There's More To Life Than Being Happy Analysis

Determining the Value of Life
It is better for a person to focus on their happiness and family and not just wo¬rking all day long. When people focus with work they do not realize that their lives are passing by without even them noticing it. Being successful and continuing the business of a craftsman in his family that has reached the fifth generation is impressive. Thus, his working all day and making a lot of money, he still enjoys the life that he has with his family and friends outside of his working environment. In the article “There’s More to Life Than Being Happy”, Emily Esfahani Smith States that a person should not just forget about everyone else and not be selfish and do what makes them happy. This illustrates that throughout life, people should focus on the family members they love and not just put their focus on themselves and their work. The value of a persons life is determined of how much happy he is and spending more time with family makes a man’s

"Partly what we do as human beings is to take care of others and contribute to others. This makes life meaningful but it does not necessarily make us happy ”(Esfahani Smith). If the shoemaker choose the path that his father and grandfather even few more generations down, it could be that he chose that option to have a full meaning to his life, though with the high chance of having an unhappy life. He who chooses to continue his father’s destiny and one day passing it down to his children could even be unhappy or even choosing shoemaking as a carrier out of responsibility not happiness. A lot of people choose to do things in life that they does not necessarily like but do it anyone to sacrifice for their loved ones and surroundings. Although still, for many individuals there is no happiness without meaning no matter the suffering and the pain they face. Happiness is the struggle that people face throughout their