FIVE FACTORS, (IN DECENDING ORDER OF IMPORTANCE) THAT MAKE ME HAPPY

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FIVE FACTORS,

(IN DECENDING ORDER OF IMPORTANCE) THAT MAKE ME HAPPY


Introduction

Are you happy? What does it mean to be happy?

Basically, being happy means that you are in a state of mental ease or joy. According to dictionary.com, happy can be defined in five different ways, them being “

  1. delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to behappy to see a person.
  2. characterized by or indicative of pleasure, contentment, or joy: a happy mood; a happy frame of mind. 
  3. favoured by fortune; fortunate or lucky: a happy, fruitful land.
  4. apt or felicitous, as actions, utterances, or ideas.
  5. obsessed by or quick to use  item indicated (usually usedin combination): a trigger-happy gangster. Everybody is gadget-happy these days” (Dictionary.com).

It is believed that the word was first used in the mid 14 century. From these definitions, we can say that the word “Happy” means to express a feeling of pleasure or joy, usually in the form of a smile or other joyful expressions or actions. Happiness/ being happy are other forms of the word happy.

Although there are many quotes on happiness, Byron Pulsifer’s own is one I hold in high regards, he said that “Happiness is a state of mind not what's in your wallet”. According to him how rich a person is doesn’t really affect how happy he/she is, this particular quote has lead me to do research on factors which affect a how happy a person is, the results of my research are shown in this write up.


Table of content

What does it mean to be happy!!!!

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Happiness & Science

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Factors of happiness

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  1.       Engagement
  2. Meaning
  3. Accomplishment
  4. Relationships
  5. Pleasure

BIBLOGRAPHY

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What does it mean to be happy!!!!

As I defined in my introduction, in my opinion being happy means to express a feeling of pleasure or joy, usually in the form of a smile or other joyful expressions or actions, but what does it mean when a person says he or she is happy?

Different people seek happiness through different means, for some it might be through religious means while for others it could be through interactions with family and friends.

Philosophical, psychological, religious as well as biological aspects have been examined in relation to happiness. For the philosophers happiness is achieved as a result of living a good and fulfilled life, this same ideology is held by the religious teachers, although for the religious people the idea of a good and fulfilled life is differs depending on what religion the persons follows. For the Christians, as the name already shows, their idea of a good and fulfilled life is based on being “Christ like” meaning they try to live their lives the way their Jesus did.

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While for Muslims, a good and fulfilled life means living a life dedicated to “Allah”. Al-Gahazali published the “Alchemy of happiness”, a book of spiritual instructions which is very popular in the Muslim world, it is centred on how to be happy worshiping “ALLAH”

 A student of philosophy would say a happy man is a person who is currently pleased with his or herself at that certain point in time.

The biological aspect of happiness is one held by all men of science, an American happiness researcher and author of “The How of Happiness”, Sonja Lyubermirsky once said that 50% ...

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