Happiness

What is happiness? What makes people happy? These are seemingly simple question. Some people think it’s easy to be happy, and some have a difficult time just being okay. Some people think happiness comes in the form of money, success, and material goods. These people believe that once you have succeeded financially and live a comfortable lifestyle then that’s true happiness, but some people don’t agree to this. The people that don’t fall into the materialistic view of happiness fall into more…

way that other people’s happiness, makes you happy too.” Doing something for oneself is selfish and pointless. Happiness has been pursued by the people who come to America, wanting the American dream, to be happy and get what they want. Not being happy even have a negative connotation to it. Happiness is wanted by almost everyone. Happiness has been pursued by people in general but not as long as someone would think. Thomas Carlyle, a philosopher in 1843 states “'Happiness our being's end and…

What is happiness? Happiness, it is not measurable or profitable. It is what people seek, but cannot be reached by treasure of gold or silver; because it is more expensive. Happiness is like a pearl in the deep sea, needs a proficient diver who knows how to discover and bring it. Happiness is satisfaction, contentment and fulfillment. Happiness is not measured by what we have, it’s intangible. Having money, car or luxurious lifestyle assumed us that one’s who have these types of life will be…

hypothesis. “According to the facial-feedback hypothesis, mimicking the facial movements associated with an emotion will induce the corresponding emotional state.” (Nevid, 2015, p. 306) Therefore, by genuinely smiling, some may feel the emotion of happiness. Likewise, by frowning, some may feel the emotion of sadness. “Researchers find that practicing smiling can induce more positive feelings, and smiling or frowning can intensify the corresponding emotions even when the person is not aware of…

Pursuit of Happiness What is happiness and how do we measure it? We mostly know when we are happy and when we are not happy. But, is there a way to achieve happiness if we are not? People define happiness in so many different ways and also prescribe variety ways to achieve happiness (Taber). Are there some specific ways that make human in general happy or the way might work not depends on the individual? Different individuals pursued happiness in different paths in these movies Groundhog Day,…

What is the pursuit of happiness? The pursuit of happiness is the right to freely pursue joy and live life in a way that makes you happy. All of the pieces of literature we've read this year show different ways of pursuing happiness. Many people pursue their happiness in different ways. Those different ways include wealth, love, health, fame, etc. In The Great Gatsby many of the characters did different things to try and pursue their means of happiness. Some were happy when they found…

What is happiness Happiness is meaning makes people in happy, makes people feel good and comfortable. THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS is an test has to with happiness, is a very interesting video, the second videos WHAT IS HAPPINESS is explain what is the happiness. The third is a article, author name is DarrinM. McMahon. He told us how to find their own happiness. To inform people what is happiness. THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS told us “Expressing your gratitude will make you a happier person.”…

Happiness is an emotional state that is experienced through social, emotional, and physical relationships. For lasting happiness, the importance placed on the relationships must be centered on eternal goods, not temporary pleasures. People succeed in reaching this state of contentment and joy by cultivating meaningful relationships. The good life is realized by intentionally searching for eternal truths while living ethically and respectfully. People believe that happiness comes from obtaining…

Many happiness studies state that countries in South America and Scandinavia are among at the top of the “Happy list”, where more modernized countries are at the bottom. The question is, because these modernized countries have the ability to possess wealth, does accumulating wealth equal more happiness? We are led to believe with wealth comes happiness. Is that necessarily true? In this paper, I am going to use Sarah Ahmed’s critique for happiness and her viewpoint that not everyone is able to…

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi writes in “Happiness Revisited” that the best moments in a person’s life are the ones in which they push themselves to accomplish something that poses a challenge. Csikszentmihalyi insists that happiness does not simply happen, but rather, it must be created by each individual by setting goals that are neither too simple nor difficult to achieve. As Csikszentmihalyi stated, "Happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance…But…