What is happiness? This is the burning question that psychologists have been trying to answer since the end of World War II. Happiness differs throughout each person just like the causes of happiness varies between every individual. Some may be full of joy over smaller events or achievements than others would. Maybe celebrating an excellent grade would put someone in the happiest state he or she have ever been in, but for another person, it might give them a spur of happiness that he or she quickly loses. Either way, a majority strive for a constant state of happiness, but “experience the wrong types of happiness, and go about trying to find happiness in the wrong ways and at the wrong time” (David 124). While happiness may be a key to living a long, healthy life, people are cannot experience true, pure …show more content…
It shows him or her how great being cheerful feels and can cause more positive thinking and lifestyle changes to be made that aid continuing or achieving happiness. Many begin to make changes in their life quickly to increase happiness after they have just experienced a “negative” feeling. One may not have a job and feels that getting one will increase their happiness. In a study by Jeffrey Kluger he states “a bad job is better than no job: previously out-of-work people are happier even if a new job has poor pay and hours.” One might make a change similar to this. Or may decide to change another aspect to create happiness in their life. In Richard Schoch’s “A Critique of Positive Psychology,” he details the results of an experiment-based attempt to find the secret to happiness. On page 451, Schoch’s writes that surveys say “it’s pretty easy to be happy: live within walking distance of an enjoyable and secure job, prop up at the bar with your friends, and then go home and have sex.” These revealed secrets may also be changes one might make to help boost and keep his or her happiness