Contentment

workers normally have, such as investment on education. Workfare recipients allocate their salary to obtain basic needs and can not invest in an education. These people are not given the opportunity to be successful because they can not fulfil their contentment. Arnold also suggests that: “workfare is not about creating jobs for people that do not have them; it is about creating workers for jobs that nobody wants” (344). Nicolas Farvaque, a doctor of economic sciences, alludes that “being able…

are looking for. Contentment, I believe, is what would give us true happiness. We should be contented on what we have. I’m not saying that we are not allowed to achieve for something more but we must make sure that what we are striving is something what we need, not what we want. There are cases when we try to grab something we want, we forgot others. You may not be aware of it but you are already stepping into others. Where's the love there then? On the other hand, contentment from a low ideal…

animation industry in pursue of doing what he enjoyed to do everyday, thus transformed the lives of many others by inspiring them to do the same. Needless to say, if he had not embarked on this life-changing journey, he would NEVER have achieved contentment and…

off, everyone is different; therefore, it is impossible to define happiness in a general sense. However, neuroscientists, psychiatrists, and even Buddhist monks explain that a feeling of joy is closely related with the feeling of satisfaction or contentment (Flora). Many think that happiness immediately follows a specific event such as hitting a home run or winning the lottery. Nevertheless, there is a much…

Overall I feel satisfied with how I deal with my emotions, and at the end of the day, I look in the mirror with contentment and pride that I did my best, and if I acted poorly at times, I realize that I’ll find a superior way to deal with it the next time. The only situation that bothers me is when I act in a way that hurts other people, usually, as a result of not noticing…

with what one has. The woman realized that what she had was special. At times, individuals seem to forget that what they have is better than what their neighbor has. There will always be someone who has less. The reader learns a valuable lesson on contentment. At the same time Nye comments on the effect mistakes, even small ones, have on others. The teenager changed her entire outlook after Nye came to her house (80). Every little mistake has a consequence. While consequence has a negative…

(Fern, Graves, L’Huillier, 2002) While tub immersion has been shown to reduce the newborns crying, it helps to give them a sense of contentment. Compared to sponge bathing this research study concluded that tub bathing showed no difference in cord healing but was not effective in temperature regulation and stress. (Cole, Brissette, Lunardi, 1999) Distress such as crying and agitation, cold…

Utopian societies are unrealistic and unattainable because man is inherently bad. Instead of making life paradise, the World State creates contentment by conditioning and numbing individuals to their feelings. Since man is inherently prone to dissatisfaction, contentment can only be developed through conditioning and other unnatural processes. In the opening paragraph of the novel, it displays the consequences of unharnessed technology and man’s refusal to acknowledge the consequences (Watt).…

John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”, and Sam Mendes’ “American Beauty”, explore the fallacious and impossible nature of the ‘American dream’. The American dream encapsulates the ‘inalienable right to happiness’ in the American constitution, the individual right to dictate one’s own destiny and reap the rewards of hard work. Through comparative analysis of Steinbeck’s satire of the attainment of the dream as unrealistic, with themes of apathy and materiality, and Mendes’ subverted parody of…

Yesterday, I felt like dying. I wasn’t going to actually give in, but I feel stuck between two worlds and the pressure of pleasing both is weighing down on me, personal and societal obligations not yet met. I suppose that’s why I connect to Asher Lev, a jewish boy conflicted on pursuing what he loves at the expense of his religious beliefs, or satisfying his family at the liability of his own happiness. I think everyone goes through a period of depression where nothing seems to make sense and…