Happiness has been a difficult science, as skeptics have difficulty defining and quantifying the subject. The definition may be adequately described by a “positive emotional state” (Bartram, 2011). Descriptions of happiness through theories such as set-point theory and comparison theory have a fatalistic view of the value of happiness and...

Everyone wants to be happy. But not everyone may define happiness in the same way. Just as people are different, their definition of happiness may also be different. One way to define happiness is being satisfied with one’s situation. A happy person is exactly where he wants to be. He...

Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness. -Buddha Per Merriam-Webster Dictionary, happiness means a state of well-being and contentment and/or a pleasurable satisfying experience. Is it fair to say that happiness can only be experienced for a moment or just because of something? I’d beg to differ....

The idea of happiness is one of the key themes developed by Brave New World. Unlike other dystopias, this novel explores the frightening side of a generally happy society showing that happy people might produce an equally dismal impression as the evidently suffering characters of Orwell’s 1984. At first sight,...

Happiness is the overall feeling of well-being that one must cultivate to maintain. There are always circumstances that have the potential to cause one to feel unhappy; however, it is the resiliency factor that allows one to be truly happy despite these circumstances (Baumeister & Bushman, 2016). Happiness has two...