reading the chapter "How Happy Are You and Why?‚” I definitely felt a strong connection with it. I can relate to a lot of things Sonja Lyubomirsky has written in this chapter. Sonja Lyubomirsky claims that happiness is determined by a person’s behaviors‚ goals and thoughts. She explains that in order to be happy you must take action because happiness doesn’t just come to you. I agree with Sonja Lyubomirsky‚ to a certain extent. I think in order for a person to be happy‚ they should have goals.
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It is said that the family molds a person. Hence in everything an individual does he or she reflects the other members of his or her family. It is believed so because it is in the family where one first learns to speak‚ to think‚ and to act. It is where one is first taught with life’s values‚ morals‚ and ethics. It is where one first experience to manage his or her emotions; like how and when to be happy or be unhappy. Therefore‚ the society judges and blames the family owing to the individual’s
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HAPPY PRINCE Happy prince and the Swallow enjoyed real happiness because they had meaningful actions and meaningful lives. They forgot themselves‚ didn’t scare the death to help the poor overcome their sufferings. Happy prince in this story is a statue of a dead prince decorated with gold leaves and precious stones‚ and people call him “Happy prince” because when he was alive‚ he lived in a palace‚ and he never shed tears or feel sorrow. He was isolated from the less fortunate in the society‚ and
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Do I make you proud? We all wanted to make our parents proud of us. All parents wanted their child to finish their studies and be a professional but not all are lucky to pursue it because of financial incapability. Now‚ I just wanted to share this famous line of a song entitled “Do I make you proud?”. I’m never been the one to raise my hand‚ that was not me and now that’s who I am because of you I am standing tall. My heart is full of endless gratitude. You were the one‚ the one to guide me through
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favourite country was Spain and a great deal of his works devoted to it. For instance «The Happy man» that was written in 1927. Somerset Maugham’s style of writing is clear and precise. He does not impose his views on the reader. He puts a question and leaves it to the reader to answer it. When criticizing something he sounds rather amused than otherwise. I’d like to analyze the text‚ which is entitled “The happy man”. The author is William Somerset Maugham‚ an English writer. He wrote novels‚ short
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The Happy prince" by Oscar Wilde seems to be written for children but its content addresses issues of morality to even adults: it develops feelings of sympathy for the poor in children and it makes adults rethink of their attitudes towards life‚ the conversations between the prince and the swallow in some places amuse us while in others places bring tears to us. Not just the moral values but the way the author treats the topic goes far beyond what one can expect from a fairy tale to rank the story
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Ann Collias Dan Burns Post Modern American Fiction 19 November 2012 Margaret Atwood’s “Happy Endings” Children universally grow-up with stories of “Once upon a time..” and “Happily ever after..” and with the conception that you will meet a partner‚ fall in love‚ and live happily ever after. Margaret Atwood challenges this conception in her short story “Happy Endings”. “Happy Endings” is satirical because it mocks the common misconception that love and life conclude perfectly with “Happily
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A happy home is a home filled with happiness and joy. Everyone can have a happy home. A smile and a joke from any family members can make their home become happy. For me‚ a happy home does not need many family members. A family members of four can also create a happy home. A happy home is a home which has no argument and fighting between the family members. There have solutions to solve all the problems. The family members are willing to sit down and discuss about their problems and feelings. A
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Given me and the beautiful people around me who make my life a happy adventure. Yes‚ I went through some bitter moments along the way but You Held my hand and Helped me through it and Made it as if it never happened before. I am thankful to You‚ in every breath I take and in every moments of my life. I pray so that You will Guide me and never let me astray from the correct path. I promise‚ I will give back as much as or even more the love I received‚ back to the people who love me. Please‚ Bless
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Argumentative Paper In the movie A Time to Kill‚ an adolescent girl named Tonya Hailey is brutally battered‚ raped‚ and left for dead in a small southern town by two white supremacist men; Billy Ray Cobb and James Louis Willard. As she is walking home‚ a car approaches; two gentlemen confront her and start kicking and punching her. Then they rape her. Not just once‚ but twice. She cries out‚ looking away‚ and begging them to stop. As she looks up at the heavens above for guidance‚ she screams for
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