Essays on Happiness

Happiness, “a state of well-being and contentment.”(Merriam-Webster, 2018) Happiness is the feeling of joy and it is one of the most pleasurable emotions of life. For many people happiness is something that is searched for and a goal that is set. To be happy there is an enormous number of specifics that can bring you happiness. Everyone is different therefor to achieve the feeling of happiness it varies on the person. Happiness is just a state of mind. For most…...

To be happy is to inhabit a favourable emotional state (Haybron, 2013). Happiness is relative and not a linear concept nor can it be understood in quantitative terms. In an increasingly economically stable society such as Singapore, we focused on amassing wealth and material well-being over the years. However, at what expense? While all may be seeming cheery as ranked 2nd happiest in Asia (Helliwell, J., Layard, R., & Sachs, J., 2019), diving deeper, we uncover the hidden facets of…...

Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome? Since I was a little kid, many people have told me that people should make friends with intelligent ones so that such people could help me a lot during lifetime. Initially, I followed the belief to so-deliberately stay with so-called intelligent people. However, after several month, I found that I prefer to keep strong friendship with humorous people when…...

In general, optimists are a lot more successful both in their professional and personal lives. They often feel more energized making them more productive no matter what they're doing. As a matter of fact, being an optimist has a lot of benefits in life. Here are Some of the Best Reasons Why You Should Become an Optimist You Will Become Healthier This is one of the most significant reasons shared by the Happify Daily website. If you always think that…...

Living a happy, resilient, and positive life is wonderful and is additionally top for your health. Being joyful simply protects you from the stresses of life. Stress is linked to pinnacle causes of loss of life such as coronary heart disease, cancer and stroke. Almost everyone has heard the hit single 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' by Bobby McFerrin. The song has a very catchy way of conveying its message of being blissful to everyone. Bobby Mcferiin's simple message clearly made…...

Rationale Being a parent is usually considered as a job, an irreplaceable and genuine job; however, it sometimes requires a great deal of dedication and effort in order to properly raise children and to fulfill their needs. Parenthood, as stated by Umberson, Pudrovska, and Reczek (2010), is a transformative and influential process; therefore, being a parent is not just a mere task that one can accomplish overnight. It is a challenging experience that sometimes can cause enervation and stress. In…...

Happiness is an extremely difficult emotion for many people to feel and continue feeling. They can spend their entire lives chasing after a feeling that, overall, has no value in the end. Happiness has to do with satisfying one’s needs and obtaining what they want at all times. Once they get it, what happens? Although happiness and meaningfulness do correlate with each other, meaningfulness answers that “so what” question. Living a life filled with meaning helps develop one’s identity and…...

Poverty affects many people in general. I believe money can be earned by anyone but not everyone can earn the same amount as others. Money plays a big role in our society and our daily lives. We need money to buy our necessities. We need money for education purposes. Money completes everything. Wealth is power. Poverty affects many people in general. I believe money can be earned by anyone but not everyone can earn the same amount as others. Money…...

There is a Chinese saying that goes: “If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.” For centuries, the greatest thinkers have suggested the same thing: Happiness is found in helping others. True happiness is something we all long for. “Before giving, the mind of the giver is happy; while giving,…...

Historically, society has created irrational (but enchanting) beliefs in order to fabricate reality and make our life extraordinary. Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny are all strong-held childhood beliefs that are encouraged by parents through tradition. Accepting these beliefs as real set children up to be embittered and disappointed by the natural reality of holidays, yet parents still keep the holiday spirit afloat to some extent: parents buy the gifts; parents fill the stockings; parents lay out…...

The feeling of happiness is one that everyone yearns after and there are different ways to achieve it. We here at Jamaican Medium have done our due research. From this, we have organized a few tips to guide you along the road to endless happiness. 9 ways to increase the feelings of happiness in your life Surround yourself with those who make your heart smile. Most times as we go through our day, we meet people who share the most…...

Happiness is fluid, with peaks and troughs, like a mountain range. Happiness is something that has to be earnt and is not automatic and for each individual person, happiness means something different. Happiness in the modern world can be difficult to find it is often difficult to find true happiness. It is possible to find happiness in the following places; family, health, and good education. Firstly, the family provides comfort and security and I believe that in order to find…...

Happiness is a sense of well-being, contentment, and satisfaction. It is a kind of feeling. Happiness is subjective and difficult to measure. The interpretation of happiness varies from person to person. There are many factors that can affect one’s happiness. For example, our thoughts, health, environment and living conditions, family harmony, social relationship, etc. This paper aims to explore whether the environment and living conditions are the major factors to affect one’s happiness. From the three selected stories (a. ‘A…...

For my class project, I used the data from the 2019 7th World Happiness Report. Each year the report focuses on some themes of well being and happiness. This year the report was on happiness and the community and looked at the link between government actions and happiness, happiness and community, and happiness and technology. Their study focused on six explanatory factors: social support, healthy life expectancy, GDP per capita, generosity, freedom to make life choices, and freedom from corruption.…...

I will briefly provide background on the philosophers we have studied; Listing and explained their philosophic theories and contrast differences relating to the role of happiness. John Stuart Mill was born in London in 1806, son of James Mill, philosopher, economist, and senior official in the East India Company. Mill was educated by his father. At the age of 20, he suffered a nervous breakdown. As a result, he decided that more was needed in life than devotion to the…...

It is difficult to imagine our today’s life without money. We need it to buy living essentials, such as clothes and food products. And we also can’t imagine our life without happiness. Happiness is a complicated concept which depends on things that surround the person. These things can be both material and spiritual. And the theme of money and happiness is always relevant in our time. And most likely everyone at least once in their life asked the question "can…...

Happiness is a state of being that everyone wants to achieve. It is characterized by feelings of enjoyment, satisfaction, and pleasure. Each person has their own definition of happiness. For instance, some people think that happiness comes from wealth and materialistic things, other people think it comes from the simple things in daily life like the sunrise and the sound of birds. So, it depends on each person and it has various causes. But, in this essay, I intend to…...

In western society what is our perspective on happiness? Customarily our aims to achieve happiness are focused on money, success and material possessions. I am sure you have thought, at one time, "If only I had money, perhaps, won the lottery. I could then buy a better house, faster car and more glamorous clothes". Britain is richer than ever at present, however, we do not seem to be any happier. Is this possibly because there is no link between complete…...

“Everyone deserves to be happy. ” And that is exactly why we are still here on earth, why we are still breathing, and why we are still persevering, this is because we want to experience happiness, not just it, but a true happiness. There are different concepts of happiness according to different kind of persons, and to some philosophers. I remember what our professor taught us when he teaches us that “there is change, especially when it comes to concept”.…...

I sat there, in my chair, and stared in wonder at my creation. A smile suddenly had appeared on my face, as I realised the magnitude of my creation. I could achieve greatness, it was all in the palm of my hands, and I was going to hold it tight. I suppose the whole thing had been an accident, for I had never intended to create such a thing, but what a thing to create. Since I was a very…...

One has achieved success who has lived well and laughed often. This quote seems to sum up what is meant by success. If you are able to laugh often and much then you have definitely achieved happiness. The idea of living well, though, is a very broad statement. In order, then, to define success in relation to this statement, we must first define what it means to live well. There are three levels of success, in my opinion: societal success,…...

Classmates, Friends, teachers, ladies and gentleman, lend me your ears. I’m standing here in front of you to express my deep sympathy and sorrow to those people who commits suicide, to those who doesn't value their life and to those who is lives in their past. Ladies and gentleman, let me say this to you. That you can be happy if you will only choose to be. But if you choose to be sad and stay with all the negative…...

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. " This opening line summarizes the character's intentions throughout the story. Pride and Prejudice is set in a time where marriage defines one's value, so the entire plot revolves around the sacred union. From cover to cover, the idea of marriage corresponding with happiness dictates the actions of every character. Because of the culture of the day,…...

Mrs Faust is a poem that is based on the German legend that talks of a man who sold his soul to the devil for worldly pleasures. From Mrs Faust's perspective, she had the ideal lifestyle that everyone wants but she wasn't satisfied and began to crave something more than just physical wealth. "I grew to love the lifestyle, not the life. " This could suggest that she may have expected that having such a rich, and luxury lifestyle comes…...

Wealth is never evenly spread in a region; it tends to be concentrated in certain areas. The core forms an area of a country or region which is the most prosperous and developed. It is likely to contain the capital city (eg the south east of England and London). It will have good communications and be in a good position to trade with markets on a larger scale. This could be via a port of by position relative to other…...

A discussion of materialism and happiness in American, focussing on the Gatsby era and modern times.MATERIALISM AND HAPPINESS IN AMERICA: THE GATSBY ERA AND TODAY Materialism: attention to or emphasis on material objects, needs or considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual values. The acquisition of material has been equated with happiness in this country. This is true today, and it was true during the 1920's, the setting of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. That the majority…...

A biography of the life of the Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle.ARISTOTLE'S LIFE Aristotle, Greek philosopher and scientist, is one of the most famous of ancient philosophers. He was born in Stagira, Greece to a physician to the royal court. When he became eighteen, Aristotle entered Plato's School in Athens and remained at this academy for twenty years, as a student and then as a teacher. He was recognized as the Academy's brightest and was given the title of "The…...

Are We Morally Obligated to Help Strangers in Need?Barbara T. MontgomeryPHI 208: Ethics and Moral ReasoningProfessor David SmithNovember 4, 2019Part 1: Ethical DiscussionDo we have a moral obligation to help a stranger in need?Part 2: Introduction"When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself." These are the words of Leviticus 19, which instructs…...

Life isn't easy. There isn't a cheat sheet or instructions to tell you how to sail through life smoothly. Although life has its ups and downs, there are experiences that will keep you afloat. I believe happiness is a choice and anyone has the ability to create lasting happiness for themselves. There was a time in my life when things were grimm. As nice as it would have been to have my very own "easy button" from Staples, I learned…...

Why must we feel as we must fit in? Why do we participate in something that we know is wrong but feel as it's right? Humans follow social norms and family norms that control us and may change our personality. A lot of humans tend to feel as they are outsiders or don't belong to the society, so they act on their behaviors. We think as this is right when it is initially wrong since our brain works like this.…...

Do the rich really live happier lives? Every week '70% of Britain's adult population'1 rush out to buy a lottery ticket, that's a staggering 45 million people who dream of having their lives changed by an influx of wealth. All of us have dreamt about winning the jackpot on the lottery at least once in our lives. Mental health Someone is always richer than you It is often assumed that happiness increases with monetary gains, however this is only to…...

According to Bahmari (2010), if you feel a happiness you can't under on depression,because the willingness of person to be happy ,you should not felt depressed. The result revealed thar the mean of academic achievement of girls is higher than the boys. And there have a positive relationship between happiness and achievement for the both boys and girls students. They observed the different types of student in every courses. And according to Safa'ra and Dejkam(2004). State that the happiness rate…...

September 7, 2018 I think positive emotions are the most difficult emotions to maintain. This is probably because happiness is fleeting and pain is more permanent because in my life so far, I find that the difficult times are more vivid than the good times because of the strength of the negative emotions I felt then. Or maybe that's just me. Now that I think about it, I have experienced strong positive emotions as well like the time I got…...

Famous creative comic book writer Mr. Stan Lee once quoted that " Entertainment is one of the most important in people's life and without entertainment they might go off the deep end. If you are able to entertain people, you are doing a good thing." In this current Industrial Revolution 4.0, technological advancement has made our life easier by providing most of the things digitally. Instead of going anywhere outside looking for entertainment, we could get it in one click.…...

Valerie Wood - Introduction For my research project, I have been comparing two libraries in two very different communities. My theory is that stronger community resources lead to lower crime rates. This assignment called for the use of GSS data, but unfortunately the data provided by GSS did not lend itself to test my current theories, therefore I had to look at other issues and make inferences from that data. Failing to find any questions regarding libraries specifically, I searched…...

Art is beautiful, no matter what, It is detrimental that everyone creates art to express themselves, especially those who struggle. I set out to support this. My lifestyle is rather strange to most. I enjoy horror movies may be too much. I own a lot of horror action figures such as Leatherface from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies, and I have a set with Freddy and Jason on a bridge from Freddy vs. Jason. It fair to say that I…...

Persuasion of Happiness Human life begins with the purpose of following some directions towards any goal and dream that is most prior to, meanwhile leaning to these goals/dreams there comes dependency over many factors of life on which most influential stories of today's contemporary world movies revolve around. As in the post-moderate era with the prime changes of societal facts, human desires have been changed. To accomplish a meaningful life with spontaneous prosperity has become one of the prior achievements…...

"The best moments of my life don't make it to social media."- Rosalynn Mejia. Judging people by their social media posting is not the right way to know them, this doesn't reflect who they are in real life, most people are just the opposite of what their social media postings reflect. Most of the time people judge someone by their looks, or because he or she is tall or short, black or white. In our age group, people use social…...

This story depends on a genuine tale about a man named Christopher Gardner , played by a magnificent on-screen character will smith. Gardner contributes his lifesaving assets to a compact bone thickness scanners which he accepts was better then X-Rays. While Gardner attempted to make sense of how to sell them, his significant other leaves him, he loses his home, his financial balance, and his charge cards. He was compelled to live in the city with his child. Their family…...

Everyone in this world wants to be happy. Each one of us in our day to day life strives to be happy. Everything we do, all the activities we undertake in our life is in search of happiness. Happiness can be acquired through countless stimuli, whether they are material or emotional. One cannot give a general definition for happiness, due to the fact that each person has their own perception of what happiness is. For some people it may be…...