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Luckily, I have both of these in my life. Even though I do not always get along with my family, I still love them, and they love me. We all want what’s best for each other. The same goes for friends, my friends and I could spend every hour of every day together and it still wouldn’t be enough time. I could not imagine going a day in my life without any one of the people that I love. "A friend is a second self" (Aristotle). Every time I laugh or smile, I’m always either with my friends or my family, they bring bliss into my life, and I wouldn’t want it any other way. No one would be able to live a happy life if they were alone. Not only is it necessary to have socialization to get through life, you need people who you care for and who care for you. It is important people cherish family
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No one should ever keep their thought to themselves, I always say what is on my mind, and I feel like by doing this it makes me more content. If sad, express this feeling, no matter how it is done. Human beings have more than one emotion and will always feel them at different times. One cannot eliminate sadness from their lives simiply because that is what they want. Without feeling sadness, one would not know the feeling of happiness. "We think many pains better than pleasures, since a greater pleasure comes to us when we have endured pains for a long time" (Epicurus 1). I agree with Epicurus here because he is saying once we have expierenced a lot of pain, we know what a little bit of pleasure feels like, and this is true. For example, if you are going through rough patches throughout your life and everything just seems to be going wrong, even the smallest little things, like somone bringing you a flower or telling you that you look pretty today, can make you feel satisfaction. One cannot reach happiness if they are not true to themselves and others. A famous philosopher Soreen Kirkegaard once said "Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own" (Kierkegaard). He believed that if everyone tried to be like other people that no one was being true to themselves. Going through life trying to be like someone that is not you, will not lead to happiness. If one never figues out what they
No one should ever keep their thought to themselves, I always say what is on my mind, and I feel like by doing this it makes me more content. If sad, express this feeling, no matter how it is done. Human beings have more than one emotion and will always feel them at different times. One cannot eliminate sadness from their lives simiply because that is what they want. Without feeling sadness, one would not know the feeling of happiness. "We think many pains better than pleasures, since a greater pleasure comes to us when we have endured pains for a long time" (Epicurus 1). I agree with Epicurus here because he is saying once we have expierenced a lot of pain, we know what a little bit of pleasure feels like, and this is true. For example, if you are going through rough patches throughout your life and everything just seems to be going wrong, even the smallest little things, like somone bringing you a flower or telling you that you look pretty today, can make you feel satisfaction. One cannot reach happiness if they are not true to themselves and others. A famous philosopher Soreen Kirkegaard once said "Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own" (Kierkegaard). He believed that if everyone tried to be like other people that no one was being true to themselves. Going through life trying to be like someone that is not you, will not lead to happiness. If one never figues out what they