One day, a girl, Camila, came to the realization that her life was not fulfilling. Whether a person lives ten lives or just one, life is to be filled with adventure and happiness, according to today's morals. To fulfill her life, she searches for ways to achieve great happiness and to appreciate the fact that she is the scientific definition of life itself. Soon, the girl discovers what she loves and the things that make her truly pleased after many years filled with sorrow. Finally Camila felt satisfied with herself and what she had achieved. A feeling of contentment with life choices, which comes along with being a human and having capacity of growth and great knowledge, makes up life. Having a sense of emotion is a part of what makes
Throughout generations in literature, “to live deliberately” has been the goal and purpose of life. As Alexander Supertramp (aka Chris McCandless) said, “The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun” (57).
Life is full of emotions, whether it be happy or sad. It is what keeps everyone going.
Next, “In the essay titled the essentials to happiness written by Alexxandra Shuman”, she discusses and explains about when
This may sound depressing but it doesn’t have to be. You don’t have to do anything in life, it is yours to live. You aren’t destined to do great things,there are no secrets about you,you are you and nothing more.That means there is no path set out for you.So anything you accomplish anything you become will truly be your own. "As if that blind rage has washed me clean, rid me of hope; for the first time, I that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world. Finding it so much life myself - so like a brother, really - I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again. For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone, I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate.(122)” This is where Camus’s message shows the most and summarizes what he is trying to convey. Life owes you nothing but you also owe nothing to life. All the confines of our lives are imaginary and although we do not feel free, nothing is holding us back but ourselves. This book has helped me discover that the meaning of life is truly what you want it to
Throughout history people have been looking for something that made life special, spectacular, or one of a kind. Today, this search is known to the world as the “pursuit of happiness”. The phrase use was heightened during the enlightenment period and lingered for long after. This impact of its use did not only impact the way life was looked at but also impacted the arts during that time and for the future. Two pieces that show this evidence is the novel Candide by Voltaire and the song “Pursuit of Happiness” by Kid Cudi. Both of these works, even though they were published more than two centuries apart, carry the theme of the pursuit of happiness. These pieces are evidence of the unchanging pursuit that mankind goes through.
How one should live his or her life is a concept that has been discussed for centuries. It is debated, written about, argued over, killed for, and envied. Advice is offered at every turn. Parents, family members, elders, friends, teachers, athletes, authors, politicians, all have their say. But only one’s self can decide how they want to live life. After a year of reading, discussing and arguing this point in English 9 Honors, it can be determined for person to live their best possible life then they should make the world around them a better place by treating others as they wish to be treated, doing everything to the best of their ability, and loving.
Nowadays, it seems that we are too busy making a living that we tend to forget how to make a meaningful life. We are all dreaming of some magical things will happen instead of enjoying a beautiful little thing happens around us. The main thing is we don’t know if we will wake up tomorrow when we go to sleep tonight. Therefore, rather than hardly put off a living, reminds ourselves to enjoy every minute of our live as if it is the last minute. Denise Levertov, the author of the poem “Living”, illustrates the philosophy of living a simple life is to live entirely in the present without thinking about what will happen next in the future. The reason for that philosophy is because happiness is not what you have but how you feel toward what you have and how you accept it.
In “The Meaning of Lives,” Wolf asserts that the question “What is the Meaning of Life?” is inherently unintelligible because it is uncertain what the question is asking. In other words it is too general because it has no specified context. Wolf then acknowledges, however, that there is value in examining the meaningfulness of a life. This is because she observes people wanting meaning as an unchangeable fact. While there is no grand reason for meaning, she suggests that we can create value through what we do in our life. In her work, Wolf constructs a framework on how to obtain meaning in one’s life. I will examine her view, then critically discuss the positive attributes and the shortcomings. Wolf does a sufficient job to outline a possible way to achieve meaning. However, I will argue that a definition for the meaningful life that does not include morality and happiness is not sufficient. Lastly, I will express the subjective and objective tension that weakens her stance.
There are certain things that are in the control of the humans, at the same time there are several things, which are not under the human’s control. Thus, to persist a happy life, the humans are required to put an end their desire such that the satisfaction of
Many live attempting to decipher the riddle of life. What is life? What is the purpose? What makes? Even though we only seek happiness why can’t we ever seem to achieve it? When we do reach happiness why can’t we seem to grasp it and hold it for more than the few short hours that pass like seconds? The question we must answer first is “What makes happiness, true?”
Over the years, different philosophers have given different outlines for living a happy and flourishing life. For Epicureans, happiness is pleasure. They describe that we should only persuade necessary desires like simple food and friends and abstain ourselves from unnecessary ones. Rather than pursuit of pleasure, we should pursuit the absence of pain. Therefore, simple life is the key to a happy
Achieving true happiness is a goal for many. For some, the way to achieve that happiness is by being true to themselves. This is a theme seen in many short stories, such as :“One Thousand Dollars”, “Initiation”, and “The opportunity”. In each of these stories the protagonist finds happiness by being true to themselves.
As human beings, we all have the capability of experiencing emotions and feelings. People can experience happiness,
Good life is a life with purpose. It is a life where you make the most of everything in any kind of situation, be it good or bad, where in the toughest of times you stay calm, collected and are able to perceiver through. It is a life journeyed through with family, friends and other loved ones. It is one where you don't regret the decisions you make and do not think about what it would have been had you done something differently, i.e. it is a life without any ‘what ifs’. To be loved and to be able to love is a crucial part of having a good life. A good life is something that everyone wants to have or achieve without really realizing that they might already have one. Through this essay I want to show everyone that the ‘good’ aspect in good life
Life satisfaction is attainment of a desired end and fulfillment of essential conditions (Wolman, 1973). Satisfaction in life does not lie in the length of days, but in the use we make of them. A man may live long yet may get little from life. Thus satisfaction in life does not depend on number of years,