The good life

I think in life we all look back and think to ourselves, did I do or say the right thing in that situation? I believe life is full of choices and everyone makes some mistakes, and that’s okay. We are all human and our lives won’t end simply because we screw up a few times. In life, many people are looking for happiness, power, money, and everything else in between. I am trying to improve myself every day, appreciate the little things, work through the hard times, and I believe that will allow me…

What does it mean to succeed in life? To succeed is to look backward, forward, and inward without regret. Success is a dynamic state, which consists of an individual constantly taking agency over his or her life. It is accepting one’s circumstances and becoming, through one’s actions, a person about whom he or she feels proud. The various philosophers, political activists, authors, and business people, whose works I explored in my Professional Responsibility and Leadership (PRL) course in…

Apology Essay Life is defined as “the period between the birth and death of a living thing”. With that being said, everyone is in complete control of their own path to a life of value; unfortunately, as a result, there are those who blind themselves by the eagerness of self-ambition instead of doing good for humanity itself which takes part in living a good life. Socrates’ stated, “the unexamined life is not worth living” supporting his idea that one must reflect on their own life in hopes of…

As humans, one of the main goals we have is to be happy or to live “the good life.” The “good life” varies for each person but overall it is a life that is worth living based on both the view of the community and a person themselves. Some believe that a “good life” is a life that is lived morally to an extreme by sacrificing your all to make others happy, while others believe it is living selfishly and contentedly. However, it does not have to be a choice between being miserable and useless or…

The pilgrimage of a “good life” begins with the individual. There is no special recipe to follow and no special road map that will lead the individual to the good life. The individual must create his or her own path of self enlightenment as demonstrated in the book Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. The book Siddhartha exposes how the individual can only discover the good life through experiences and self realization. On the other hand, the essay “Families in the Fifties,” by Stephanie Coontz brings…

The good life has different meaning to many people. Some equate the good life to wealth, good health and/or prolong happiness. Many people agree that a good life consist of peace of mind, prolonged happiness and minimal pain and suffering. It’s the path chosen to realize the good life is where we differ in as human beings. We sometimes have to tweak or completely change our current path to ensure we continue our pursued of the good life. In Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha, Siddhartha quickly changes…

of the good life is a life of carefree comfort and luxury. But what exactly does that mean to me? I believe that the good life means something different to everyone but there are still aspects that will remain the same for everyone. The good life is one of knowledge, self-discipline and justice. The good life is submission to the Divine Will. For me the good life isn’t materialistic. For me the good life is about just being happy. My ex-husband and I differ greatly on what the good life would…

When one imagens the idea of a “good life” there are many different things might spring to mind. The Romans and Greeks had different ideas of this “good life” and so do I. The way one thinks about this achieved life can illuminate what values they hold. Romans value consistency. Greeks value the middle line, which is sometimes described as average. There are multiple others, but this paper mentions just a few. As shown in the textbook, tells us in Seneca’s On Tranquility of Mind explains that…

ever truly define what it means to live a good life? Under what parameters does one define it and achieve it? Undoubtedly, one would expect to receive a barrage of opinions and anecdotes from people that claim they reached the highest prestige of life. Nevertheless, one could derive varying tidbits and underlying themes from many, if not most, of the advice and lifestyle tips. One may consider the generic definition of having a good life as having a life marked by a higher standard or better…

Bertrand Russell once stated that, “The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge”. In Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle creates the concept of a good life that humans should try to acquire. But Aristotle’s concept of a good life is unattainable by humans. He expresses that the ultimate human goal is happiness, but complete happiness is unattainable. He then describes the pivotal role of virtue in the concept of happiness and without virtue one cannot obtain happiness.…