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    “Happiness” In our world today there are many words with only a single meaning or definition. For example, the word pencil, it is defined as a writing utensil. Furthermore, there are words such as happiness that can have numerous meanings and values to someone or something. Also, there are countless media outlets where someone can change or adjust their definition of a single word, such as a movie or book. Everyone has experienced so many different things, so it is nearly impossible to simply…

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    Happiness, an abstract concept that isn’t clearly defined. It comes in different forms for everyone, we all experience happiness very differently. But how does one know when we are truly, genuinely happy? And how far is someone willing to go to reach their ultimate goal of happiness? What us humans do to reach this ultimate goal, can be very detrimental, emotionally and physically, so should we be pushing ourselves to that extent of finding and reaching happiness? Happiness to a child is…

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    Happiness is something that is being sought by everyone. Some people would do some crazy things in an effort to be happy. However, it may not be too difficult to be happy if you know that you have the choice to be happy. Yes, it may sounds a little unbelievable, but it’s true. Your happiness depends on you and you only. No one else can make you happy, not a boyfriend, a fiancée, or even a best friend. You’re the only one who’s in charge of your happiness, until you realize that I’m sorry to say…

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    Happiness is the reason we continue to live our lives through all of the negative.The key to happiness in my eyes, involves having good relationships with others, being able to adapt to different situations, and taking care of your health. Happiness seems like a given to most, but there is a lot that goes along with it. Having good relationships with the people in your life is very important. Relationships are a big part of life and without them we would not be able to connect and relate with…

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    MEASURING HAPPINESS First of all, people are happy or sad according to their surroundings, work, friends, problems or successes, but those situations can only influence in small periods of time, and this does not mean that if one event brings us sadness our whole life would be at that way. So I think it is a choice to have happiness or sadness life because as Aristotle said, “Happiness depends upon ourselves”. However it is also affirmative to others said that tried to be happy did not bring…

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    of Happiness Mills indicates that one is in fact happy when they are in absent of pain. He describes how in life you have two options when it comes to happiness; prolonged or temporary happiness. When he describes both, and uses the term “classes” because of that fact that one you will earn and one is just simply there to hold you over until the next time you want to get that temporary set of happiness. It is well known in today’s society, that we are all choosing the temporary happiness and…

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    Happiness Through Ethos

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    Charles Spurgeon one said “It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.” Happiness is not something that just happens to you. It either comes from you being a giver or a taker. Either way you find happiness by giving things to others or taking things for yourself. The article “There’s More to Life Than Being Happy” uses ethos to tell us how we make ourselves happy. The article also uses pathos by telling us stories from a book written by a Holocaust prisoner. Lastly…

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    Happiness is a very controversial topic in today’s society. There is a single defined definition, yet many different ways a person can feel it. To everyone in the world, happiness is perceived and defined differently. Human interaction and connection is not necessarily needed to achieve happiness, but is needed to some extent. I believe that happiness is achieved when dreams, personal thoughts, and human relations mix together. Dreams are essential to living life. Some only live because their…

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    “The Pursuit of Happiness” has been a large part of the American culture since its creation. Happiness is seen as something everyone should strive for in life, and America has turned happiness into an industry that its citizens are buying into. However, there are many scientists that have found that complete and total happiness is not the best thing for people. ”Negative”, emotions are equally important because they are a biological inheritance and they improve one’s analytical skills. Having…

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    success or health. It also defines how we react to surroundings. While it can have both positive and negative impact on our living, in my opinion, everyone should pursue happiness to a certain point. It allows us to become a better person, because we are led to improve our personality in many different ways. Pursuing happiness gives us goals and accomplishing goals makes us happy. These goals could be small things like buying a piece of electronics of Amazon with money I earned myself and…

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