Definition Essay On Happiness
HAPPINESS
Our definition of happiness is very much influenced by the kind of society we live or grew up in, our life experiences, goals we pursue in life and our level of education. This is why the topic (happiness) is very controversial because it’s hard to change people’s beliefs. I think though that happiness depends on other things like family and friends, doing the things you love, etc., and not money or material things. Having people around you who love you unconditionally, share your beliefs, culture, are social, and care for each other is a recipe for happiness. Likewise, playing a sport you are passionate about (soccer, basketball, pool, dancing, and so forth) or meditating has brought happiness to some people as well. “The chemical …show more content…
What is more important to us there are things like how social, respectful, humble and caring you are towards others? There is a famous saying there that, “as human beings we begin our life with people and we end it with people.” When someone is born, everybody (family, friends and neighbors) come together to rejoice and do the naming ceremony; likewise when someone dies. Everybody come together to share the sadness and people will take turns in saying the good things they know about the individual. If you are someone who is arrogant, disrespectful or has very high self-esteem, weather you are rich or poor, people will isolate you. They’ll remind you that there will come a time when you’ll be helpless and money/status wouldn’t matter. This is why I can relate to the documentary movie “Happy” a lot. We might not have the highest number of people over 100 years of age like the people of Okinawa but we do have many things in common with them. The majority of Gambians live off of the land and often someone will share part of his/her harvest with friends, neighbors and guests. Socialization is a very fundamental part of our livelihood too. It’s a
Our definition of happiness is very much influenced by the kind of society we live or grew up in, our life experiences, goals we pursue in life and our level of education. This is why the topic (happiness) is very controversial because it’s hard to change people’s beliefs. I think though that happiness depends on other things like family and friends, doing the things you love, etc., and not money or material things. Having people around you who love you unconditionally, share your beliefs, culture, are social, and care for each other is a recipe for happiness. Likewise, playing a sport you are passionate about (soccer, basketball, pool, dancing, and so forth) or meditating has brought happiness to some people as well. “The chemical …show more content…
What is more important to us there are things like how social, respectful, humble and caring you are towards others? There is a famous saying there that, “as human beings we begin our life with people and we end it with people.” When someone is born, everybody (family, friends and neighbors) come together to rejoice and do the naming ceremony; likewise when someone dies. Everybody come together to share the sadness and people will take turns in saying the good things they know about the individual. If you are someone who is arrogant, disrespectful or has very high self-esteem, weather you are rich or poor, people will isolate you. They’ll remind you that there will come a time when you’ll be helpless and money/status wouldn’t matter. This is why I can relate to the documentary movie “Happy” a lot. We might not have the highest number of people over 100 years of age like the people of Okinawa but we do have many things in common with them. The majority of Gambians live off of the land and often someone will share part of his/her harvest with friends, neighbors and guests. Socialization is a very fundamental part of our livelihood too. It’s a