Life is full of happy days and sad days‚ the latter being more common in life. A happy day is that day when everything seems to go well with life and loved ones‚ though these happy days are also different from each other due to the degree of happiness they impart. The happiest day of my life is the day when my elder brother graduated from the IIT‚ Delhi. One would wonder why and how should that event make me so very happy‚ that‚ I earmark it as the happiest day of my life. Yes‚ I call this day as
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The results are in: money can buy happiness‚ but it doesn’t come cheap. Not only that‚ the amount of happiness your money can buy can be measured. I know this runs contrary to everything we’ve ever heard since childhood about money"It can’t buy happiness‚ it can’t buy health‚ and it can’t buy love." But the facts don’t support this. First‚ according to surveys‚ the rich are more optimistic about their lives. Optimism is a major factor in happiness. Second‚ medical evidence shows those with
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society. Happiness requires sacrifice. In the novel‚ Guy Montag is living a good generic life that’s surface deep. Yet Montag is looking for more or perhaps just something else. Bradbury uses Clarisse as a key character that further cracks Montag’s safe world. He thinks he’s happy yet he knows he’s been secretly hoarding books in his home. This is a dangerous game that opens up Montag’s mind to ideas and thinking in a society against such freedoms. He begins to question his happiness‚ “Happy
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The Secret of Happiness There was a wonderful fable about an orphan girl who had no family to love her. One day she felt so lonely and decided to walk through a meadow when she notices a butterfly struggling to free itself from the thorn bush. The young girl carefully released her and instead of flying away‚ the butterfly turned into a beautiful fairy. Because of her kindness the fairy would grant her a wish. The little girl replied that she want to be happy. Then‚ the fairy leaned toward her
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Technology and happiness Technology has changed our lives but has it made our lives any better? Some believe technology makes people happier because‚ people want to upgrade their electronics to new‚ more efficient pieces of equipment. The question is rather or not this new advances technology leads to happiness. Technology has created some wonders. We have walked the moon‚ made aviation‚ land‚ water‚ and rail transport possible and we have broken the sound barrier. People have been progressing for
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About happiness Nowadays‚ people usually like to say “I’m not happy” in every single day. No matter what has happened or actually there is nothing wrong with them. It already becomes young people’s tap. Whenever you ask them whether they are happy‚ their answer is negative. What is the cause of people’s lack of happiness? Is that because they can not eat enough or don’t have clothes to dress? The answer is an absolute no. People’s living standard has never reached such a high level‚ and now people
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Can money buy you happiness? The general belief is that the rich tend to pamper their children by buying them all sorts of “toys”‚ while the poorer children do not do this because they cannot afford to. It is usually presented in stories- especially in movies - that rich children are bad while those from poorer families struggle all their lives. Consequently it may be believed that children from rich families are happier than those from poorer ones. This may be the case in some instances‚ but is
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Then‚ we are going to talk about the factors lead to unhappiness. These mainly focus on three aspects‚ Academic‚ family and social. We may all be experiencing pressure in the academic aspect. And this news shows that not just you and me would face this problem‚ but it is a common problem in Hong Kong. This news show that the Hong Kong society emphasizes much on the high educational level. Students would face great academic pressure when they try to get a good grade. In 2012‚ four students committed
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Liam Shiels Mr. Forsyth ENG- 3U 14 February 2013 Sadness Through a Colour In Cecil Bonstein’s short story‚ “It Will Grow Again”‚ the colour grey is used to symbolize sadness‚ the life of the narrator revolves around the colour grey‚ but throughout the story the grey fades away making life easier to live. The narrator first witnesses the colour grey “on a dull day” where everywhere he looks he seems to find “grey in the workshop‚ grey outside‚ everyone in a grey
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“Delivering Happiness”‚ by Tony Hsieh‚ the founder and CEO of Zappos. Envision‚ create‚ and believe in your own universe‚ and the universe will form around you-biggest driver for developing the passion to serve one’s purpose There are a few key things that I took away from Delivering Happiness‚ and summarized below: 1. People Matter : Employees and customers alike are REALLY important * Zappos attributes much of its success to its investment into customer service‚ culture‚ and employee
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