Secondhand Lions By Director Tim Mccanlies

Happiness is known to be a state of mind that causes immense joy or pleasure. Happiness is known as satisfaction, joy, pleasure, or even delight. Happiness is not money. The world has the current conviction that money can buy happiness. Digging up America’s deepest roots, money has always been “the root” of happiness. Even the American dream has a base foundation that money is the key to everything. American authors like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Lorraine Hansberry wrote of characters that have the false mind set of happiness. Because characters in Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun wrongly believe that money equates to happiness, the belief that money can create happiness is still prevalent in today's society.

Society seems to think that money is the root of happiness. Those who achieve their dreams of fortune often come to realize that they are unhappy, and those who fail are often the happiest. Money can buy tangible objects that aren't necessary, but if one has no one to share them with, then what’s the point? True happiness can only come from those surrounding you that provide love and support. A man is nothing without his family. In the play A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, Walter Lee Younger strives for a more stable and fulfilling life for him and his family, but he feels that money is the only way to achieve that goal; his realization that family and pride is more important than fortune ultimately helps him gain self respect and

Happiness may not be easy to find for everyone. Some people may find it in the simplest things. We may be able to find it in other people, our own experiences and even our possessions. We can experience joy from entertainment, our careers and our successes. The problem is that those external things are not reliable

Happiness is an emotion that can be practiced by anyone, just like all other emotions we have. There is a kind of expectation that comes attached with the term happiness, that people get intrigued, when asked the question, “are you happy?” .Happiness cannot be achieved when we want it but it can be found in unexpected moments or situations. This happens entirely when the choice is made by a person to be happy or not in that particular moment .Happiness cannot be measured in terms of success or money. It is something that is cherished in everyone’s mind as a result of constant choices made to think positively, even when we are surrounded by negativity.

Mitch Albom wrote in the lesson that we are all taught growing up which is money does not buy happiness. You could be one of the richest people but not be content. Happiness comes from having a rich soul not being rich with materials. Too often, humans get caught up with the money and abandon the things that matter like relationships. We are reminded, through this novel, that money is important but it should never take precedence over people. Sometimes we have to sacrifice money in order to have spare time to tend to our relationships rather than be continuous busy

In the novel This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman, published in 2011, a central theme is explored. Money surely cannot buy happiness. A picture perfect world is conveyed by the Bergamots and other families within the book. With further examination, the royal flush of life is quickly piled into a sad house of cards when the assumption is made that money can purchase happiness. It becomes a vehicle to the incognizant search for a distraction from their in actuality, somber life.

When asked to conjure the image of a happy lifestyle, many people instantly imagine themselves lying on mountains of money, but why is that? Is the image of money so powerful that we immediately align it with true happiness? Is currency the key to a content life, or is it just a false notion imposed on us by society? Many people claim that money can buy happiness, but in reality, it’s the complete opposite. For one, money is ineffective as a cure for happiness because the perception of happiness is always altering. Another reason currency can’t purchase happiness is it has a way of limiting one’s impression of happiness. Lastly, a paycheck will never replace the human relationships that everyone desires. While money can purchase some of the

The beautiful smile. The joyous laugh. The smiling eyes. The high pitched voice. All describe the characteristics of one being happy. Benjamin Franklin once stated “money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.”. In turn that quote has been a center of debates for centuries. Conversing over the debatable topic in which happiness does or does not extend from money. In a society such as the twentieth century, happiness is evidently reflected by wealth. Therefore, happiness is influenced by the amount of wealth that corresponds to the way one uses their money.

In life, we all desire to seek after the things that bring us true pleasure. Whether it’s playing a sport, watching a movie, or making a family dinner. However, the majority of us actually spend less time doing the things that bring us satisfaction and spend more time working endlessly to be stable and secure. When you think about it, most of us Americans are well fed, surrounded by our friends and family, and all of our “needs” that is, the things we need to stay alive are always provided. Yet Americans rank among the lowest compared to other industrialized nations on the happiness index. People often associate the pursuit of happiness with the pursuit of money when actually, our financial circumstances play a minor role in our happiness while our heredity and our intentional activity accounts for 90% of our happiness. After watching this documentary I had to know whether or not this was true. Is there more to life then seeking wealth? Does money and happiness really go hand in hand? I believe that we should never accept anything as truth until we have done enough extensive research on the subject; with that said, after researching outside sources I side with the Documentary, Happy, and it’s exploitation of the falsehood motto: the American Dream. Money does not bring us complete and true happiness.

After watching the “Happy” film, you look at yourself and how you view the meaning happy. You begin asking yourself questions to find an answer after analyzing your life, Am I truly happy? Why am I or am I not happy? Everyone in the documentary shared what made them happy and some had nothing but didn’t care because they were surrounded by family and friends, which showed that’s all they needed.

We all have our own ways of interpreting happiness. For some, it is giving and sacrificing whereas for others, it is in some other form of buying or taking. Most of us have a certain mindset as to what happiness means to us. For example, many people enjoy shopping, eating out, etc. This is materialistic happiness. It is concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth.

Despite popular belief, happiness is not something that is bought. Happiness is not palpable. Up until a year ago, I believed that in order to be truly happy a person had to have massive amounts of money and materialistic products that did nothing to make them happy. Though that may be the case for some, I found that happiness is not often found in the amount of clothes a person has, or the price tag of their home or car. Happiness is not measured in dollars, or how many properties a person owns, or even how much their house is worth. Happiness, to me, is a feeling that is found in people, memories and moments.

When people go through their lives, happiness and the joy is what gets everyone through their daily lives. When you’re not feeling well, and you take a bubble bath that makes you calm, or you’re lonely, and one of your friends offers to take you to dinner, it makes you feel better. People want and need happiness in their lives, and everyone can achieve it, if they focus on a few important things. There have been studies done about how happiness is linked to and can be affected by income and how you spend your money. You can also be happier in your life if you think about what kinds of things that you enjoy each and every day. In your life, you can focus on the small miracles, live in the moment and in your experiences, and enjoy nature and the world that is around you to make you happier.

Happiness is a component of psychology that many people don’t understand. When it comes to happiness some people think it’s materialistic and some people believe that it's a state of mind that no object can help you reach. Both perspectives are reasonable because there are rich people that are happy, but at the same time there are broke

Happiness is the metric by which most people in the United States measure life. After all, it’s written into our constitution. It is safe to say that most people are in a perpetual pursuit of happiness, yet, a lot of us do not know where or how to find happiness. It is quite absurd that happiness is talked about as being the final destination of our worldly endeavor. Happiness is there every step of the way. Happiness is not a destination to be reached. Simply put, it is an emotion. One that can be found anywhere and everywhere if we so choose. Some of the things that can be done to find happiness can be quite obvious, and some not so much. From personal relationships, to money, to even “absolutely nothing,” happiness can be found everywhere and every way.