Happiness Definition Essay

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What is the meaning of life? Is there a meaning of life? I think there is reason I was put on the earth, but what is it? Maybe I was meant to spend my days eating pizza rolls on the couch while watching National Treasure Book of Secrets and avoiding my other homework. If that is what it takes to make me happy then maybe that is the meaning of life. I think the meaning of life is happiness in any way, shape, or form. I think happiness is defined by each person and no two people need to have the same definition. My happiness is my family. I am the youngest of three but one of twenty-six grandkids on my mother’s side. Family gatherings are absolutely insane, for lack of a better term. Christmas eve is the most ridiculous family party. …show more content…

I have spent the last seven summers of my life working as a lifeguard and swim lesson instructor at Huntington Estates Bath and Tennis. I absolutely love my job. I work with some of the greatest people I have ever met and I always looked forward to going to work. My coworkers are my summer family: we always spend time with each other, celebrate each other’s accomplishments, and confide in each other. My coworkers make me laugh daily and give me the confidence to be myself. They give me pure, undeniable happiness. On any given day the guard office is filled with roaring laughter, sarcastic comments, and good-hearted fun. One of the happiest memories I have of the pool happened one morning before swim lessons. Swim lessons start at eight o’clock in the morning and the instructors are to be at the pool by 7:45. On this day it was sunny but too cold for kids to be in the water so we cancelled the either and eight thirty lessons. Two of the guards I am closest with and I decided to lay on the pool deck in the sun because the office was freezing. We trotted outside with our towels and sweatshirts and set up a little camp. As more instructors arrived at work they came out and joined us. Soon we had a circle of about six workers laying in the sun talking and laughing. I remember getting up from the concrete with a huge smile on my face knowing my coworkers felt the same. To me, that is happiness and that is the meaning of

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