense: to suspect... I believe he'll come... hmm.. interesting. I wouldn't change the above stated

just some friday-evening thinking... :P

Krippners lecture was intersting - hanging out with Isis even better yet. Nice to talk with people.

peace,
fedde
(disclaimer: all above subjects do not represent ''fedde'' or ''fedde's unchangable thought system'' nor does it represent a system i believe in per se (though it might) - i do hope it will inspire people. It will certainly be subject to severe changes)