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Happiness: Unit 7HU 300
Monday, August 21, 2011Laurie Smart-Pottle, M.Ed
Questions about Unit 7’s Assignment?
How do you Define Happiness?
Happiness Generally
Though the definitions may vary, are there overall elements that are required for something to be considered happiness?
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
(Teaching Happiness, 2011)
Attributes of Happiness Relationships
Social interaction
Extraversion
Martial status
Employment
Health
Democratic freedom
Optimism
Endorphins (released through physical activity)
Eating chocolate
Religious involvement
Income
Proximity to other happy people(Wikipedia, 2011)
Definition
How does the definition of happiness change over a lifetime?
East vs. WestHappiness
(Designed to a T, 2004)
East (Kotelnikov, n.d.)
If you can find true contentment, it will last forever. ~ LaoTzu
A well guarded mind brings happiness. Those who are free from all worldly desires will attain Nirvana. Never covet what others have. It is deadly sin which grows away from all happiness. Learn to be happy with what you have. ~ Buddha
They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.~ Confucius
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. ~ Khalil Gibran
West (Kotelnikov, n.d.) Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount
of work is the same. ~ Francesca Reigler
Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative. Practical virtue brings only a secondary kind of happiness; the supreme happiness is in the exercise of reason, for reason, more than anything else, is man. ~ Aristotle (B.C. 384 – 322)
Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness. ~ Epicurus
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views they take of them. ~ Epictetus
The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage. ~ Thucydides
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. ~ William Shakespeare
Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. ~ Abraham Lincoln
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires rather than in attempting to satisfy them. ~ John Stuart Mill
Happiness is attained through fidelity to a worthy purpose. ~ Helen Keller
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
For Fun…‘I can measure how happy you are—and why’ (Heathcote, 2011)
ReferencesBohannon, A. (2009, August 12). Cross-cultural differences in happiness: East and
West [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://www.adambohannon.org/crosscultural-differences-happiness-east-west/
Designed to a T. (2004). Free sun and moon clipart. Retrieved from http://www.designedtoat.com/sun2.shtml
Heathcote, E. (2011, February 13). George MacKerron: 'I can measure how happy you are – and why.' The Observer. Retrieved from http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/feb/13/bright-idea-mappiness-happiness-app
Kotelnikov, V. (n.d.). 1000 advices. Retrieved from http://www.1000advices.com/guru/happiness.html
Teaching Happiness. (2011). Maslow on happiness. Retrieved from http://www.pursuit-of-happiness.org/history-of-happiness/abraham-maslow/maslow-on-happiness/
Wikipedia. (2011). Happiness. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness
