However‚ once they are drained of strength‚ exhausted and breathless through their hunt for wealth they all regret having wasted their health and efforts in worshipping mammon. Wealth‚ therefore‚ is not always necessarily bound to bring people’s happiness but it sometimes causes them misfortunes too. Those who are avid of wealth are often dishonest and cunning. They resort to every trick to make money and when they get dishonest earnings‚ they become addicted to opium‚ gambling and prostitutes and
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Life is full of happy days and sad days‚ the latter being more common in life. A happy day is that day when everything seems to go well with life and loved ones‚ though these happy days are also different from each other due to the degree of happiness they impart. The happiest day of my life is the day when my elder brother graduated from the IIT‚ Delhi. One would wonder why and how should that event make me so very happy‚ that‚ I earmark it as the happiest day of my life. Yes‚ I call this day as
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What is happiness? What does it mean? It is not measurable‚ profitable‚ nor tradable. Yet‚ above all else in the world‚ it is what people seek. They want to have happiness. But happiness‚ like air or water‚ is intangible. So is it just a feeling? And how can one go about achieving that feeling? Happiness is not measured by material wealth. A new car‚ a waterskiing boat or a three-level house does not equate to joyful feelings. They do not guarantee a happy life. The phrase‚ “money can’t buy happiness
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One can find happiness by the decision they make in their life. When people have difficulties in their life‚ they often feel as if it was faith and they cannot control their happiness. However‚ instead of feeling upset‚ people can choose to be happy by finding a solution to their problems. According to Aristotle‚” [h]appiness depends upon ourselves;” it is us who determine our own emotions and the way we see life. We may choose to coward in fear or we can turn to our better judgment to find the brighter
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The Ethos of Happiness? Ethical theory revolves around the notion of the most final good. This concept originates with Aristotle who argues that if our pursuit of ‘good’ is to make sense‚ there must be a most final good. A good is most final if it is chosen for its own sake and not for the sake of anything beyond itself. Two other constraints that Aristotle puts on the highest good is that it is to be self-sufficient and most desirable. The Hellenistic philosophers add another constraint
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The pursuit of happiness… What’s happiness? A feeling? A state? Why is it so hard to define? Is it because no one is really happy ? From what I know‚ we’re happy when we have what we are looking for‚ according to that‚ happiness can be defined as a feeling of satisfaction that appears once we achieve a goal‚ and as humans are by definition eternally dissatisfied‚ they’ll always be running after happiness. This reminds me of the story of the jar full of gold‚ that is supposed to be at the
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2010 Revision- What is Happiness Bonding What is happiness to you? Happiness is something most of us are searching for and don’t look deep enough to find. That feeling you get of satisfaction and enjoyment; peace of mind‚ kindness and love. What path do we follow to obtain happiness? To many‚ happiness is bonding. It is a relationship‚ a desire to connect souls with another. Masami Sato asks and answers in her article‚ The Secret of Happiness is Bonding: “Why do we
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Soc Indic Res (2012) 108:29–64 DOI 10.1007/s11205-011-9865-y Parenthood and Happiness: a Review of Folk Theories Versus Empirical Evidence Thomas Hansen Accepted: 9 May 2011 / Published online: 26 May 2011 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 Abstract This paper reviews and compares folk theories and empirical evidence about the influence of parenthood on happiness and life satisfaction. The review of attitudes toward parenthood and childlessness reveals that people tend to believe
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The secrets of happiness By RICHARD LAYARD 1 There is a paradox at the heart of our civilisation. Individuals want more income. Yet as society has got richer‚ people have not become happier. Over the past 50 years we have got better homes‚ more clothes‚ longer holidays and‚ above all‚ better health. Yet surveys show clearly that happiness has not increased in the US‚ Japan‚ Continental Europe or Britain. 2 By happiness I mean feeling good – enjoying life and feeling it is wonderful. And by
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what is Happiness? what is happiness? Since human beings appeared on earth‚ everyone in the world regardless of social class or rank has given a lot of effort to get happiness. The three kinds of rights‚ which are the rights to pursue life‚ liberty and happiness are clearly declared in United States Declaration of Independence. If people lost the right of pursuing happiness‚ human being’s lives‚ quality and value will be also lost. Hence‚ many people are striving to be happy. The author of the
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