In Pursuit Of Unhappiness, By Darrin M. Mahon

The Pursuit of Unhappiness Is happiness what people think it is? In the paper “In pursuit of Unhappiness” by Darrin M. Mahon, New York Times, December 29, 2005; I agree with Mills, most people in the world aim for happiness yet it does not turn out to be a happy feeling, it is usually an unhappy feeling and some ups and downs. People should find happiness in different ways.
Why I agree with him is because happiness is great but there are many downsides, and that is why people turn out to be unhappy. As Thomas Carlyle said, “happiness our being’s end and aim’ is at the bottom…”. As people get their hopes up for something, and if it does not work out, then people become unhappy. Why do we value happiness so much? It is people's goal to get dream fulfillment, to complete something they haven't. When it does not work out, yet people still make a living from it.
What do people do to become happy? “Those who are happy, who have their minds fixed on some subject other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit, followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end. Aiming this at something else they find happiness by the way.” This quote from Mills, makes a person think about what they have not done to become happy. Mills said try something new. Something someone has a passion for is great. From personal experience, doing something new gives someone a new path you can say, within accomplishing it, and knowing you have beaten it, then that is good satisfaction. As Carlyle said,“ the prophets preach to us, thou shalt be happy; thou shalt love pleasant things.” It is the small things that