Franklin D. Roosevelt said, "Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort." He implied that doing what you love, whatever it may be, will bring you happiness. Similarly, the three essays, The Power and Mystery of Naming Things by Eve Ensler, Creative Solutions to Life's Challenges by Frank X Walker, and Happy Talk by Oscar Hammerstein articulate how to be happy. Through these three authors, I learned that openness, creativity, and positivity can lead to happiness.
Talking about one's problems is the most terrifying work. However, it can also make one happy. Eve Ensler states, “ I believe freedom begins with naming things.” Holding our words in and not talking about our experiences, holds us down. When one opens …show more content…
Frank X Walker believes that searching for a solution to your problem does not have to be a burden. He claims, “Many of life’s challenges need creative solutions. I believe creativity—in all its many forms—can change the way we think and operate.” Creativity makes finding a solution to your problem less stressful and more enjoyable. If no one was ever given the opportunity to be innovative, all our houses and buildings would look exactly the same, our clothing would be plain, and ultimately us humans would be depressed. It would be like living in a world with no color. Being able to express ourselves, is what brings joy to this world. Walker agrees to say, “I believe that happy children are those given the freedom to be expressive, to discover, to create their own “refrigerator-door” masterpieces.” All people deserve to live a life full of art, not just artists. One does not have to be an artist to be creative. In his essay, Walker discusses how barbers, cooks, gardeners, and janitors are just as much artists as painters, sculptors and architects are. Every individual has a different way of applying their creativity to their everyday life. Finding that creative solution to life's challenge is the key to …show more content…
Most choose to only see and point out the negative. Oscar Hammerstein is one of the few. He says, “I have an unusual statement to make. I am a man who believes he is happy.” This is unusual to hear in a pessimistic environment where people are more eager to state what is wrong with the world than to recognize the beauty. Negativity causes one's view on life to be one sided. The ‘unhappy man’ only sees the bad. When discussing the good and the bad in his life, Oscar states, ‘‘You cannot isolate virtue and beauty and success and laughter, and keep them from all contact with wickedness and ugliness and failure and weeping.” Both beauty and ugliness exist in this world, and we cannot keep them apart. For if we do, we will become isolated in misery. To be happy one must accept all imperfections. She must realize that she is imperfect, all other humans are imperfect, and nothing is or ever will be perfect. Resulting in a more positive
Talking about one's problems is the most terrifying work. However, it can also make one happy. Eve Ensler states, “ I believe freedom begins with naming things.” Holding our words in and not talking about our experiences, holds us down. When one opens …show more content…
Frank X Walker believes that searching for a solution to your problem does not have to be a burden. He claims, “Many of life’s challenges need creative solutions. I believe creativity—in all its many forms—can change the way we think and operate.” Creativity makes finding a solution to your problem less stressful and more enjoyable. If no one was ever given the opportunity to be innovative, all our houses and buildings would look exactly the same, our clothing would be plain, and ultimately us humans would be depressed. It would be like living in a world with no color. Being able to express ourselves, is what brings joy to this world. Walker agrees to say, “I believe that happy children are those given the freedom to be expressive, to discover, to create their own “refrigerator-door” masterpieces.” All people deserve to live a life full of art, not just artists. One does not have to be an artist to be creative. In his essay, Walker discusses how barbers, cooks, gardeners, and janitors are just as much artists as painters, sculptors and architects are. Every individual has a different way of applying their creativity to their everyday life. Finding that creative solution to life's challenge is the key to …show more content…
Most choose to only see and point out the negative. Oscar Hammerstein is one of the few. He says, “I have an unusual statement to make. I am a man who believes he is happy.” This is unusual to hear in a pessimistic environment where people are more eager to state what is wrong with the world than to recognize the beauty. Negativity causes one's view on life to be one sided. The ‘unhappy man’ only sees the bad. When discussing the good and the bad in his life, Oscar states, ‘‘You cannot isolate virtue and beauty and success and laughter, and keep them from all contact with wickedness and ugliness and failure and weeping.” Both beauty and ugliness exist in this world, and we cannot keep them apart. For if we do, we will become isolated in misery. To be happy one must accept all imperfections. She must realize that she is imperfect, all other humans are imperfect, and nothing is or ever will be perfect. Resulting in a more positive