Stumbling on Happiness

Many can say they have a good life, but I can say that I have a very fun super exciting life that you wish you had. I think being me is amazing. I may not have the typical life of a regular kid or student but I would much rather have my life than an average everyday kid. Most kids have friends just at school, but I have friends in close and far away places. All this comes from the life of being a top level soccer player in the state of ohio. There are many things that I have experienced, and as…

Friendship is a large part of many people’s life. It can bring you some of the best times of your life and lots of fun. Although it may seem all rainbows and butterflies, it can also bring many hardships. John Knowles focuses his novel on the friendship of two boys, Gene and Finny. Gene flashes back into his time in Devon to understand his friendship with Finny and reconcile with it. Gene and Finny are a prime example of how friendships are always cheerful. The theme of friendship is…

Aristotle advocated for specific virtues in order for individuals to attain complete happiness, eudemonia, by pursuing virtues like wisdom and courage. While pursuing virtues of thought and character, habituation and practical wisdom are important to acquire virtues to better society. Aristotle makes a stark difference between virtues and practical wisdom, but are both incredibly important while pursuing happiness, and are imperative for all Greek citizens to practice. Aristotle asserts virtue…

The fact of life is everyone has a dream they wish to come true. Some dream of world peace and the end of world hunger or equality for all In society. We all choose to believe in out dreams, but , they are they are only different version of reality we choose to believe in. Like in our daily lives, Shakespeare uses the play Midsummer Night’s Dream as a direct representation of different reality’s as one of the main themes in the play. Then is reproduced two different film adaptations through the…

Outliers: The Story of Success Outliers written by Malcolm Gladwell is a book written with the intent to inform or to guide your way of thinking about how success is actually achieved. The book defines outliers as “the beneficiaries of hidden advantages and extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies” (Gladwell 3). Malcolm Gladwell is convincing in his writings by making you believe that success is not achieved by hard work or being naturally gifted, as most of us tend to believe, but…

Taranath Adhikari PHI 140 Mid-Term Essay Is there a universal "right and wrong"? There is no universal “right and wrong”. Rightness and wrongness are the two major part of the philosophy and it goes hand-on-hand because someone’s happiness may affect others sadness. Ethics try to look for pleasure without pain. “Pleasure and Pain”, gender based decision, ethical argument, and culture pays vital role in our society. Pleasure, pain, gender, ethical arguments and culture relative are the key…

"A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug" Patricia Neal There are many advantages that can be gained by simply thinking positive thoughts. One such advantage is the important role it plays in daily stress management. Our ability to cope with stress is to a certain extent governed by our outlook on life. Generally, the more positive outlook on life that we have, the greater our stress coping ability will be. Is the glass half full or half empty? Your…

Wedding desires will be a fun filled occasion. It’s a time to spend all your memories on a single place. Apart from marriage, many things will go all over the relations. It’s not just only about the engagement of two hearts. Wedding praises some in-distributed blessings and memories of the time and for life long. At that wedding, Party’s are the most emerging one for people who are attending. Including various things like snacks, dinner, cool drinks, Hot drinks, Hard drinks and so on. Those…

The Freeing of the Parakeets Happiness, it says, is not a state to arrive at but a matter of travelling. How is it for those who only travel for their whole lives without finding any luck and without finding any purpose? The world with its every single organism wants to be happy, but do we really take in consideration those who just travel without finding any peace and stop thinking about ourselves and the things in our life we consider the worst? In Post Office Charles Bukowski elaborately…

Haveria, Mikaela Marie A. May 03, 2017 152074 Ms. Patricia Ysabel E. Wong Glory to Every Being: A Reflection on Glory Human beings have continually engaged themselves to the never-ending search for reason - for meanings and patterns of what has been and what has come to be. It is the innate gift of the human being to be able to think and reason. Because of this capacity, people have also constructed ideologies of who they really are. This has led to a competition of who is…