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    is an endless path in life, and can be found in many different forms. Everyone has a different opinion about what makes them happy. People have always been attentive to the issue of what happiness is. What does happiness mean? There could be too many definitions of happiness. For many people, happiness can be an elusive thing. Some try to achieve it by filling their lives with professional success and expensive toys, while others find it by living a purposeful life. Happiness is important to us,

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    the hardest decision we can make because this is what determines our future and not choosing the right one can lead to poverty or sadness for the rest of our lives. Choosing between our parents can be one decision but which parent do we chose? We love both of them equally but how will they feel when you pick the other? Another issue is choosing what to do with your life in total. Not all of us know what we want to do in life and our parents just telling us to do what’s best doesn’t always help. Which

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    A Life Of Happiness

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    they reach a happy life. Is it as simple as seeking pleasure and avoiding pain? If that were the case then all people who can go about their lives without fear of missing a meal or dying from the elements should be happy then right? Wrong. For years, all people, of all ages, and cultures, ultimately seek one thing, to be happy. To have satisfaction is to have all of your basic needs and desires met, but to be happy is something else entirely. This something else, is very hard to put our finger on

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    better life. If I were to ask someone to define happiness he or she would tell me something that makes them happy. Or possibly tell me a very generic answer such as money, family, god. Now with those answers, it can vary from person to person which shows that everyone has their own definition of happiness. According to the English dictionary happiness is the state of being happy. The word happy means feeling or showing pleasure or contentment. Everybody has their own definition of happiness and they

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    Existential angst is the part of the modern people’s lives. Every day when we wake up, we think that we can decide how to continue our days. However, besides us, there are billions of people on earth who wake up every day and decide how to continue their days. This is the point where existential angst starts to bother us. This is the point where we start to be dreading of external circumstances because some of the aforementioned people’s vital decisions cross our decisions and don’t let them be accomplished

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    Happiness. Most people yearn to be happy. If people are not happy, what good is life? Without happiness, people are not living their lives the way they want to. Happiness is a way for people to discover their true identity. Working at something that does not make a person happy is pointless because they will have no enjoyment doing what they are doing, and no motive to continue. Face it, people need happiness to do everything. Happiness is a key part of most people's lives because without its presence

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    is everyone’s lives. The definition of happiness can relate to whatever it is that makes you feel a type of way, where distractions can be what makes us feel that envy sensation in what being happy really means within such a digital society. Society has an impact on how joy and pleasure portray on being happy

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    millionaire? I am completely sure; you would live in a deluxe villa in the center of the city. You won’t only be disquieted for your safety needs; but also, be able to meet your luxury needs. You would spend your holidays in best places in the world. If you have lots of money, you would provide the best facilities for your family and try to make a pleasant life for them. Money can solve almost all of our problems and help us for having a happy life. With money, we can live in a deluxe house, drive a brand new

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    truly good with the world. I our world today we can see that greed and competition is making the world we live in today a horrible place and environment. Greed and competition is a mental illness and we are all infected by it and what the aboriginals call it “wetico” meaning not literally a canable of flesh but a canable of their life and soul. We truly need to reflect and ask ourselves how we can want more and more and more and be greedy while across the street our neighbours homeless and cold and

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    men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." This aphorism acknowledges that: although we chase after what our minds want and get it, we are often left unsatisfied and begin to question whether or not it was worth it all. Henry's aphorism is an accurate statement on the difficulties emotionally as well as mentally we have all faced with a certain experience in our lives. As the quote states: "Many men go fishing all of their lives..." means that we all chase

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