Reflection About Happiness

Lazy fall days, colorful leaves, cooler weather, birds singing, frogs croaking, crickets chirping, relaxing to the sounds of the outdoors. Waves of water crashing upon each other, fishing, telling stories around a campfire, making s’mores, memories with family and friends; this is what happiness is to me. Happiness is in the eye of the beholder, what brings happiness to one person may not bring happiness to another person. When I think of the word happiness, I think of descriptive words like Contentment, enjoyment, satisfaction, delightfulness, something that makes a person smile. I have always looked at the word happiness as a feeling, an action, never have I thought of happiness as an overall affect. However, it is a proven fact, that happiness can affect the over-all health and longevity of human life. Happy people live longer than those that are lonely, stressed, or depressed.

What does it mean to be happy? There are so many definitions of the word “Happiness” because it means different things to different people. According to oxford dictionary, happiness means “The state of being happy”. For some other people happiness can be purchasing of things like clothes, shoes, gadgets. Many people feel happy when they go shopping and get new stuffs, but is that truly happiness? From my own point of view to be happy you have to understand that everything near you is good, you have to be happy with the people around you, do things you know that will make you happy and don’t think about others opinion. Like the say everything happens for a reason, don’t let your past bother you, rather think about your present

Success is extremely coveted in the society, however on the path to success, obstacles will stand in the way. Failure is inevitable and the response of an individual towards these obstacles and the failures in their lives determines whether or not they will have success. Failure gives allowance to learn from mistakes and motivates to do better the next time. The Pursuit of Happyness uses lighting, music and camera angles to give viewers an insight into Chris’ journey through the film demonstrating his resiliency, optimism and loving personality. Filmmaker, Gabriele Muccino, uses the protagonist, Chris’ final triumph to illustrate the significance of failure in achieving success.

Happiness is a key to everybodys life. Even the most depressed man on earth has a little happiness deep down inside. Its what keeps us striving to fulfil our needs and wants on an everyday basis. There is not one kid who does not get excited over a dollar to spend at the candy shop. What about the feeling of getting a promotion at your job, or even finding the cure for cancer. Being happy is not just healthy, but it is also rewarding for each and every individual. We strive to find anything that will turn a bad day to a good one. Individuals will compromise to attain their happiness. You can not get what you want without giving something first.

According to the Dictionary, “happiness is the mental or emotional state of well being which can be defined by others. A pleasurable or satisfying experience.”. Of course that’s true, the feeling of happiness is what it’s scientifically defined as, but happiness is much more than that. Happiness could be a certain sound, a smell, even feeling a certain piece of clothing or a thick warm blanket. People spend hours even years trying to work for what they think is happiness. They work for hours to get large amounts of money, but they never find the happiness their looking for. That’s because happiness isn't materialistic, happiness isn't something you can buy with expensive items. Even though some people believe you can buy happiness, that’s

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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)

When I approached this statement I pondered for quite a bit. It was a bit depressing. Happiness should be exactly what it says being happy. For me, there was a period that happiness did not exist and when I reflect about this period its becomes overwhelming. This chapter in my life was dark and didn’t think that I could ever truly be happy again. With that being said, happiness to me is peace of mind,

In my definition of happiness, happiness is when someone who experiences frequent positive emotions. These emotions can all be illustrated with joy, interest, and pride. An unhappy person often portrayed negative emotions, such as anger and sadness.

The story of the movie The Pursuit of Happyness directed by Gabriele Muccino portrays a family who struggles with finding enough money to pay taxes and afford living expenses. The movie takes a place in San Francisco during the 80s. The two main characters are the father Chris Gardner and his son Christopher, Will Smith and Jaden Smith respectively. Gardner tries to support his family. But every time he attempts to make things better, they always end up worse. Gardner in the story wonders on "how to be happy?" He earns his money by selling the bone density

Happiness is not a strange term to us. We usually use that word to express our feelings in every day. Additionally, more than a word, “happiness” is what we really need and always seek in life. However, finding and understanding deeply its meaning is not easy. The online dictionary, “vocabulary.com” defines, “Happiness is a sense of well-being, joy, or contentment. When people are successful, or safe, or lucky, they feel happiness.” Thus, we always wonder if we are happy or how could we be happier in our life. Happiness, therefore, becomes a goal for everybody.

Happiness is what you make it. You are the only one that can control your happiness. My personal definition of what happiness is not is, putting others in control of your happiness by letting them make you feel that they make you happy because your kids are not going to make you happy, your spouse isn’t going to make you happy, a big house is not going to make you happy, own your own happiness and be responsible for doing those things that bring joy into your own heart, Independently of life, money and all of the materialistic things that don’t necessarily give you happiness. You have to take responsibility of that peace and that joy that lives inside of your heart not inside of your stuff. There’s so many ways you can control your happiness

In conclusion a job is something that you should enjoy. I want to wake up one morning and be excited about going. Prestige and benefits are only going to make you happy on

It is human nature to want and desire certain things out of life. For the most part, people want the same things. No one is the same as anyone else but we all share the fact that we want to make our lives as good as we possibly can. There are many ways to achieve happiness and everything that is wanted out of life can make you happy. Whatever a person’s truest desire may be, if they obtain that desire they obtain happiness. All that is desired falls under “What will make you happy in life?” We long to be happy, but what gets us there?

As I sit here pondering the question, can I be happy and know that I am, I find myself looking back at the moments in my life where I knew I was happy or that left a pleasant mark on my mind. I reflect on what Mark Kingwell wrote “… [comparing] happiness to a butterfly which, if pursued, always eludes your grasp, but which, if you sit quietly, may just land upon you” ( p. 531). I wonder if by sitting quietly, I would know when happiness arrives or if the quiet time is a time to reflect back on what made me happy. With my current work load, I have not had much time to sit quietly, which brings me to what Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi wrote about flow, in which he states, “when we are in flow, we are not happy, because to experience happiness we must focus on our inner states, and that would take away attention from the task at hand” ( p. 547). The rigors of my daily routine are a part of my flow, which takes time away from reflecting back on what has happened or what could. So when asked if I am happy in the middle of my daily routine or in the middle of a task, I expect that I would not know that I am happy according to Csikszentmihalyi. And as Kingwell claims, I will be perplexed or despondent when asked about happiness ( p. 531). The definition of happiness eludes us on the grounds that we are all diverse individuals and cannot agree on a singular definition that could encompass the whole ( p. 530).