What is happiness

Many people as they can not enjoy life like a millionaire but regret. Wealth can really give happiness? Economists have long studied: although wealth can bring people happiness, but it does not mean that the wealth, the more people the more fun. Studies have shown that, once people’s basic survival needs such as basic needs are met, then every dollar increase in wealth to the happiness itself, no longer has any special significance (diminishing marginal benefit). Such as Japan, in 1960, is still a poor country, but by the 20th century, late 80’s, the per capita income doubled in four fold, at once stood in the ranks of the richest industrialized countries. People per capita in Japan in 1987 the average level of happiness Index better than in 1060 higher than in the past they have more washing machines, cars, cameras and other material comforts, but this does not significantly increase the feeling of happiness. Clear that wealth did not bring enough happiness to people, in fact, people get more wealth in order to run around all day long, even busier than before, and the pressures of life, and happiness in the wrong?

According to the U.S. to a survey by New York State, lottery before Caimi are immersed in, if your lucky on how to how to become a fantasy, it was even severely in an interview, said: “After winning the first thing is to the company bought, and then sack the boss. “ERNIE produced winners in the award-winning, within a few weeks after, they usually immersed in the joy of windfall. However, follow-up studies have shown that wealth and can not bring lasting happiness, a few years later, those lucky ones sense of happiness in some ways even than before lacking. Happiness Where Are You? When we try to predict certain things that will make our earth happy, tend to be disappointed, because the result is often wrong. Study of happiness  expert at Harvard University psychology professor Daniel Gilbert that if you want to through the pursuit of romance, a new car or a luxury meal for dinner and be happy, then we can predict that you will not do wish fulfilled.

The psychologist that would like to use a few words to define happiness, no doubt suffering from mental disorder (Tao Dao, very Avenue - I). “It’s hard say what it is emotional, but I know that when it is coming when I can feel.” Philosophers like to give moral meaning of happiness, Aristotle claimed that a happy life is life must have good deeds, If you are guilty, you can not achieve happiness. Psychologists do not go so far, simply to say, happiness means a good feeling. Gilbert said: “The feeling is that when you granddaughter flew at your arms, when you help a tourist find his place to go, or you are eating delicious bites of hamburger, vegetable salad, the experience of that kinds of feelings. “(when you love the time with a walk, but you get to the child’s mouth when the apple … … friend, do not you think you are in bliss? - The Wei Wei,” Who is the most beautiful people “) In other words, each person to experience the feeling of happiness is the same, not only the well-being of the same reason. (Happy families are all the same, unfortunately, the family each have their own different - Tolstoy) This means that happiness is kinds of emotions, but emotions are not always a firm grip on you, the emotions can be repeated presentation, but not endless. Same kinds of emotions such as fear, of course, you do not want you to fear a long period, then for happiness, it comes will have nothing to go on a strange.

The way for the pursuit of happiness, are more often wrong time, for a time when relatively small. Now shut our eyes, so you think things can make you happy 11 emerging before our eyes: a luxury sports car, a tropical sea discard the romantic tours, a tree-shaded villa in the countryside … … When you happiness for these When the struggle, the researchers said, can be predicted, you might make mistakes.

In different ages and social levels of the population after an investigation, the researchers reached the above conclusions. First, those who participated in the survey questionnaire, if they wish to achieve after the scoring for the happiness that time to make a prediction in advance. Since then researchers have been changes in their lives follow-up survey. Several years later, when they realized the desire to get cars, villas, tourism, holidays, etc., the re-scoring of their own well-being index. Two sets of figures before and after the subtraction, if the difference is zero, then they will be the same as originally envisaged and their own well-being. But when the results came out, this difference is almost never zero. This shows that problem asks in the pursuit of happiness in front of people’s choices is full of errors.

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Fish and sea

In a dense forest, there is a Qingqing stream. Stream of water, the fish live happier and its mother. Every day, small fish have to get up early with her mother to the water to find food. After the well fed, it can play freely in the water has. The shore, the water plants and animals, are his friends.

One day, the sun shining warm sun yang to streams, fish in the stream water with the golden sunlight playing hide and seek. Fish asked: “Sunshine sister, why do I sometimes find you in the water ah?” Sunshine smiling, said: “Because I traveled to other places.”

“Travel?” Fish ask out of curiosity.

“Yes ah, travel, you can see many beautiful scenery it!” Sunshine said: “can learn a lot of knowledge. For example, do you know that the stream of water to stay where to go?”

“Do not know. My mother never let me leave the creek. In fact, I have always been curious about the outside world what kind of it.” Fish says.

“Yes ah, yes ah, this is the flow of water in the end go? I would also like to know it! Sun sister, you tell us soon!” The shore grass to hear their conversation, but also anxious to say.

“Stream of water into the rivers, the rivers flow into the sea.” Sunshine replied.

“Wow, that certainly is a great big ocean of! America do it?” Grass and small fish asked in unison.

“The sea can be beautiful! It is endless, as you can see the sky, like a vast sea water the color of blue than the sky, but also, I see from the sky, the whole sea like a huge sapphire.”

After listening to his sister the sun, then look at the fish over the sea to go ah! However, how can we go to the sea then? Sunlight sister told him that as long as directed at where the sun rises, that is, east tour, you will find the sea.

So. It is back home, the fish my mother said: “Mom, I want to see the beautiful sea!” Fish a mother was shocked: “What? To see the sea? Child may be far from the sea, and on the road there are many dangerous, if only my grandfather’s grandfather had been there. you still with your mother in to live the quiet creek bar! “Little Fish, said:” Mom, I am not afraid of danger, I must go and see the beautiful sea! “Fish fish so insistent on seeing her mother had to say:” Well, child, mother agreed to let you go. However, you must first learn to cope with the dangers and difficulties of the method can proceed. ”

As a result, small fish a day were at an earlier date. It is not just with the mother to learn to find food, but also practice various skills. It is believed that if they work hard, your dreams will be achieved.

Finally, one day, my mother said: “My child, my mother will have the ability to teach you. Now you start it, the difficulties encountered in the future their own to find a way.” Fish good-bye to her mother and left it has been lived stream.

You ah it traveled through a pile of huge stones, suddenly heard a great buzzing sound, then, he along with water from a cliff, fell straight down. Small fish in the water stone Zhuangde dizziness, coma the past. Such as sun exposure, he slowly regained consciousness and found himself came to an open water. He was curious to look around, but the tour for a long time still do not see the shore. Small fish thought to himself: “This is the sea it?, But here is how the water is not as beautiful as sapphire ah?” Is when he saw a small fish swim with his almost over. As a result, small fish quickly Yingshang Qu asked: “Hello, friend! Here is the sea?”

“Haha, how is the sea here, then? Sea, far from here go again! Where did you come from? How the river as the sea ah?” “I come from a stream visit the” small fish, said: “I want to see the beautiful sea. “” the sea in a way, only my grandfather seen the sea. “river of fish, said.

Oh, it must be rivers here, and I have to travel east. After listening to the words of its fish. Side of thought, and went on tour with. Natiao fish catching up, stopped it asked: “Do you want to go to sea?” Little Fish nodded. Natiao fish anxious to say: “Do not go, do not go. The sea may be far away! Is still here, living with me bar!” Little Fish, said: “Thank you, friend, I must go and see the sea! “Suddenly boat for fish anxious softly said:” Go! is designed to eat the fish we have such a small fish! “fish looked back and there is a big fish swim over the distance. However, it seems to have not found that two small fish, so swimming more slowly.

River fish with a small fish from the creek and hid in a piece of rock cracks. And other dangerous in the past, they bid farewell each other, the river fish to continue to live in the river, creeks where the fish continue to swim to the sea.

This fish has gone through many difficulties, and finally saw the dream of the beautiful sea! When it is blue, the vast sea of free play, the experience to other streams and large river fish have never experienced a happy and well-being!

This article is actually very simple, Please think about the next. In fact, the success of the other side is beautiful, but most people, fear of success is too costly, or if frustrated how to … … In fact, we totally do not consider so much, but really hard, they have nothing to regret regret it … …

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