Stumbling on Happiness

Happiness is an aspect of life that all people try to achieve. Whether they know it or not, people hold the key to their own happiness. Although external factors usually affect people’s happiness in one way or another, in the end, their true happiness can only be found within themselves. In Son, Andrew Solomon discusses the difficulties and differences parents face when it comes to being able to accept and understand their children in an abnormal situation. Meanwhile, Daniel Gilbert talks about…

Habit (not the burger place) Habits could lead our lives in two directions, the right path that leads to success and well-being, or the path that leads to nowhere and laziness. Right now I am on the path the leads to nowhere and laziness. However, changing or getting rid of a bad habit is not an easy task to accomplish. In the book “The Power Of Habit” by Charles Duhigg explains with willpower and determination you can change certain habit and achieve any long goal you wanted to achieve. A…

People act in benign selfishness. A person wakes up, showers, eats, brushes his teeth, and preforms other activities to take care of himself. If selfishness is focusing on oneself and acting in a way that benefits oneself, then everyone should strive to be selfish. The opposition would argue that if each person acted selfish then the world would be an aggressive campaign to compete and do better against one another. That belief is caused by the word selfish being unclearly defined. Benign…

Cecily and Algernon both seem to be very happy with each other. But even though they are extremely happy with each other at the beginning, what will Cecily think when she starts to see that Algernon has a bad habit of spending more than what he have? My thoughts are that it will not turn out well, unlike Jack and Gwendolen relationship where they both actually know how to save money. I believe that Jack and Gwendoline's marriage would be more on the sturdy side and Algernon and Cecily's will be…

Eric Barker examines some of misconceptions when it comes to success. Success is a broad term for most people, because success can mean something completely different for the next person. Like a self-help book, Barker discusses the positive and negative factors relating to success and how to bypass some of the obstacles. He also discusses common clichés to being or how to be successful. Barking up the Wrong Tree teaches the average Joe how to be awesome and successful in life. As I read the…

education, justice, and happiness. Through his definitions of these three topics, he considers how a society can achieve the proper education, justice, and happiness leading to his understanding of human nature. Plato addresses the close relation between being just and happy to the education received in society. The relationship between education, justice, and happiness depends on Plato’s understanding of these topics. Specifically with the relations of justice and happiness, the relationship is…

“I am lucky” is an understatement to describe my life. There are no words to describe how lucky I am to have the life I do. Although everyone is lucky to be living, I feel as though I am just a little luckier. There are people living on the streets without comfort of a home or a loving family. I am blessed to have both of those things, and even more. The purpose of this reflection is not to brag about how lucky I am to have the life I do, the purpose is to gain personal recognition of all that I…

“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…

Never be afraid to let the rays of light from happiness shine. Happiness is a gift and upholds high value. However, happiness is not the only emotion that posses great worth. Although happiness is the ideal perfect feeling, consisting of no emotional burdens or worries, opposing emotions, such as anger, sadness, and fear, need to be recognized for their importance in life as well. Yet, undergoing the course of negative emotions is nothing easy. Unpleasant feelings bring heartache and despair;…

Are you happy? In 1943 Abraham Maslow created Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs which helps explain what humans need to be happy. While some of the items on the triangle are met in the society depicted in Fahrenheit 451, love/belonging, esteem, and self actualization are missing. The government makes sure that the other two pieces, physical needs and safety, are met, but the higher levels are what make a person an individual (www.simplypsychology.org). Individuality is totally lost in the novel by Ray…