What Is Happiness?
Throughout the history of mankind, one of the main objectives of the human race, if not the core one behind every other objective, has been to attain happiness.
In fact, Aristotle(亚里士多德)troop stated that happiness is the only thing that humans desire for its own sake. He obrved that men sought riches not for the sake of being rich, but to be happy. Tho who sought fame desired it not to be famous, but becau they believed fame would bring them happiness.
But what is happiness?
The dictionary says happiness is:
1. Joy, the emotion of being happy.
2. Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.magnificent>开除英语
3. An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the posssion of tho circumstances or that state of being which i
s attended enjoyment; the state of being happy; contentment; joyful satisfaction; felicity; blesdness.
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But what is it that makes us happy?
c语言培训Some of the states associated with happiness include success, delight, health, safety, contentment, wealth, fame and love.
缺点翻译But still, being wealthy, healthy, loved, safe or the whole lot together doesn't guarantee a person to be happy.
Happiness, I think, is unquantifiable （不可量化）and undefinable（不能定义）, becau we don't know what will really make us happy; we do things to reach certain goals in an attempt to gain happiness, but it's not always the ca, and we often find ourlves reaching goals that do nothing for us.
On the other hand, some things as small as a child's smile, a word from the heart, a passing thought, a nod of appreciation, a moment for yourlf can make you feel happy.
Happiness is complicated and simple at the same time, depending on how a person looks at life, I guess.
"How simple and frugal（简朴的） a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier(火盆)感恩祖国演讲稿, the sound of All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart."
pulloutWhat Is Success?
hasdby Ralph Waldo Emerson
To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of fal friends;
mountaineerTo appreciate beauty;
To find the best in others;
To give of one's lf;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;
To have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation;
To know even one life has breathed easier becau you have lived -
This is to have succeeded.
