As human beings we are naturally wired to seek happiness wherever we can find it. When we don’t, we may enter a stage of anger, anxiety, or distress. That’s why it is our personal goal to look for happiness and preserve it once we acquire it. Many have explored ways to find what triggers this feeling of “happiness” and what we can do to keep it; nonetheless, the evidence found is hardly sufficient to make a public statement on how to find happiness. For this reason, most of the time we speculate
As human beings we are naturally wired to seek happiness wherever we can find it. When we don’t, we may enter a stage of anger, anxiety, or distress. That’s why it is our personal goal to look for happiness and preserve it once we acquire it. Many have explored ways to find what triggers this feeling of “happiness” and what we can do to keep it; nonetheless, the evidence found is hardly sufficient to make a public statement on how to find happiness. For this reason, most of the time we speculate
Imagine that you have a half glass of water left in a cup. Do you have a glass half full of water or a glass half empty? Keep this in your head throughout my speech. Abraham Lincoln once said, “Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.” I believe that everyone can be happy if they want to be. You are in control of your life and your happiness. You get to choose how and where you want to live, who you want to live with, and what job you have. You can change these things
The American Dream is achievable depending on your perspective and/or attitude. One person can look at the glass as half full, or half empty. Throughout The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby is not able to achieve his dream while Sofia, from the book How the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez, was able to. It all depended on how they looked upon achieving their goal. In the end, the American dream is to be surrounded by what makes you happy and what you have achieved. Sofia
the outcome of some specific task or result, will be positive or good. A widely used idiom for explaining optimism over pessimism, in a simplified manner is by illustrating the example of a glass with water at the half point. In this specific scenario, an optimistic person is said to observe the glass as half full because of
be observed in the play “A Christmas Carol”, the movie “A Diva's Christmas Carol” as well as the movie “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”. Each of these literary examples helps to remind us of the importance of family as well as the true meaning of happiness. Family is a powerful force that glues us back together when we fall apart. It supports us and makes us feel like we are a structurally sound building. Most
“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.” wise words spoken by Jim Rohn. Happiness is the state of being happy. It is a simple as that. Being happy is feeling or showing pleasure or contentment. For some of people happiness doesn't come easily, but I believe that it could. I believe that people can be and make their own happiness. When I was younger I would go visit my biological dad. He was not and still is not a good man. He only
forward, your goals will inevitably change and your definition of success and happiness changes with them. It may be time to take a look at your goals and redefine them for a happy ending. Ask yourself what you want to accomplish. Most people envision a far-off future where they’re doing exactly what they want, have what they want, and live the way they want. It’s all kind of fuzzy, with vague notions of future happiness hinging on retirement in a sunny place where it never rains. The reality
change, just like it has changed since fifth grade. So, what I think would make me happy would be having a job as the head of marketing for a professional sports team, preferably basketball, but I am not picky. Another thing I currently get a lot of happiness from my family, and someday I hope to have a family of my own to come home to. To me having a successful career means nothing without having
versus pessimism is a glass with water at the halfway point, where the optimist is said to see the glass as half full, but the pessimist sees the glass as half empty. Optimists tend to see adversity as temporary; more specifically they view the obstacle as limited to the situation and not generalized. 1) How does the personality trait develop in humans? Where does it appear to come from? (20 pts) According to Alan Carr, author of Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Human Strengths,