Pursuit Of Happiness

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Is there a relationship between death, wisdom, and happiness and the well-lived life; and what is the structure? I struggled to form an answer to this question, because I’m not sure if my real feelings on the subject are conducive to the assignment. As I feel like you’re looking for some profound and deep explanative that correlate back to the teachings of this class. I know for a fact that I don’t need 750 words to answer, and adding summaries of material that don’t affect my position is very frustrating. However, this class is part of a journey that sits under an umbrella of life lessons I have to digest in order to meet my goals, strengthen my meaning and allow me to get closer to the purpose of my life. In order to get to happiness, …show more content…

The essay is somewhat of a short autobiography of Frankl’s life, accomplishments, and the affects the holocaust had on him. However, the biggest part of this essay is Frankl’s position on pursuing happiness. To paraphrase he states the pursuit of happiness is pointless and to do so prevents one from accomplishing the very thing they’re in pursuit of. He expressed that obtaining happiness has more to do with having a meaningful life than the immediate happiness or enjoyment one can have from obtaining materialistic items, money, and fame. Frankl further states “happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue”. Translation, happiness happens or occurs afterward as a result of an action. This passage further supports my position on the relationship between death, wisdom, and happiness as it illustrates the need to get from start to the end in order to manifest meaning thus obtaining …show more content…

As you get older, and start to learn from past experiences, lessons from heart break, success and failures, you gain wisdom and really start to evolve as a human being. From birth happiness is based on needs being met and in very small measure. As you grow older and live life, your happiness is based on a much deeper need to understand and fulfill the desires of your purpose and meaning of life. There are people whose happiness is not dependent upon purpose and meaning, do not believe that there 's a correlation between death, wisdom, and happiness. Thankfully, I was raised to look beyond myself for happiness by being a loving and caring individual. Take heed to the lessons of my own actions and remain open-minded to other people’s point of views and insight as there’s always something to learn. Remember that each day is not promised and in the blink of an eye I could be gone from this earth ending my life. For me, the relationship between death, wisdom, and happiness is an intricate part of ever having a well-lived life. “The uniqueness and singleness which distinguishes each individual and gives a meaning to his existence has a bearing on

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