The
meaning of the word happiness has so many uses and is so ambiguous as the
meaning of the word "love." For centuries people have tried to
understand what it takes to be happy, how to find happiness and do not lose it.
The answers to these questions are not simple. Ask different people what a
person needs to be happy and everyone will respond differently.
Why
do people define happiness in different ways? To understand
why this is so, it is enough to think about what kind of people live among us.
For example, neighbour: a lonely grandmother; a mother of many who work hard; dad
saving up for a long time in order to buy a foreign car; young girl dreaming
from childhood about dancing and becoming a famous dancer; her brother nervous
because of the regular session. All of them are ordinary people who live among
us, but they have different dreams. Grandma certainly wants to be with her
family; the mother wishes her children grow obedient, healthy, and good people;
the father - finally to buy a long-awaited car; the girl - to become a talented
dancer, and her brother - to pass successfully his session as soon as possible.
The dream makes people happy.
One once has noticed
that when wants something for a long time, and suddenly the dream is becoming
reality, they feel like the happiest in the world! It was this moment that we
can assume happiness. Thus, happiness can be defined as the realization of
dreams and desires that everyone has their own. So when we think about how
often and how much people dream or want something and we will understand why
one cannot give full definition to happiness.
To be happy people often need not just
one, but several different things. Despite the fact that happiness is very
subjective, let's try to define what is needed for happiness to most people.
Love,
friendship, family. A person should not be one. to be happy
Many people need a loved one such as own mother, beloved husband, loyal friend.
Having close friends and loved ones, a person becomes truly happy, a loneliness
gives joy to none. Think about how little it takes to be happy! Embrace of a
loved one, mother's support in difficult times, a friend who knows how to cheer
in sadness. Sometimes a good gesture and friendly conversation are enough to
feel happy, to understand that you are not alone, that there are a number of those
who are dear to you and who loves you.
Financial
well-being. People have to worry about making money, because
money provide comfort, stability, possibility use of different goods in our
world. How much money do a person need to be happy? The answer is, again,
subjective. The homeless will have enough money for which he can rent a house and
buy a meal. The woman who are used to the constant luxury will need much more in
order to buy exclusive and beautiful goods.
It often happens that a person wants to
earn more, he is promoted, salary increases, he becomes happy for a moment, and
then he dreams about bigger amounts of money. And then more and more... For
these people, the answer to the question of how much they need to be happy, will
never be accurate, because they will always want more money.
The pursuit of ever greater material
well-being - is not the way to true happiness. One can pack their house with
the latest technology from top to bottom, to fill closet with the most
fashionable clothes, to stuff with the
most expensive makeup... One can spend a whole life with temporary pleasure of
the new purchase, and at the end of their life to remain lonely and miserable. Because,
this person was too busy making money, they did not have time to communicate
with family and friends, he had no time to create a family, and expensive
things not give warmth and friendly support in the end.
Undoubtedly, the material well-being is an
integral part of the happiness of the modern man, but it is important not to
become a blind slave of fortune, because the temptation to make money and then
constantly spend them, subjected many people.
Health
One does not need a lot for happiness - they begin to understand it when get
ill. Health is such that you do not appreciate it and do not notice when it is
all right. But as soon illness overcomes, a person realizes that they cannot be
fully happy when are sick. Old people and patients with severe, incurable
diseases know the value of health and can tell about it. As long as the person is
healthy, he is full of vitality and can do a lot more to try to live a long interesting
life. Taking care of their health, people will someday realize how important is
a role of health in their life.
Self-development Life
- is a constant movement, search, development. We are also subjected to these
laws of life: we grow physically, getting smarter, grow spiritually, understand
the world. It is important to be interested in life, in the knowledge of the
world, self-knowledge. New hobbies, unusual travel, meeting of new people,
development of new skills and obtaining of knowledge, spiritual development are
very important for a person. They make life of person more interesting, give
new experiences and ideas, which lead to desire to live an feel happy. Can
there be a happy person who is not interested in and is not keen on about
anything and just sleeps, eats and drinks? This is not life, but existence,
which does not exactly bring happiness.
The
male and female happiness. Happiness is also different on
gender, but the subject is so vast that it is difficult to see in a single
article.
What a woman needs to be happy: to love
and be loved, to be surrounded by family and friends, to feel attractive and
interesting, to have children and pets, to develop her talents and gain self-realization
in life, to have good fitting job and interesting hobby.
What does a man need to be happy? Man
lives in constant competition, so in order to be happy he needs success at
work, in personal life, in friendship: good work and high income, loving and
understanding woman, loyal friends and happy children.
Of
course, the answers to these questions are primitive and are sufficiently
general, but again - happiness for each one is different, so to determine once
and for all what is needed to be happy for all women or all men, would be
wrong.