Definition Of Happiness

Happiness is very important in human’s life. Actually, life is meaningless without happiness. At least, I can't imagine my life without happiness. However, it’s not easy to define what happiness is and how to find your happiness. We all differ from each other. We differ from appearance, personality, traits, talants and many other things. And of course, our happiness is also dissimilar. For example, if person who lives in poor conditions and even has nothing to eat will recieve some money and will spend it on his needs, he will feel very happy. In contrast, rich people cannot be happy by these things. Maybe things which can make rich people happy are more colossal amount of money, luxury houses and cars, respect, fame or even just care. Who knows? We can't explain someone’s happiness but himself. Therefore, I believe that everybody has his own definition of happiness. On the other hand, there are various things to make somebody happy. In fact, depending on different conditions and our preferences, we have different methods to find happiness. Nevertheless, in my opinion, the most essential factors which lead to happiness are wealth, close relationships (like family and friends) and happiness “set point” (genetics).

First of all, let's talk about wealth. Money is a crafty thing. On the one hand, it can provide home, different material things, food, education and so on. In a recent New York Times opinion piece titled “A Formula for Happiness”, Arthur C. Brooks said that "money makes truly poor people happier insofar as it relieves pressure from everyday life — getting enough to eat, having a place to live, taking your kid to the doctor". It's true. Just imagine that you don’t have food in your fridge or even a home. I think that in...

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...ss is not exception. The 14th Dalai Lama once said: “I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness.” According to this quote, everybody in the world is trying to find happiness. And I'm not exception. Happiness is important for us. We all want to achieve something in our life. We want to be successful, to be respected, to have the perfect family, to get more money than we have. But this “things” in themselves are not so important for us. It is what we get from them. It is happiness. We all need to feel good – to be happy. And everyone has his own way of happiness, his own key to happiness and his own factors that lead to happiness.