To completely define happiness, research must be conducted. To define happiness properly different philosophers, world religions, scientific research, and personal experiences must be considered. Happiness is defined differently around the world. Some people trust money and wealth to give them happiness, others assume exceptional relationships are the key, but happiness as we know it is dead. I believe that the true definition of happiness will never be found because happiness is always changing. I understand happiness to be dead. People tend to look for a definition of happiness in many different places. Philosophers, religion, and science are usually the big three. Philosophy leads to Aristotle, and Aristotle talks about the difference between pleasure and happiness and how happiness comes only after a long life. Some religion’s say happiness is finding God, but one Islam finds a way to say that there is no happiness, only pleasure, and if a person is faithful they will find true happiness in the afterlife. Science hasn’t h given much proof that happiness only comes at the end of life, but Matt Killingsworth studied how people feel moment to moment. He discovered some shocking details about humans, our …show more content…
Chemicals such as dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphins (Buckner) are released, causing the brain to tell the host that they should feel happy and be content with their situation. Matt Killingsworth, a scholar at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholars, specializes in the study of happiness. His team developed an app that would send a short questionnaire and ask people how they were feeling. When he reviewed the information, he found that people’s minds wander. He sums it up by saying, “they’re mind-wandering at least 30 percent of the time (Killingsworth).” This shows that people are never completely in the moment of what they’re