Our Happy Lives

story can leave a hunger like no other. The emotion that escapes from the pages are real, every day emotions. They are thoughtful, sometimes cruel, but true emotions experienced by real people every day. They tell the story of life, not of a fictional happy ever after that is unattainable. In his interview With Larry McCaffery, David Foster Wallace says, “Serious art … forces you to work hard to access its pleasures, the same way that in real

Is happiness really an attainable feeling one can achieve?  There are some people who are genuinely happy people.  On the other hand there are people who may be considered a pessimist, someone who tends to look at the down side of things.  Some could argue that there is a difference between happiness and pleasure.  According to, Webster dictionary the word Happiness is defined as; Enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure, satisfaction, or joy. When people think of happiness, they think about having

“Are you happy when you make a lot of money?” It is the biggest controversy of happiness economics which is a happiness research result of the relationship between personal satisfaction and economic issues. They had found that at a certain point, the increase in annual income does not bring much happiness anymore. What do you think? Even if you do not mind the theory, you can get what you want to buy by graduating from college and earning money with a job. What if you make too much money? If you

on how we become happy, what society is, and how far into the future can we think, was amazing. He was very persuasive and made me realize the gravity of the situation that the Earth is in and how we are the cause of it. Abraham Lincoln once said, “Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.” People believe that goods and materialistic objects will bring them happiness. We think that because we have access to these material objects that they will make us happy. This is not the

us realize that joy doesn’t come from accessories it comes from love our parents give us, friends that care for us, but most of all happiness comes from within. When growing up there are instances in which we receive love in our life. One example of this is love from our parents. This can come in many different different forms such as, tough love, unconditional love, or even friendship love. We all want something to make our lives easier and better, but sometimes it is never needed. They try to show

philosophy in his school, that a person should live by "the art of making life happy", and that "prudence is the noblest part of philosophy"(newadvent.org). Epicurus ideals for life intrigued people and they began to think that perhaps the ethics of Epicureanism had some truth behind it; a person should live his/her life to the fullest in order to become happy. Epicurus

My family and I didn't always live in Balein Ct.We lived in different places and different houses.Before we lived on Orlando Ave with my Aunt, and before that we used to live in Dylan St, and before that Villa St, and before that I can't remember. Each time we moved I lost memories of my home and friends. My family is a family of four.My mom,my dad,my sister Ariana, and me. The House on Balein Ct is one of my favorite houses.My parents always tell me that one day we will move into a bigger house

they would be demonstrating a “happy” life. Probably in a world like this people might be allow themselves to find humor and entertainment in everyday life instead of being bogged down by everyday woes. Sounds like an ideal world to me and probably Ralph Emerson, and Ambrose Bierce as well. Just like our current world this imaginary world would have its own downfalls. Christopher McCandless a.k.a Alexander Supertramp, one of Emerson’s many followers tried to live this self-reliant, and individualistic

my eyes and started to think of why I see so little of the beauty nature has given us. It is so difficult to find the time and place to appreciate what the world once offered. Instead of preserving and cultivating our world, we have desolated every tree and bush around us with our own bare hands. There I sat, on top of that soft blanket for a long yet brief hour and a half, and wondered why we have come to this point in life. Why is nobody doing anything to help? And why am I sitting here, doing

tube therefore, it was factory made. The people were born and developed in the test tubes, so their human nature became adapted so an individual cannot identify or approach it. Every little detail of a person's life is prearranged. These people's lives revolve around their community, their existence, and security; never their individual happiness. They are basically living for their society as a whole. This society was designed to be successful but it failed to give people their individuality.