Definition Essay On Happiness

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Jessica is very happy because of her new I-phone. Janelle is so happy when she tells us about her salary increment. Jackson said he is so happy because his investment returns a huge profit. Wait a minute, are not those events bring people happiness? But, what is happiness? Accordance to Merriam Webster, happiness is the state of well-being and contentment; it is also a pleasure or satisfying experience. Often, we are very concerned about anything that make us happy and bring satisfaction. In fact, we believe that wealthy (example: money, luxury items and etcetera) is happiness. Since we could almost conclude the factor that brings us happiness, therefore it also very important for us to determine the harm that can potentially jeopardize our …show more content…

In this circumstance, it is very obvious that uncertainty causes unhappiness and negatively impact on our daily life. Example: If you have a severe stomachache once every month and there is no doctor able to diagnose the root cause of that condition. Will you still be able to live normally, like a healthy person? I doubt so. Perhaps if we are in that severe stomachache condition without a diagnosis of root cause, we would probably become incapable person to our daily life. For example: We will probably suspect and worry about if we are going to die everyday, therefore we cannot eat, sleep or doing normal activities properly like a normal person. So, uncertainty indeed detrimental to our happiness in most cases. Contrastingly, what about credible scientists confirm that our earth can only last for another ten years. What are majority of human beings are going to react? Are they going to change their behavior, attitudes, raise their consciousness and lower the standard? But, one thing that I am absolutely sure that we are going to experience a massive change among people, it can neither be a better one nor become the worst in their behavior and