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    way to find happiness? What do you think of when you think of our human nature? At first glance you may think that as a whole we humans are worse than we are good. We are often drawn to things that are bad for us but are we really bad but are we really happy and can they make us happy? In this paper we will go over why we are actually good by nature and that by being good and having virtue we can achieve happiness. If we want to be happy we will learn that justice will win out in the end. As humans

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    something else once we are truly happy. We also see this when he says “Happiness, then, is something final and self-sufficient, and is the end of action.” Aristotle thought that our end goal was happiness. It shows how highly he regarded it. Another idea he brings to light is that happiness cannot be obtained in the short term. Aristotle says, “For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed or happy.” Here he argues that just as

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    reasons for us to live on in life, different motivation, a meaning. Some live to teach others, others want to just live a peaceful life. But what is a peaceful life? I would remember when i was younger, my happy times, but those happy time were only happy to me, there were time where i would see my mom and dad arguing and yelling at eachother. Me and my two other brothers would go to a separate room and play games of things such as hid and seek. We were naive of the relationship between our parents.then

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    Happiness is such a big part of our day to day lives. Sometimes, we are sad, angry or even scared. That is how we live, we live through our emotions. We are not able to live only feeling one emotion. Although we can't be happy all the time, we are able to apply positive reinforcements into situations where we feel upset. Most of us prefer feeling joy and contentment over sadness and anger. When we come across a bad day or a problem, we tend to dwell on the negative aspects, and just want

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    does not want to be happy. We live every single day in hope to find happiness, which also known as pursuit of happiness. We strive to bring happiness in our life. Nonetheless, along the journey to find happiness, some people stumble and find themselves unhappy instead. One might question why, but actually we all have different value and understanding to describe happiness. Therefore, we have our own unique approach to pursue happiness and there is no telling to the exact cause of our wrongs and errors

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    Analysis Paper On a day to day basis it seems everywhere you go you see the stereo-typical “happy” couple whether it be them walking down the street, holding hands and laughing, or the couple out for a romantic candle lit dinner for two, showing off how happy they are to the whole restaurant to see, or there is always the date night couple sharing a large popcorn at the movies. Seeing these happy couples everywhere you go can get old quick, especially to the average single person minding their

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    number of how happy people are all over the world. Tal Ben-Shahar the author of “Happier” and Sanjo Lyubomirsky the author of “The How of Happiness” are two of the many authors who are concern about happiness and positive psychology. Base on their research about happiness they came out with a list of rituals, that if you follow them they insure you that you will live a happy life. Sue Halpen the author of “Are We Happy?” it doesn’t support the way researchers are measure how happy people are all

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    depict our life in an ideal way through editing, yet these edited posts promote unrealistic standards for our sense of happiness. We feel unhappy and unsatisfied with our real life because all we see on social media is others’ “perfect lives”. Reynolds shares her personal experience to illustrate this idea: felt lonely and isolated in reality, she amplified her social media presence and sought validation and comfort from likes and comments; however, she felt her old friends had better lives than she

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    The book Dogs Don't Bite When A Growl Will Do: What Your Dog Can Teach Your About Living A Happy Life can reevaluate what the human concept of life is all about on an everyday basis. How we approach each other in our everyday life as human beings is being compared to how dogs react to different situations. The interactions that we have with others don’t compare to a dogs reactions at all when meeting a new person. A dog could care less about what somebody looks like or if they seem harmful in anyway

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    Habits And Bad Habits

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    Everybody knows that good habits need to be cultivated while bad habits seem to grow like weeds. Habits like self-discipline, self-control, order, and perseverance, are all habits that require a conscious effort to create and maintain. Procrastination on the other hand, is a behavior takes no effort at all. For better or worse, it's your habits that make or break you. The amount of self-help information available today is virtually unlimited, but it is of little value without first learning to direct

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