Thank God For All The Good

Dalai Lama explain the only way we could pursuit happiness is religion because there are millions different religion to find the right one for each person to help them find what happiness is. John Ciardi's last paragraph tells how happiness is never more than partial and no pure states of mankind. Aristotle tells how to get happiness is through physically and mentally The last person is from a the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day-Saint name Jack H. Goaslind explain what is happiness and how we the people get that feeling.

Beginning with Greek philosophers, mankind has constantly pondered the meaning of happiness. Questions of how to attain joy, and how to keep it have been debated for centuries. Various religions provide roadmaps to achieve contentment: Christians preach the Ten Commandments and Heaven, and Buddhists prize the idea of karma and reincarnation. Yet others seek a more material form of satisfaction; especially in the United States, increasing emphasis is placed upon personal wealth.

People may argue that a life spent working hard towards their goals will lead to the feeling of self fulfillment and overall happiness. These people do not take into account the fact that if an individual is constantly striving towards happiness, they will slowly be pushing away the real things that actually matter and make people happy, such as family. Happiness isn’t something that is to be achieved through working day in and day out, it should be attained by living life in a way that genuinely leaves one feeling content and euphoric.

First and foremost the beginning chapter, the book speaks of their experience and what lead them to a search of happiness and meaning in life. During this search, his friend issued him a challenge to research accurate and logical claims of Jesus Christ proving that he is God’s son. Proving that he occupied a human body living amongst men and women and he died on the cross for the sins of humanity as well as being buried and resurrected three days later. Overall this book discusses the answers to the questions many have on the hunt for happiness: Who am I? What is my purpose? What is my destiny?

“Happiness is in the enjoyment of man’s chief good. Two conditions of the chief good: 1st, Nothing is better than it; 2nd, it cannot be lost against the will” (Augustine 264-267). As human

“Happiness as a byproduct of living your life is a great thing….but happiness as a goal is a recipe for disaster.” One of the greatest things in life is to experience the feeling of happiness. Whether it’s because you’re surrounded by loved ones or you’re doing something you loved or something random happened that put a smile on your face it’s a great thing to feel happiness. What that quote is saying however is that by striving to get that amazing feeling we could cause more problems for ourselves. Although we all enjoy that feeling of happiness and don’t like when it goes away we have to realize that most of the time it’s not hard work that brings it back. What brings us the feeling of happiness is letting the unexpected happen, it’s sharing

People travel through life with what seems like a single goal: to be happy. This may seem like a selfish way to live, however this lone objective is the motivation behind nearly all actions. Even seemingly selfless deeds make people feel better about themselves. That warm feeling experienced while doing charitable acts can be described as happiness. But what is authentic happiness? There is an endless possibility of answers to this question, and man seems to be always searching for the solution. Although one may reach his or her goals, there is always still something one strives for in order to be happy. In the book Stumbling on Happiness, Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert takes the reader through

To me Christianity is about God seeking us out, calling us back to him. In this life, we are separated from Him, so there will be suffering. However, if we use this precious gift of life to answer His call, He will deliver us into an eternity of peace. He has given us a choice, but most of us choose to reject Him.

If an individual asked many different people from around the world what they thought the meaning of life is, this individual is destined to receive numerous answers that would vary from living a happy life to bringing about happiness to others. However, the most recurrent response would likely be something to the extent of “living a happy, healthy life.” Very few ever accomplish what McCandless achieved, an actual state of happiness and contentedness within one’s life. “ many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind…”(Chris McCandless, Into the Wild) McCandless had the naive idea that if one wants to find serinity within oneself, the individual must have the courage to venture out of one’s habitual lifestyle and mold to unaccustomed experiences. McCandless also infers that finding meaning in your life is not only accomplished by experiencing unorthodox mannerisms but by taking life lessons from these experiences and applying it to better yourself in the future. When ordinary needs have been fulfilled, an individual tends to seek more. Some take up religion or even drugs but others, such as McCandless, strive for personal fulfillment or

We have seen that the United States has become slightly less religious in the past seven years. Also, we have looked at how people tended to seek God in the past as well as how they seek God today, and the five major obstacles seeking God: unbelief, pride, idolatry, prayerlessness, and legalism. We have also looked at the religious people and they tended to be more satisfied with their lives. In my life I am seeking many things, one of them being God. But the most prominent thing I am seeking is success. Success in many parts of my live. For example, I wish to be successful in life, but to achieve that I must do other things first, like be successful at school and to be an intelligent person, at being a good friend and family member, and being a moral person. I love how Ralph Waldo Emerson, a famous American author, poet, and philosopher, defines success: “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” Success is not about fame or money, it is about affecting others, leaving the world in a

Our Rightful Place Everyone wants to achieve happiness. That’s a fact. How we achieve it, differs between each person. Some believe that by entering a top ranked college; and getting a high paying job they’ll become happy. Others think that they’ll achieve happiness through marriage.

When first asked, I believed that happiness was simply fulfilling a desire, but through topics discussed in class, I now realize that there is so much more to happiness. The road to happiness includes using virtues to receive gifts from God and from others. From the Beatitudes, we can learn to use what Jesus has taught us, to gain happiness in our everyday lives. We are taught that when we believe in God, mourn, be gentle, seek righteousness, show mercy,

The everlasting question of "What is Happiness?" has been inquired since the creation of men. Unfortunately, the only agreed answer that humanity came up with is that all the creatures seek happiness, but no one has the concrete directions for achieving it. Our libraries are overwhelmed with books about happiness, but no dictionary definition explains which path men must take to be happy. No mathematician gave us the axiom which we could use to solve the problem of living in bliss. No scientist brought up the formula of fusing certain ingredients to produce the "drink of happiness". Still almost all the people consider that their ultimate purport in

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?”

While the true form of happiness can never truly be known by people, religion claims to explain the true idea of happiness as described by a supreme being. The higher idea of happiness may only exist in heaven, because it cannot be represented in its original, exact form on earth. Because heaven is represented as the holiest, most ideal place, it is where this idea of perfect happiness exists, and it is the only place where it can exist. All happiness on earth that is experienced by humans is only a representation of this perfect happiness, and this is what people strive for.