Happiness is not something tangible we can grasp but yet it is what we all seek. We try to fulfill the feeling of happiness by buying materialistic commodities, hanging out with love ones, and even buying a pet, the list goes on different individuals have different expectations for happiness. Happiness changes over time it is never one stationary goal.
In Milhaly Csikszentmihalyi Happiness Revisited begins by explaining that we are no longer closer to finding happiness than twenty-three hundred years ago. The question then becomes how will humans figure out the concept of happiness and how can it be attained. He further adds that happiness is different for everyone and we find it in a wide variety of places. As a child happiness is seeing …show more content…
That is the most difficult thing in my life to see, a loved one hurting and there is nothing you can do to help but to take them to the hospital. The pain and suffering in the world makes me upset. I still have a positive outlook that it is meant to be and there is a reason for it. Someone cutting me off on the freeway makes me upset for an instant but soon after I laugh and wish that they get to their destination safe. “It (happiness) does not depend on outside events, but rather, on how we interpret them” (Csikszentmihalyi 608). I have learned that I can not control how other people drive (act) but I can control how I react to it. Everything in our life can change if we just change our perspective. An individual can have the hardest hardship in their life but it is all about how he/she overcome and how they learn from it. One can dwell on the issue but what good is that for anyone the best thing to do is to learn from it and keep it from happening again if need be. Keep pushing …show more content…
It cites scientific research that supports the claim that happiness is related to our health. In addition, it supports that certain people have a legal cause of death from overworking. This begs the question why do they work so hard to the point of death? The only possible answer I could come up with is that they do it for their family to have a “better” life. Unfortunately they die from overworking and they leave their families usually worst off. In reality what use is it working so hard if you can not enjoy it with your family. The concept of Hill Graham that “Less Stuff is More Happiness,” the video speaks about that if people would have less clutter they would be happier because they will only keep what they truly love and need. “Less might equal more (happiness)” (Less stuff, more happiness | Graham Hill). With less stuff the families from Japan would save more money and would not have to work as hard and they would be able to experience happiness with their loved ones. Moreover, Graham has a similar idea as Csikszentmihalyi to enjoy life with the bad and have a positive
In Milhaly Csikszentmihalyi Happiness Revisited begins by explaining that we are no longer closer to finding happiness than twenty-three hundred years ago. The question then becomes how will humans figure out the concept of happiness and how can it be attained. He further adds that happiness is different for everyone and we find it in a wide variety of places. As a child happiness is seeing …show more content…
That is the most difficult thing in my life to see, a loved one hurting and there is nothing you can do to help but to take them to the hospital. The pain and suffering in the world makes me upset. I still have a positive outlook that it is meant to be and there is a reason for it. Someone cutting me off on the freeway makes me upset for an instant but soon after I laugh and wish that they get to their destination safe. “It (happiness) does not depend on outside events, but rather, on how we interpret them” (Csikszentmihalyi 608). I have learned that I can not control how other people drive (act) but I can control how I react to it. Everything in our life can change if we just change our perspective. An individual can have the hardest hardship in their life but it is all about how he/she overcome and how they learn from it. One can dwell on the issue but what good is that for anyone the best thing to do is to learn from it and keep it from happening again if need be. Keep pushing …show more content…
It cites scientific research that supports the claim that happiness is related to our health. In addition, it supports that certain people have a legal cause of death from overworking. This begs the question why do they work so hard to the point of death? The only possible answer I could come up with is that they do it for their family to have a “better” life. Unfortunately they die from overworking and they leave their families usually worst off. In reality what use is it working so hard if you can not enjoy it with your family. The concept of Hill Graham that “Less Stuff is More Happiness,” the video speaks about that if people would have less clutter they would be happier because they will only keep what they truly love and need. “Less might equal more (happiness)” (Less stuff, more happiness | Graham Hill). With less stuff the families from Japan would save more money and would not have to work as hard and they would be able to experience happiness with their loved ones. Moreover, Graham has a similar idea as Csikszentmihalyi to enjoy life with the bad and have a positive