We all have our own opinion of happiness, and what makes us happy. So why isn't it a one size fits all system? How can others whom have nothing still be happier than those who seem to have it all? The American dream, pursuing happiness, doesn't have a limit. No one can tell me that I am too happy (unless it's in such a way where I need a visit to the loony bin). Much like the concept of love, I have found happiness to be a goal where I deserve nothing less than my best. We all share the quality of emotions, but the quantity can be easily overlooked. Too many of us go through life quietly enduring things that make us unhappy. Nowadays more time is spent on the material world, trying to fit in some sort of level or status among people. We start …show more content…
These words have continued to follow me throughout my childhood and thus far into early adulthood. From enlisting in the Army at 17 and leaving right after High School, I was making decisions no one else could control except for me. I went against my family's wishes, turned down Harvard and Yale (as a study of my prematurity correlation with lifestyle and mental acuity), to go into the military. I chose the Army as a Combat Medic. Knowing I would have a large chance of deployment to help save our soldiers on the ugly side of war, instead of the prestigious marking named the Air Force, like those before me, broke my family's heart. After completion of training, miserable and drug through timeless mental and back breaking hardship, happiness came from knowing I made a difference; I was honorably discharged due to injury, and sent home. Dreams tend to follow along the path of happiness, so how do we gain this resilience to jump from one bandwagon to the next? Happiness is in the eye of the beholder. Time passed, learning about my own happiness, making plenty of mistakes, I pursued another dream, to travel the world on my own. This dream has held me close since childhood, but why did I leave it? Life changed and so did I. Traveling the world, finishing school, doing what I love and eventually moving …show more content…
It is everyone's responsibility to keep up with this revolving door that we walk in and out of on a daily basis. My plan to keep up with it and make this the best life possible, is to pay attention, notice what I have to be grateful for. The family who supports me, the job that keeps me doing what I love to do, and one day providing, caring for, and loving the family that will hold my heart, give me complete satisfaction. Happiness is simple really, find what makes you shine, pour yourself into growing it, and don't ever stop. There are times that I find myself consumed with the idea, if I am on this solo travel track, although I am finding myself and building myself up, I may lose or miss the other half of my life, who will help me reach those peaks in happiness, opening my world up to so much more. This point of doubt is where I like to tell people about faith, not any certain belief or religion, just to always believe in SOMETHING. This world has so much to offer, but none of us can do it alone, including always being able to notice the happiness that resides within us. A story that caught my eye written by Jennifer Hecht mentions the irony of how people knowing that death is on its way, causes a "post traumatic bliss". We tend to become at peace understanding our lack of control and noticing how important happiness is, and how much unneeded and unwanted space is used for anger and sadness (235). Life is too short to
Happiness can come in many different ways for people. For me, my Pursuit of Happiness is doing what you love and living your life to your expectations. Over this unit of American Literature we have studied The Great Gatsby the characters looked to others for their happiness. In Of Mice and Men The characters did what made others happy instead of themselves and also looked to simple things for happiness. Although in Ain't I a Woman Sojourner Truth did what made her happy even if everyone was against her. If you are doing
It is a common thought that happiness is key to a successful life, and many try to find out how to achieve the
Happiness is a key to everybodys life. Even the most depressed man on earth has a little happiness deep down inside. Its what keeps us striving to fulfil our needs and wants on an everyday basis. There is not one kid who does not get excited over a dollar to spend at the candy shop. What about the feeling of getting a promotion at your job, or even finding the cure for cancer. Being happy is not just healthy, but it is also rewarding for each and every individual. We strive to find anything that will turn a bad day to a good one. Individuals will compromise to attain their happiness. You can not get what you want without giving something first.
Happiness has always been a desirable goal throughout our lives, but each actions we take might just affect the happiness of others. When humans seek happiness, we always seek for things that make us feel alive, or things that brings us the greatest comfort. Our contentment comes with the act of selfishness since we choose to prioritize our happiness above all other. We willingly classify happiness in two different types of meaning, both physical and mental happiness. People ought not be in title to happiness because it is classified in general as a physical desire by many people. Contentment is always known to be a physical satisfaction in life instead of a self-inducing satisfaction for life.
Have you ever looked for happiness? Or do you know anyone who is searching for happiness? In the story “Macbeth”, Macbeth was able to become a king for his own happiness with greed but he never became happy. In the article “Unequal, Yet Happy”, the article explains that wealthier countries are not happier than poorer countries. So wealth does not necessarily bring happiness. In the video “Chris of Apricot Lane Farms”, Chris explains that although he was born without arms and legs, he was full of happiness because he accepts himself the way he is. So people can get happiness by accepting themselves the way they are.
Before we look into specifics, we’ll examine the history and development of “happiness” as a philosophy. Of course, the emotion of happiness has always existed, but it began to be seriously contemplated around 2,500 years ago by philosophers like Confucius, Buddha, Socrates and Aristotle. Shortly after Buddha taught his followers his Noble Eight Fold Path (which we will talk about later), Aristotle was teaching that happiness is “dependent on the individual” (Aristotle).
Happiness, what is it, and why do we strive to achieve it so persistently? Happiness in some points of view is portrayed as the state that is derived from self-awareness of a benefiting action or moment taking place. What of the moments that are not beneficial? Can a person still find moments of happiness and success in discord, a little glimmer of light shining from the deep recesses of our own consciousness? Plucking it from a mere moment, achieved from money, or is it so much more, happiness is the precipice that all strive to gain to better perceive their success. As a person lives, they are in a constant struggle to be happy. For instance, even the United States Constitution makes reference to the idea that every person has the inalienable right to pursue happiness. This was the resulting outcome of the enlightenment from France, spilling out into the rest of the world from 1650 through 1800. This revolutionized the idea that every single person has the inalienable right to happiness or in different views the right to succeed. As to how one peruses or conjures their happiness that is an entirely different concept and completely up to their preferred preference, but it is something that a person needs to find on their own for true success.
People desire to be happy with what they have done in life. Some seem to focus mainly on trying to be happy. Going about this way, people are truly not making themselves happy. True happiness comes when people do not objectify happiness, but rather enjoy the journey. Happiness is not a goal but is a reward.
When I was seventeen I nervously traveled about 350 miles from my sleepy little home town of Freedom, Wyoming to the relatively enormous city of Boise, Idaho to go to the Military Entrance Processing Station. This wasn 't the first time I had been this far from home by myself, but it was the first time I was making adult decisions without my parents involvement. When it came time for me to choose my job in the army the counselors presented me with a long list that I qualified for. I got tired of scrolling and reading so I chose the first job that I actually understood. I returned home and excitedly told my parents that I would be an infantry soldier. My dad 's response to this might be considered a little less than heart warming “You dumb ass. Why didn 't you choose
Other things in my life changed as well. I started to care about school, and developed a love for learning. My grades reflected this, and soon I began to like school again. I became cheerful and jubilant in my own ways. I was still under the clutches of my computer addiction, but things were looking up. I made some new friends in my class, and was generally a nicer person. I started listening to the same songs I always have, but at the same time branched out to different genres. I became a better person both in and out of my
Happiness is something most humans value above everything else. The various things in life that make us happy, such as family, friends, and cool cars, to name a few, are the very things we hold dearest to us and place the most value on. People fill their lives with things that please them to ease the gloom that comes as a result of the seemingly never-ending trials and tribulations of life. We gladly accept any amount of pleasure we can extract from the monotony of our daily lives, and we will do almost anything to achieve happiness.
Happiness is an inner state of well-being and fulfilment, and therefore it has to come from inside. Every individual has his or her own emotions and way of thinking and as a result of this no one can really say what happiness is and what happiness is not. However, universally, happiness is a by-product of a healthy attitude and viewpoint. Happiness exists in everyone whether they choose to acknowledge and believe it or not. It is not rare nor is it something only the elite have: everyone has it but not everyone recognizes it. Contentment is finding a light at the end of every dark tunnel and in order to experience this we must ignore the pessimism surrounding us and remind ourselves that happiness is not a materialistic object but a choice and frame of mind.
Happiness is a feeling that humans naturally desire. Without it, one feels incomplete. In this generation, happiness has taken on a definition by how we are presented to one another. It is measured by how much money we have, how famous we are, or the things we possess. When in reality, none of these things guarantee a happy life. Happiness is something that cannot be bought with money, but rather, it must be found, earned, sought after. Each and every one of us has our own list of things that we consider to make us happy. However, happiness shines brightest through the relationships we create, and the goals we make for ourselves to strive after. Along with these two essential sources, we then can mix and match those things in life that we enjoy to create our own unique formula for happiness.
The day I finally signed up to join the military I knew I was taking a risk in my life. I believe it is important to take risks in life to move into bigger and better things. My first huge decision I made in my life was to join the United States Air Force. My uncle was the main person who put the idea in my head but my dad and my friends thought otherwise. My parents were divorced when I was young and I didn’t have the privilege like my friends to sit down and talk their decisions through with their parents. My father was excluded from the draft after he got in a car accident and I didn’t think he was very fond me joining the service. The main reason I chose to go into the military was make the decision to serve the country. The major decision in my opinion to join the military is to have the privilege to serve your own country. I think it is great for young men and woman to have ambition to serve and it can change a person into very motivated individual. My uncle and my mother were both very supportive and thought that it would be a great decision in my life. My mother knew it would be hard to see me go but was excited of the idea of coming to visit me in Texas. I knew it was taking a big risk being on my own but I was ready for a change in my life.
Happiness is a feeling that cannot be broken if strong enough, no matter how much sadness or hate is around you. Happiness can come from the smallest thing, for instance, music makes me happy and can easily change my mood, or when I am doing something I love my mood is easily changed. For others it could be whenever you do something well, or right and get recognition for it. It is the easiest feeling to be spread and given out but often neglected and forgotten about which is something we should all be more aware