Unconditional positive regard

The first thing usually thought of when one thinks of courage is the act of being brave in life-threatening situations. But after studying the virtue and learning more about being virtuous, I have found that it is the virtue of deciding between the two vices of cowardice and recklessness. Courage is more than simply deciding to act carelessly, it is the ability to respond to fear. It means being able to do what is right and virtuous, even if it is difficult to do. Courage can be present in many…

Aldous Huxley shows how ignorance and pure happiness should not be the basis for an entire society. Multiple times in this book, people are able to gain happiness at the snap of their fingers. If they don’t feel like doing something, or are having a problem within their life, they are able to escape life and be happy without dealing with the problem. Unfortunately, this may be the direction we are going in, and Huxley tries to show this in the book. In the book, people are able to leave the…

important component to happiness. Seneca, a wealthy and notable philosopher during the Roman Imperial period, does not consider wealth nor health as essential to our own happiness. Instead, he regards virtue alone as being sufficient for happiness (Vogt 2016). Aristotle, on the other hand, does not regard happiness as a human feeling but he views it more as an objective state or an achievement (Aristotle on Eudaimonia). The ancient greeks consider eudaimonia or human flourishing as happiness…

!!!!!!!!FIND THIS QUOTE!!!!!! True courage is not failing to be scared, rather it is the strength to act despite it. Many people believe this mentality only applies in the face of physical danger or personal fear. Many people are, in fact, incorrect. Courage applies to every undertaking, be it facing your fears, standing up to a bully, auditioning for a performing arts role, or taking an advanced course in school. Algebra II has been my most challenging course so far. Due to an incompatible…

this weakness allows me to intentionally and purposefully work on remediation. I am thankful to have identified this during my first semester as a doctoral student for it allows me ample time to assess and make modifications for personal growth. In regard to research, while I frequently have conversations with others who dread this aspect of school/career, I am wholeheartedly looking forward to it. I believe that my excitement aligns with my deep desire to contribute to the greater…

Five Reasons Why Emotionally Intelligent People Are Happier? Is this is real, emotionally intelligent people are happier than other people? In recent years we have witnessed of further research about how EQ and IQ affect our business, marriage, and our personal life. In this article, Joan Moran discusses “Five Reasons Why Emotionally Intelligent People are Happier?” published in 2015 in the Huffington Post, and she begins building her fact with five reasons and decent sources and successfully…

What is Happiness? What is happiness? What makes people happy? These two questions seem so incredibly easy to answer in theory, but in reality they are virtually unsolvable. Television, media, and advertising campaigns all tell us to be happy, but how? Is happiness innate from birth or is it learned through the experiences we encounter in our lives. That is what Roko Belic set out to answer with his film Happy (2013). One afternoon a friend of Belic’s showed him a New York Times article ranking…

My three personal core values are happiness/enjoyment, personal development/ growth, and excellence. I put happiness as my number one core value because I believe that happiness is more important than schoolwork. In order to succeed in the classroom or anywhere else I think that a person should first be happy. If someone isn’t happy then they probably won’t care about their work because they’ll be too sad to focus. My next personal core value is personal development or growth. I think that…

SEP #4 In my observation of a Kindergarten class, there were many different teaching methods used. The teacher used many visual aids, and example would be when she asked the students to draw a pig. She displayed a pig on the board that was drawn by a guest speaker, and the students were asked to replicate the drawing. The teacher I observed also used games to enhance the student’s learning. The games were not meant to be competitive, but simply there to help the students with thing such as…

Many say that wealth creates happiness, yet even the richest people are discontent. Others say that philanthropy creates joy, yet even the most charitable people give, give, give and eventually have nothing for themselves. Neither are living “the good life” because they either care too much about the community while neglecting their own desires or care too much about themselves while neglecting society’s needs. Therefore, in order to fully experience “the good life”--a life of happiness with…