Contentment

Hawthorne uses sunlight to describe the treasure of enlightenment in The Scarlet Letter. Sunlight is described as contentment because of the warmth, comfort, and sense of acceptance it gives people. Hester Prynne, the local adulterer, creates a shadow of darkness around herself. The sunlight hides from her, just as she hides herself from others. Hester has no happiness…

custom; however, he wants more knowledge to know how to live in bliss and peace. He becomes a Samana and, travels to see Gotama, the Buddha, learns the materialistic world, and then becomes a ferryman, enduring and searching his entire life for contentment. Happiness was also sought by Chang’s mother. Her “mother’s closest friends were her pets” (Chang 53). She had multiple pets from an owl to jars of grasshoppers and crickets despite the icy household. Moreover, at one point when Dr. Xia asked…

depressing news and not feel a thing. This is why one may say that social media does not affect happiness. “No American simply inherits happiness by dint of genes or birthplace or a brain set to sunny”(Kluger 32). Even though Social media affects one's contentment, this does not mean that he or she is always happy or unhappy. “Americas happiness set point has long been high and healthy­­a simple gift of biology, history and environment but a gift all the same. In our own loud messy way, we've…

The arguments around legalizing active euthanasia are valid from both sides, necessitating a consensus be reached to provide contentment to all parties. Surrounding the debate around legalized active euthanasia are two conflicting views: those who support its legalization and those who do not. Those who do not support legalized euthanasia claim that it is a "slippery slope," and would inevitably bring about unforeseen consequences ("Euthanasia and assisted suicide - Arguments"). For example, a…

Strong Relationships Foster Happiness Aristotle was once quoted as saying “Happiness depends on ourselves.” Ironically, loneliness is rarely associated with happiness. Aristotle does agree “friendship is one of the most important virtues”(The Pursuit of Happiness). People are meant to be in relationships with others. This isn’t new news, even Adam wasn’t left alone in the garden; he was given Eve. Since 1943 Maslow’s pyramid has included relationships as a basic human need. Close relationships…

Outstanding customer service and great customer contentment must start with understanding customer expectations. The visitor centre needs to know who its customers are and their interest. When assessing customer satisfaction, businesses normally ask customers whether their product or service has met or exceeded expectations. This is an important question to ask and is a key factor behind contentment. Customer expectations set the standard for customer satisfaction which also…

keep a planner with all my important dates and things to do so I can stay organized and stress free. Santosa is another niyama that is defined as cultivate contentment, mental equanimity, and composure. When I practice yoga, I use santosa in many of my poses including Tadasana, Sukhasana, and Savasana 1. All of these poses give me contentment and mental equanimity. I practice these poses at the start of my yoga practice, throughout my practice, and I also end with one of these poses. I think…

message that happiness as the sole objective in a person’s life leaves room for failure, can become very destructive, and is very fragile. While attempting to achieve happiness at all times can be extremely harmful, achieving happiness as general contentment instead can be a much healthier and more positive alternative which will result in a greater sense of prolonged happiness.…

John the Savage expresses, "… I don 't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin” (Huxley 240). Aldous Huxley delineates in his satirical piece of fiction, Brave New World, a dystopia where all supposed human beings are deprived of the natural beauties experienced in our world today. Two predominant aspects exhibited in Huxley’s novel include his views on the veracity of a Utopia and his predominant messages exhibited to his audience…

Although happiness is a great feeling, it equals contentment, which on the other hand, is not such a great characteristic to obtain. Contentment destroys a person's desire to work forward and seize bigger moments. As well as destroying the motivation for growth as in a state of being, contentment also can ruin the changes to come personality wise. In her article, Begley shares, “the happy man is a hollow man” (qtd. in Begley…