As teenagers, we make decisions everyday that affect our current and future happiness. We balance difficult classes and a plethora of extracurriculars in hopes to secure our future while simultaneously trying to enjoy our day-to-day lives. But, how are we supposed to search for something when we don’t truly know what it is we’re looking […]
The Beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount and the Nicomachean Ethics both depict happiness. Happiness is the mental or emotional state of well-being and contentment. These works explain how to attain happiness. Aristotle’s view of happiness is comparable with happiness describe in the Bible because both versions are depicted as something that can be […]
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Get startedAll of us want to be happy. In our quest for happiness, we have always strived to make life less stressful and easier for ourselves in order to maximize our leisure time and relax as much as possible. Fortunately, as a species, we have been very successful at improving our lifestyle, as evidenced by the […]
Thomas More’s multifaceted work Utopia has historically been subject to numerous interpretations. The main focus has primarily been on its religious, social, and political references by scholars. Although well founded his work also touches on a gender that was not universally accepted at the time, the women in his Utopian society were allowed liberties but […]
Before the debates, let’s define what is happiness in general. This question is philosophical, but I tried to simplify it. Merriam-Webster dictionary defines happiness as good fortune; a state of well-being and contentment, pleasurable or satisfying experience. Can money buy happiness? There’s no definite answer, but we all know, the way you spend your money […]
Many great philosophers have written about the idea of happiness and what it means to the world. Happiness is a word that most people have heard at least once in their lifetime, but every person tends to have a different definition of happiness. Some believe the key to happiness is through wealth and having money […]
In the novel, The Awakening, by Kate Chopin and the play, A Doll’s House, by Henrik Isben, both undress the situation revolving around a person’s belief and what society is set to believe. In, The Awakening, a female is lead to commit an enormous sin, adultery. Edna, from the novel, is held to responsibilities and […]
Happiness is used in the context of mental or emotional states, including positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. It is also used in the context of life satisfaction, subjective well-being, flourishing, and well-being. Can money buy happiness? There’s no definite answer. But we know the way you spend your money can […]
I’ve grown up my entire life being outdoors in some form or fashion. Being a kid in Texas, I had a lot of friends and family that were always out hunting or working on something that needed to be fixed on the property or lease. I feel like that has played a direct role in […]
Sometimes, sacrifice is more than just a part-time job. It can be a self-made life sentence, where escaping is not an option. In The Joy Luck Club, the vignette The Red Candle shows Lindo Jong’s struggles of balancing happiness and her role of being the perfect wife and daughter. Disobeying the rules set for women […]
As the sun begins to set, rays of orange-red emanates from the sky. The beach is blessed with the majestic waves, leaving crystals behind it’s wake. Children are running around pretending to be seagulls, leaving their footprints in the golden sand. It was as if this scene was surreal. Happiness resonates within me whenever this […]
How do you feel about the pursuit of happiness? Have you ever done something that made you happy but you thought about how it might effect others? Well, with the pursuit of happiness it basically says that when we do something we have to look at the end results of the overall happiness and how […]
Throughout one’s life, we are destined to experience a vast variety of circumstances which will ultimately affect what we feel as a result, though we as a society seem to strive to achieve happiness above other emotions or experiences. (Gilbert) Blaise Pascal has alleged that happiness acts as an essential motivator for us as humans, […]
Death of a Salesman was written in 1949 by Arthur Miller. In this famous American story, Miller depicts many scenarios within the Loman family regarding happiness, while others do not achieve it. He depicts this family as very dysfunctional, yet they all want nothing but the best for each other; success and happiness. Happiness is […]
William James claimed that the human mind is a theater of simultaneous possibilities (Bok p.23) and I feel that different forms of art are an important key part to enhance the depth and scope someone can feel to the world. Personally, I remember going to the Milwaukee Art Museum when I went to Wisconsin for […]
One of the biggest questions we ask ourselves on a daily, is who am I? Who is the I trying to create a life full of genuinity and fulfillment? According to famous philosopher Plato, fulfillment and happiness is only achieved through a matter of priorities. He stresses that it is important to prioritize things that […]
Human Nature and Nature has somewhat of a common goal and that goal is to find Happiness or to be Happy. Many may have differences when it comes to values that may contribute towards their happiness, meaning that not everyone has the same preference when it comes to that one thing or set of things […]
During his trial, Socrates said that he would rather not live than be denied the right and the freedom to live a virtuous life. Therefore, it is clear that to Socrates, an examined life was of great value. On the other hand, he was a strong believer that an unexamined life was evil and pointless, […]
It is observed that purchasing items on a whim makes a person feel happy. Researchers argue that emotion is a key factor in making an impulsive purchase. People often feel happy when they are out shopping. Most women spend their free time in malls. Over the span of just one week they can visit a […]
Every individual chooses the word delight in his own remarkable way interfacing it with the way his or her life makes. We all in all put different ramifications in the possibility of delight. A couple of individuals may find their delight in being in a wistful relationship. Others may find their fulfillment in wealth and […]
According to the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, happiness is a state of wellbeing and contentment (Merriam-Webster). Arguably, happiness is the ultimate desire of human beings. It is a given that achieving happiness entails increasing pleasure while, at the same time, decreasing pain. While this argument may be, it has also been argued that happiness encompasses experiencing […]
What do we want? How do we get what we want? The question we really should be asking is how can we be happy? All of our lives we strive for happiness. We grasp at things that never really fill our emptiness, our longing for happiness. In John Steinbeck’s novella, Of Mice and Men, almost […]
Happiness is the meaning and purpose to life, the whole aim, and end to human existence, said Aristotle more than 2,000 years ago. Happiness seems to always be the goal in our lives but what is the secret or key to it? It seems almost impossible to construct or make a plan to have a […]
Many people complain that they are not happy with their workplace or they are not happy with the work they do. This is not supposed to be the case. It is expected that the work you do should affect your level of happiness. Though you are not expected to be permanently happy with your work, […]
It was one of those moments when time stands still. One of those moments so important your mind has to pause, focus, and capture everything because of its occurrence. One of the moments you know you will look back on fondly in years ahead. One of the moments that make you reflect on how lucky […]
