John Mills Happiness

It is often said that happiness is a difficult thing to achieve. According to Mill he says “Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness ; on the happiness of others”(1909-14). The key to bliss is to be with people you love. In Mill’s view, “the only chance is to treat, not happiness, but some end external to it,as the purpose of life”(Mills 1909-14). What he is saying is that bliss should not be our main focus or purpose in life instead focus on things that make you happy. Another person who I agree with is Bern's from “My Philosophy on Happiness” (Berns 2013). Mills also says “ Surround yourself with people you want to be around. This is basically what I think the key to happiness is. Mills has many valid points because being joyful is about being with family and people you love.
In the “My Philosophy on Happiness” by Sam Berns he speaks about how he has progeria and he was still happy and he wanted to tell us how he stays happy. Sam said that there are three ways to become …show more content…
I totally agree with this because if spending time with you family or playing video games makes you happy you should do that instead of trying to focus on something that doesn't make you happy. He also says that “When you question your happiness you become unhappy since you focus on yourself” this is why you should just go with the flow of your happiness and not question it. In a documentary called “Happy” by Reid what he talks about or shows us is that most of the people who are with their family are happy. In the documentary he shows about a family in India that is very poor ,yet they are still