Too Much Joy

vice of excess on one hand and the vice of deficiency on the other. I agree with Aristotle’s take, and I argue that, in my own experiences, to be truly happy one must pull away from material pleasures, but there has to be a balance in doing so. Too much or too little of anything can be problematic, and this is why virtue is a mean. Everyone has their own idea of what happiness is because defining it is so difficult to define. Many think it is something visible or palpable like pleasure or…

It is apparent just how all consuming and wonderful the love between Romeo and Juliet is, and demonstrates that there is beauty in love. Shakespeare demonstrates to his audience through the theme of love, that although there is darkness in life, so too is there…

1) Genuinely, I have felt the call to go on a service trip and I mean that very much. There have been countless nights where I have sat on my iPad searching the internet for service trips. I have looked at trips to Ghana, the Philippines, and India. I have watched hour long documentaries on international trips to Africa. I really and truly have sat in my bed crying over these films. I am not joking when I say my email box is full from the CIEE, Global Leaders of America, and StudyAbroad.com.…

old man’s eye through a “very, very little crevice” (3).When the old man feels unsafe in his own home, the protagonist is in joy. He loved when the old man’s heartbeat was “louder and louder every instant” out of fear (4). But, after killing the old man, he begins hearing the heartbeat from underneath the floorboards where the dead body lies. The heartbeat no longer inflicts joy onto the protagonist, it causes fear. Due to a call from a neighbour that heard the old man’s scream, police arrive…

Because both Wes Moores were young at the time, these people had a large impact on them. Author Wes was fortunate enough to have grandparents to take care of him when Joy was at work. They had strict rules for him: he had to do chores, be home when the streetlights turn on, and return home if he heard gunfire (42). These rules kept him from being a victim of the drug business that developed in the Bronx. When he was…

arrives back at home, he decides to melodically play and play to boast in front of his family about his new toy. Annoyed by his playing, his brother, sister and cousin inquire about the price of the whistle. When he responds, they mention that he paid much more than the whistle is worth. Wallowing, he dreams about all of the other things he could have bought with the extra coinage. In the parable, like many seven year olds, Benjamin Franklin didn’t stop to think about the consequences of his…

The article “For parents of college student, it’s time to panic” by Deborah N. Waldner discusses the pain that parents of college children feel when their children leave home. Parents experience tremendous amount of emotions when their children leave from anguish when they understand their child is no longer a baby to delight when they realize they have free time again and get to go out and do what they want. Along with the emotions parents have when their children leave there is also a feeling…

As you might expect, a very rich person may be unhappy and a poor person may be happy. If that sentence makes you less happy, then consider this: The opposite is also true. Bad external events make you unhappy but that, too, is just a dip. Then you return to your usual self. So now it's your turn to begin finding the happiness in you. Happiness does not come from a better job. It comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that is consistent with those…

Walter’s misfortunate revelation reveals that he never followed his mother’s directions. Mama then says, “You mean…/ your sister’s school money… you used that too… Walter?...” (Hansberry 129). Mama’s hesitant tone confirms that Walter was not thinking about his own sisters future, or even his mothers, but only his. Walter’s mother gave him specific directions to put a part of the money in the bank, but Walter…

does not know what event the kids are pending, causing curiosity to know that it is magical. The camera then turns to the mother who sees her children are still awake, the child then responds with “too excited to sleep.” The following scene pans out to the father who no longer is sleeping because he too cannot wait till the day of the venture. At the end the commercial lists the name of…