Happiness: Unit 7 HU 300 Monday, August 21, 2011 Laurie Smart-Pottle, M.Ed

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)

Questions?

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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