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The story I have chosen to write about is “Creating Your Own Happiness” by Wayne Coyne. The topic of the story is that no matter how bad you think you have it, with the right mental attitude, you can overcome it and find happiness. It starts out with Wayne driving down the street and stopping at the stop light, listening to his radio. It’s a cold, windy day, and he looks outside to see two people sitting on a bench, huddling together, trying to find warmth. He feels bad for them because he’s in a nice, warm car, while they’re outside, freezing. At first, he thinks they are jealous of him, but then he notices that they’re laughing and smiling. He’s honestly envious of them. It was like they didn’t even notice how bad it was, they were …show more content…
“Creating Your Own Happiness”, succeed it’s goals because the author gave an experience of where he witnessed people finding their happiness and then gave his own experience on finding happiness. He proved that no matter what the situation is, you can always turn your outcome around see any situation as positive if you put your mind to it. Honestly, nothing felt false to me, the whole essay just flowed together with all of his information put together. He used real-life examples to back up his viewpoint, not just a guess on what could happen or what he thinks would happen. Wayne’s approach was very well-thought out and organized. He started it out with a couple that made him look at life a different way then he brought his own experience to light and explained how he looks at it differently now, than he did when he worked there. Then, he ends it with a powerful and motivational statement that can make people believe that if they set their minds to it, they can create their own happiness as well. If I could learn more about this story, I would ask the author how he came to this mindset. Some people would’ve saw the couple on the bench and feel remorse for a moment or two and go back to their daily life, but Wayne put some thought into this moment and altered the way he looked at everything in life. He believed that not everyone has it as bad as they think they do, until
The story I have chosen to write about is “Creating Your Own Happiness” by Wayne Coyne. The topic of the story is that no matter how bad you think you have it, with the right mental attitude, you can overcome it and find happiness. It starts out with Wayne driving down the street and stopping at the stop light, listening to his radio. It’s a cold, windy day, and he looks outside to see two people sitting on a bench, huddling together, trying to find warmth. He feels bad for them because he’s in a nice, warm car, while they’re outside, freezing. At first, he thinks they are jealous of him, but then he notices that they’re laughing and smiling. He’s honestly envious of them. It was like they didn’t even notice how bad it was, they were …show more content…
“Creating Your Own Happiness”, succeed it’s goals because the author gave an experience of where he witnessed people finding their happiness and then gave his own experience on finding happiness. He proved that no matter what the situation is, you can always turn your outcome around see any situation as positive if you put your mind to it. Honestly, nothing felt false to me, the whole essay just flowed together with all of his information put together. He used real-life examples to back up his viewpoint, not just a guess on what could happen or what he thinks would happen. Wayne’s approach was very well-thought out and organized. He started it out with a couple that made him look at life a different way then he brought his own experience to light and explained how he looks at it differently now, than he did when he worked there. Then, he ends it with a powerful and motivational statement that can make people believe that if they set their minds to it, they can create their own happiness as well. If I could learn more about this story, I would ask the author how he came to this mindset. Some people would’ve saw the couple on the bench and feel remorse for a moment or two and go back to their daily life, but Wayne put some thought into this moment and altered the way he looked at everything in life. He believed that not everyone has it as bad as they think they do, until