Happiness Is The Most Common Misconception Of Happiness

People tend to feel the most happiness in their daily lives rather than happiness over all. For instance, if someone opens the door for you, does something outrageous, tells a funny story or simply reacts kindly to you, you can experience happiness. Laughing at someones joke can cause you to feel happy even for just a moment. Another definition of happiness in our daily lives is self appreciation such as, getting that new raise, getting an A on a test or even getting into the college you want. These examples all cause happiness in different but still rather large ways. We seem to think that happiness is so difficult to come by, we focus so hard on what happiness is that we don't even realize the simple things in life that are truly making a difference. We can become significantly happy without even noticing. Although happiness seems like it’s hard to find it’s not all that difficult. What’s hard to come by is the feeling of genuine happiness ; genuine happiness is what people truly look for.

In Pig Happinesso, Lynne McFall writes five types of pig happiness. They are the “happy” idiot, the incompetent bottlecap collector, the deluded fool, the successful immoralist, and the impossible idealist. The author finally talks about that we can not use our own standard to judge others happiness are good or not, because happiness is just a report of someone’s own mind. I really agree with the author’s opinion, because I think happiness is actually “all the small things in life that makes us happy”. (Klopatra, 2012)

The Merriam Webster dictionary describes happiness as a “state of well-being and contentment. Though there are multiple things that can make one happy. The Happiness Myth, by Jennifer Hecht and the article, Which One of These Food Will Stop Cancer? (Not so Fast) by Gina Kolata both discuss the category of bodies. Hecht has a whole section of the book dedicated to this, describing that when it comes to taking care of our bodies we often think of the extreme or nothing at all. Meanwhile, Kolata’s article talks about people who change their diets because they believe it can protect one from cancer and that even though there is little to no scientific proof it actually does. However, whether these measures make people happy is ideally up to the person. Therefore, if eating healthy or working out makes a person feel like they have control over themselves then who is to say that is not happiness.

Often having happiness is finding the key to life. Happiness is the ability to make one’s life full of joy and success. In the “Death of a Salesman”, “The Great Gatsby”, and “The Devil’s Advocate”, the protagonists in the movies seem to yearn for happiness and success in their lives. Although success may be the ultimate goal to achieving happiness, it does not always lead us there. There are many obstacles people have to overcome, and sometimes happiness is not enough for some people. It is why I believe more people should enjoy life and live it to the fullest extent as possible. Happiness allows people to live their lives and look at the good despite all their flaws and as they are happy they look back at what it took for them to achieve

Essentially, seeking happiness is necessary in life. We often hope to find happiness from other people, other things around us and forget that we can create it by ourselves. The novel “The happiness project” by Gretchen Rubin is sufficient evidence. The author states, “I am happy – but I’m not as happy as I should be.”(13) Then she started a project within a year to change her life and seek for a happier life. By making a list of things she has to do in the next twelve months, the author have done many things which affects her “Vitality” (1), her “Marriage” (38), her “Leisure” (112), her “Friendship” (141),etc. positively so that she can achieve her goal, which is a life full filed of happiness as she dreamed before. We can also do that. We know that if everyone of us set a goal and live purposely, we are all happy. However, we can be happier if we know how to change ourselves on the right way. We can make ourselves happy by doing simple things in our everyday life.

Whenever a human in society overly attempts to be content they end up with discontent. Also, whenever a human In society decides to attempt happiness they end up not fulfilling their happiness. The article “In Pursuit Of Happiness” by Darrin McMahon shows how society receives contentment genuinely. Also, how society most often either overcomes happiness the incorrect way or would do anything to develop happiness. Darrin McMahon also explains how society attempts so difficulty to be become happy when it is unimportant.

Sometimes, the method by which people achieve happiness does not necessarily align with their ideals, yet happiness nevertheless

Everybody should be happy! But according to Dr. Dan Baker, happiness is a “relatively rare quality” (6). He further states that it is “even scarcer now than it was in earlier, less affluent times” (6). But why are so many people so unhappy? In his book titled “What Happy People Know”, Dr. Baker reveals what years of research and personal clinical findings has taught him about the lack of happiness in America. People are afraid of failing, not being enough, or not having enough which triggers the fight or flight response within them. As a result, countless look for ways to prevent these fears from becoming reality and in the process fall into what Dr. Baker calls the “Happiness Traps” (5). According to the book, there are five

The number one problem with happiness is simply that people don't know how to become happy. In my opinion happiness is almost a status quo in our society. People are just expected to be happy. When someone is depressed or “not happy” it is considered an illness. I want you to think about this. What is the state of being between happiness and unhappiness? Is there one? It seems to me that you are either happy or unhappy which leaves happiness as the status quo because there is not a word for the state that exists between these two extremes. In my opinion when asked very few people say they are unhappy or depressed with their lives, however

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?”

The subject of happiness is a very broad and general topic for everybody. The definition of happiness is different for everybody. What one person finds to be happiness, may not be the same for someone else. But once someone achieves happiness, there are many benefits that come out of that. But one has to achieve happiness first in order to enjoy the benefits of it. The difficult part is finding out what makes people happy. Many models have been developed to try and track someone 's happiness, but it is almost impossible to accomplish. A strong theory of the pursuit of happiness is Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs by Abraham Maslow. Besides this theory, there are also many philosophical views of happiness that one can discuss. After achieving this, the benefits that come out of being happy are quite beautiful.

Happiness. Without feeling it, a life could be solely a torture to survive. However, realizing own happiness is also difficult and would be an eternal theme for each human being. Bertrand Russell, a great famous British philosopher, defined happiness, “The happy man is the man who does not suffer from either of these failures of unity, whose personality is neither divided against itself nor pitted against the world.” (Russel 999). Russel’s definition of happiness is to feel ourselves as a part of the universe rather than distinguished individuals. After reading some great articles about happiness, I came down to think of my own happiness. When thinking of true happiness, I always recall one documentary TV show that I have seen in the past. The TV show featured of children who were fighting against intractable diseases. Due to the diseases, their own life expectancy was short. However, their situations did not seem to impede them from feeling happiness. They found their own magical way to change outlook on life to make own life meaningful. No matter how difficult situations are to handle, there are always some ways to feel happy. Therefore, true happiness would not be made by external factors. From my experiences, being optimistic can minimize the chances to feel unhappy, and being pessimistic cause unnecessary unhappiness. For me, happiness can be achieved by having a positive outlook towards things, which could be linked to Russel’s definition.

Happiness, something that everyone wants but seems that few ever truly achieve. What’s the easiest way to attain such a simple-seeming goal? Positivity. When we become truly happy and assured in ourselves it’s not because everyone else told us to and it suddenly became possible. Happiness isn’t just a goal you can suddenly achieve either because it takes consistent effort, but the more you practice this the easier it is to maintain. When someone is truly happy they always have one thing in common: a positive attitude. If you are constantly bringing yourself or others down it is not possible for you to become happy too. Thus changing your perspective to that of a constructive assessment will make your life simpler and bring you more happiness. A positive outlook on life is the best way to find personal happiness and in turn spread it to others.

Happiness, one of the most desired things among people in our world, is relatively easy to achieve. Though this is true there is a common misconception when one is looking for happiness. This is that money buys happiness, though you may feel as if you need money to be happy you would be completely wrong. There is lots of other things that can make the human soul happy, the thousand of other factors of happiness range from nature to certain experiences. We can see this when we read the six titles, From Blossoms, Truth, I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud, You Can Buy Happiness If It’s An Experience, High Incomes Don’t Bring You Happiness, and An Overview Of The Great Depression.

A lot has been written about happiness and from psychology to philosophy, different theories of happiness have focused on issues of satisfaction, contentment, and even spiritual liberation. But happiness is one of the most subjective mental states and several factors could be at play when a person is truly happy. Whereas anger or fear could be defined with physical reactions and certain behavioural patterns, this is not so for happiness and that is how happiness is extremely subjective. For example one bar of chocolate could make one child happy whereas another child would want two chocolate bars to feel truly happy.