Happiness is considered very important in life. Why is it difficult to define? What factors are important in achieving happiness? Given reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. v.2
Happiness is considered very important in life. Why is it difficult to define? What factors are important in achieving happiness? Given reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. v. 2
Happiness is very difficult to define, because it means so many different things to different people. While some people link happiness to wealth and material success, others think it lies in emotions and loving personal relationships. Yet others think that spiritual paths, rather than either the material world or relationships with people, are the only way to true happiness.
Because people interpret happiness for themselves in so many different ways, it is difficult to give any definition that is true for everyone. However, if there are different kinds of happiness for different individuals then the first step in achieving it would be to have a degree of self-knowledge. A person needs to know who he or she is before being able to know what it is that makes him or her happy.
Of course, factors such as loving relationships, good health, the skills to earn a living and a peaceful environment all contribute to our happiness too. But this does not mean that people without these conditions cannot be happy.
Overall, I think an ability to keep clear perspectives in life is a more essential factor in achieving happiness. By that I mean an ability to have a clear sense of what is important in our lives (the welfare of our families, the quality of our relationships, making other people happy, etc. ) and what is not (a problem at work, getting annoyed about trivial things, etc. )
Like self-awareness, this is also very difficult to achieve, but I think these are the two factors that may be the most important for achieving happiness.
Happiness
is
very
difficult to define,
because
it means
so
many
different
things to
different
people
. While
some
people
link
happiness
to wealth and material success, others
think
it lies in emotions and loving personal
relationships
.
Yet
others
think
that spiritual paths,
rather
than either the material world or
relationships
with
people
, are the
only
way to true happiness.
Because
people
interpret
happiness
for themselves in
so
many
different
ways, it is difficult to give any definition
that is
true for everyone.
However
, if there are
different
kinds of
happiness
for
different
individuals then the
first
step in achieving it would be to have a degree of self-knowledge. A person needs to know who he or she is
before
being able to know what it is that
makes
him or her happy.
Of course
, factors such as loving
relationships
,
good
health, the
skills
to earn a living and a peaceful environment all contribute to our
happiness
too.
But
this does not mean that
people
without these conditions cannot be happy.
Overall
, I
think
an ability to
keep
clear
perspectives in life is a more essential factor in achieving
happiness
. By that I mean an ability to have a
clear
sense of what is
important
in our
lives
(the welfare of our families, the quality of our
relationships
, making other
people
happy, etc.
)
and what is not (a problem at work, getting annoyed about trivial things, etc.
)
Like self-awareness, this is
also
very
difficult to achieve,
but
I
think
these are the two factors that may be the most
important
for achieving
happiness
.
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