Essays on Happiness Page 3

            Americans are surrounded daily with a barrage of advertisements that lure Americans into taking their income and making short term investments. Burger King states that you can “have it your way” so we spend the $5.00 to purchase a whopper meal. Coke suggests that their product will bring a smile to our face.  There…

Thomas Jefferson and Martin Luther King Jr. meet at a local Starbucks, have a grande Café Latte, and discuss their visions of what type of society best supports the pursuit of happiness. They agree on most aspects, but disagree on one aspect. Jefferson and King both have the same views for taxation, education, and crime…

Just because something has worked in the past, doesn’t mean you can’t criticize it. Many people never do and never contemplate the question, “ what is the way we ought to live?” Instead, the course of their lives is greatly navigated within a way that authority figures and traditions have deemed correct and, they go…

“Happiness is not a goal . . . it’s a by-product of a life well lived.” Eleanor Roosevelt wrote this quote in her book You Learn By Living. In a world focused on materialistic objects, many strive to find happiness through these objects. Many believe material things are the key to happiness, but materialistic items…

Although I want to stress that the significance of a kiss should not be underestimated, it is important to acknowledge that kisses do not always guarantee safety. It cannot be denied that kissing can bring about feelings of tranquility and comfort, leading to joy and contentment. Lately, I have been engaged in a lengthy discussion…

Happiness is the only goal in life that is worth working for. How far do you agree? As individuals we work in life to achieve many goals we desire, at times we work for them to any extent. These goals can take form physically or mentally and can bring great intellectual or spiritual developments. Happiness…

Happiness, as defined by the Webster Dictionary, is “a state of well-being and contentment”, and “a pleasurable or satisfying experience.” Most believe that money can’t buy happiness and argue that even those who are poor still have happiness without money. To a certain extent, that is true. However, “people with an abundant amount of money…

Searching for feeling takes time and one will see it everywhere. Darrin M. McMahon, writer of this piece “ In Pursuit of feeling “ tells people how there are different ways to get happiness. McMahon makes all these thoughts and tips for letting people see happiness, he still says that one may not only be…

In Mill’s essay on utilitarianism, he defines the most morally correct action to be that which generates the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people. He states that, qualifying this statement by arguing that though different pleasures are more desirable and valuable than others, quantity remains triumphant over quality. This means that…

People find happiness in the most unexpected places, at the most unexpected times. Happiness is a thing of beauty, everyone finds happiness in different ways. It is like a garden full of flowers, different people find different flowers beautiful, it all depends on personal preference. As Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was said, “Happiness radiates like the…