“Happiness, So Far So Close”
How many times have people heard themselves or someone else say “If only I could be happy”? The harder people look the more difficult it is to find. People have searched for happiness for a long time in the wrong places and by distracting themselves. Our society has been confusing distractions which give you a temporary pleasure, with true happiness that is lasting and it doesn't just go away. “Pleasure exists when you have something-status, the high from a new lover, the rush when you buy something new” (Chan 3).
People tend to be distracted and consider it to be true happiness because people like the easy way of things, they prefer to not have to think to solve their problems and just avoid them by focusing on something else. Technology has become society's new distraction. People use technology like their phones on social media to isolate from the rest and avoid what they really feel and not have to realize if they are truly happy. According to Beatty from Fahrenheit 451, everything happens so fast, people stay at home just watching tv at the walls, and everything is in constant motion just so people can avoid any kind of strong feelings they may have just so they …show more content…
Well, they can start by constructing their own happiness and by making good things happen instead of just waiting for them. Good things happen not because of good luck, but because they work for it. People don't need to have all the money in the world or be the best-looking person. If people just sit back and wait for something great to happen they are just wasting time that they could have used to work on constructing it. “You can have it all. Just not all at once” (Oprah Winfrey). People think by having everything in the world they'll be truly happy but in reality, people can't have everything at once because to have success in life they need to make sacrifices and leave stuff behind to get what they
How many times have people heard themselves or someone else say “If only I could be happy”? The harder people look the more difficult it is to find. People have searched for happiness for a long time in the wrong places and by distracting themselves. Our society has been confusing distractions which give you a temporary pleasure, with true happiness that is lasting and it doesn't just go away. “Pleasure exists when you have something-status, the high from a new lover, the rush when you buy something new” (Chan 3).
People tend to be distracted and consider it to be true happiness because people like the easy way of things, they prefer to not have to think to solve their problems and just avoid them by focusing on something else. Technology has become society's new distraction. People use technology like their phones on social media to isolate from the rest and avoid what they really feel and not have to realize if they are truly happy. According to Beatty from Fahrenheit 451, everything happens so fast, people stay at home just watching tv at the walls, and everything is in constant motion just so people can avoid any kind of strong feelings they may have just so they …show more content…
Well, they can start by constructing their own happiness and by making good things happen instead of just waiting for them. Good things happen not because of good luck, but because they work for it. People don't need to have all the money in the world or be the best-looking person. If people just sit back and wait for something great to happen they are just wasting time that they could have used to work on constructing it. “You can have it all. Just not all at once” (Oprah Winfrey). People think by having everything in the world they'll be truly happy but in reality, people can't have everything at once because to have success in life they need to make sacrifices and leave stuff behind to get what they