Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness
Defining Happiness Essay
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is a phrase that is widely recognized here in the United States of America and the world. Written in the Declaration of Independence of 1776, Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are three innate rights that where given to humans by their creator. It is safe to say that the right to life and freedom has one sole meaning in which we can all understand. Now if we take “The pursuit of happiness” and dissect the phrase into two parts you will come to realize that only “the pursuit to” would be the only part in which we can all comprehend. “Happiness” however differs vastly and has multiple meanings to different people.
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A coworker of mine by the name of Sergio Flores is always happy and is always a positive person, and influence at my job sight. I work as a waiter and deal with a lot of unpleasant and rude people. I remember asking him “how do you do it Sergio? How can you go about so positive?” and he answered “all you need in this world to be happy is Jesus, let Jesus into your life and he will put you on the path of happiness”. At first I thought this was really cheesy but if you look at any religion whether Buddhist or protestant, each have their own set of moralistic rules and ethics. They are served as a guide to live a happy life. Rather than focusing on becoming happy religion and faith leads us to do good and right things. In the essay The Pursuit to Unhappiness by Darrin M. McMahon the biggest emphasis is that the key to being happy is not chase happiness but to rather do positive acts. According to Darrin those who are happy are those “who have their minds fixed on some object 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 thus at something else, they find happiness by the
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is a phrase that is widely recognized here in the United States of America and the world. Written in the Declaration of Independence of 1776, Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are three innate rights that where given to humans by their creator. It is safe to say that the right to life and freedom has one sole meaning in which we can all understand. Now if we take “The pursuit of happiness” and dissect the phrase into two parts you will come to realize that only “the pursuit to” would be the only part in which we can all comprehend. “Happiness” however differs vastly and has multiple meanings to different people.
The desire for happiness is something humans all share, …show more content…
A coworker of mine by the name of Sergio Flores is always happy and is always a positive person, and influence at my job sight. I work as a waiter and deal with a lot of unpleasant and rude people. I remember asking him “how do you do it Sergio? How can you go about so positive?” and he answered “all you need in this world to be happy is Jesus, let Jesus into your life and he will put you on the path of happiness”. At first I thought this was really cheesy but if you look at any religion whether Buddhist or protestant, each have their own set of moralistic rules and ethics. They are served as a guide to live a happy life. Rather than focusing on becoming happy religion and faith leads us to do good and right things. In the essay The Pursuit to Unhappiness by Darrin M. McMahon the biggest emphasis is that the key to being happy is not chase happiness but to rather do positive acts. According to Darrin those who are happy are those “who have their minds fixed on some object 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 thus at something else, they find happiness by the