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John Stuart Mill Happiness
In the story “the pursuit of unhappiness” John Stuart Mill he believe that we should not look for happiness and we should do more to make others happy rather than our selfes. I agree and believe we should not look for happiness because we need to live our life not depending on a temporary feeling that is never, ever lasting. i strongly believe if it is true it will come to us without us having to search. it’s good to look our self's, but i believe we should not force happiness upon us if it is only momentary. Even if so the feeling is temporary we should try to give others that spark of joy in them by showing them good or helping them in a positive way. To end my opinion i agree with John Stuarts behalf that we should not search for our happiness and rather so give more than we get. …show more content…
i am a type of person that as mindset of saying good things come to those who wait, and or creating your own happiness by doing good to other people and giving them a moment of happiness. the feeling you give other people knowing you did good is a happy feeling. Temporary, but its a nice spare the minunit type of
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