When asking about the meaning of happiness, we can definitely mention the famous quote of the English singer, co-founder of the band The Beatles, John Lennon who succeeded in defining the word happiness at its best, “When I was 5 years old my mother always told me happiness was the key to life. When I went to school they asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up. I wrote down happy. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they don’t understand life.” According to Lennon and many other individuals, happiness is simply the primary element of life. It’s enjoying every breath we are taking, appreciating the smallest benefactions God has offered us, having a better perspective of life, but mostly happiness is the inner
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Knowing that people remember me for who I am, what I’ve changed and enhanced in my entourage and in the society, for loving my character traits and my personality makes me extremely well and blessed to be the person I have built. In addition to that, admiration and respect are both essential factors. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in Ann Olson’s text (2013), “Needs for self-esteem, self- respect, and healthy, positive feelings derived from admiration” (p.297), we notice that admiration is a necessary source that evolves happiness and inner peace and self-confidence. Indeed, I surely identify myself in this specific case. After a hard work, preparing for an environmental project, all the comity rewarded and allocated us for our perseverance and professionalism. That’s what I call happiness! Regarding Oslan (2013), Mahatma Gandhi, Viktor Frankl and Nelson Mandela are examples of influential men who illustrated perfectly the real meaning of self-actualization. These people derived happiness by giving a meaning to life. They confronted obstacles and scarified in their lives to get to their objectives and achieve the impossible for the sake of the society.(p.297) Referring to this example, I may add that part of my happiness is when I am able to contribute in helping others, specially the needy children, in any hard
Knowing that people remember me for who I am, what I’ve changed and enhanced in my entourage and in the society, for loving my character traits and my personality makes me extremely well and blessed to be the person I have built. In addition to that, admiration and respect are both essential factors. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in Ann Olson’s text (2013), “Needs for self-esteem, self- respect, and healthy, positive feelings derived from admiration” (p.297), we notice that admiration is a necessary source that evolves happiness and inner peace and self-confidence. Indeed, I surely identify myself in this specific case. After a hard work, preparing for an environmental project, all the comity rewarded and allocated us for our perseverance and professionalism. That’s what I call happiness! Regarding Oslan (2013), Mahatma Gandhi, Viktor Frankl and Nelson Mandela are examples of influential men who illustrated perfectly the real meaning of self-actualization. These people derived happiness by giving a meaning to life. They confronted obstacles and scarified in their lives to get to their objectives and achieve the impossible for the sake of the society.(p.297) Referring to this example, I may add that part of my happiness is when I am able to contribute in helping others, specially the needy children, in any hard