Happiness Humankind can’t continue their lives without desires. If one wants to be happy‚ surely‚ he has to discover his best desires that provide him a happy life. Some of these desires that help to continue our lives can be acceptance in our relationships‚ a good family life and strong social relations. Trying to satisfy these desires has a great meaning to achieve happiness for me. To start with‚ however embarrassed I am about this desire of mine‚ I have an obsession to expect people to
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HAPPINESS Our definition of happiness is very much influenced by the kind of society we live or grew up in‚ our life experiences‚ goals we pursue in life and our level of education. This is why the topic (happiness) is very controversial because it’s hard to change people’s beliefs. I think though that happiness depends on other things like family and friends‚ doing the things you love‚ etc.‚ and not money or material things. Having people around you who love you unconditionally‚ share your beliefs
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Happiness is difficult to describe‚ a feeling‚ a gesture or anything that can make a person feel good‚ great‚ exceptional or just an emotion; happiness is joy. Defining happiness is impossible to do; beyond the definition are explanations of what makes a person happy. After all‚ happiness is easily recognizable on the surface‚ a smile‚ laughter or reaction to a situation an expression of words‚ show of gratitude in exchange for a sensation‚ happiness; a thank you. Each help defines happiness
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Eduardo Porter in the essay What Happiness Is argues several viewpoints on the true meaning of happiness and how people strive to obtain it. After several descriptions of finding happiness‚ Porter claims “we pursue what we think makes us happy” (Porter1) and that most people “expend enormous amounts of time and energy pursuing more money” (Porter3)‚ claiming people get happiness out of material possessions. Cynical as Porter may seem by this statement he wrote earlier in his essay‚ “it remains generally
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Elalaoui Dr A. Agnaou English Composition 1301 Section 06 05 May 2013 Happiness Nowadays‚ people talk a lot about happiness; they even write tens and hundreds of books dealing with this concept from a philosophical perspective in order to find its relationship with daily life. Unfortunately‚ there are always controversies about the nature and origin of happiness: is it health‚ love‚ money‚ job‚ or success? In fact‚ happiness cannot be reached as a treasure such as gold or silver because it is more
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Response Article - Hunt for happiness What is happiness? Is it to have money? Is it to stay with the one you loved? All of them can be happiness up to different people with different thought. According to Charissa Newark’s article she thought that happiness was to have a boyfriend‚ being pretty‚ having friends‚ etc. Then she stopped‚ she thought that she has to start thinking like an adult. Later she thinks about it again‚ then she said “Happiness is being comfortable with your own skin‚ being
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The Happy Me How does a person know he/she has achieved genuine happiness? A person can tell that he/she has achieved genuine happiness once he/she has a positive perspective towards life. Such an attitude influences a person’s manner of treating other people. Happiness is the key to a successful journey in life. The important role my family played taught me the satisfaction of love and not material things. Similarly‚ my friends taught me the importance of being treated equally for we are born
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What is My Happiness? Happiness seems to be the thing that everyone searches for and desires. These days there are so many different things that can make a person happy. Happiness to me is a sort of inner contentment that deep down I desire just as much as any other person. The word happiness is a complex one and comes in many definitions with every different person. Through searching for happiness‚ I find my happiness in three major areas in my life; material objects‚ physical health‚ and spiritual
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Expository Essay – What is your idea of happiness? “Yesterday is dead‚ tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day‚ today‚ and I’m going to be happy in it.” Groucho Marx once said. People always try to forget about yesterday‚ ignore tomorrow‚ and live through today happily. But what is happiness and how do we achieve it? Happiness‚ is a positive feeling that allows people to feel cheerful and not sulk. In this essay‚ I will be discussing three idea of happiness‚ namely‚ receiving our heart’s desire
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Writing 1300c-3 What is Happiness? Everyone wants to be happy; no one wants to be sad!! If a person wants be happy‚ he can be one. Happiness starts from the person himself‚ from deep inside‚ if a person feel satisfied and convinced about himself‚ and about the environment around him‚ he will be happy. Happiness is when you feel that tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will be a better day. The scientific meaning of happiness is a state of well-being characterized by emotions
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