Monday, November 15, 2010

Happiness in abstract










Meaning of the Quotes

It is all about life in happiness.People surely to live their life in happiness in order to forget their past or to change their emotions and many more.As we know,we should enjoy our life even it is sometimes bitter or interesting to make our journey in life is always meaningful.

Chosen Quote

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence”

by Aristotle

Monday, November 1, 2010

Research 2 - Happiness


Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy.[1] A variety of biological, psychological,religious, and philosophical approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources.You just need be yourself and things will be happening, to be happy is not necessary to think you only need to feel .

Smile

Science suggests that when you smile, whether you feel happy or not, your mood will be elevated. So smile all the time![7] In addition having enough money to pay the bills allows you to focus your energies on more productive aspects of your life, such a the pursuit of happiness as opposed to keeping the 'wolves from the door'.


Stay close to friends and family.

Move to where other members are- so you can see them more. We live in a mobile society, where people follow jobs around the country and sometimes around the world. We do this because we think increases in salary will make us happier, but the fact is that our relationships with our friends and family have a far greater impact on our happiness than our jobs do. So next time you think about relocating, consider that you'd need a salary increase of over $100,000 USD to compensate for the loss of happiness you'd have from moving away from your friends and family.[4] But if your relationships with your family and friends are unhealthy or nonexistent, and you are bent on moving, choose a location where you'll be making about the same amount of money as everyone else; according to research, people feel more financially secure (and happier) when they're on similar financial footing as the people around them, regardless of what that footing is


Find happiness in the job you have now


Many people expect the right job or the right career to dramatically change their level of happiness, but happiness research makes it clear that your level of optimism and the quality of your relationships eclipse the satisfaction you gain from your job.[6] If you have a positive outlook, you will make the best of any job, and if you have good relationships with people, you won't depend on your job to give your life a greater sense of meaning. You'll find it in your interactions with the people you care about. Now that doesn't mean you shouldn't aspire towards a job that will make you happier; it means you should understand that the capacity of your job to make you happy is quite small in comparison to your outlook on life and your relationships with people.



There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.
Benjamin Franklin

Research 1 - Sadness


What Is Sadness?

Sadness is a feeling — it's one of the many normal human emotions, or moods, we all have. Sadness is the emotion people feel when they've lost something important, or when they have been disappointed about something, or when something sad has happened to them or to someone else. When they're lonely, people often feel sad.

When you're sad, the world may seem dark and unfriendly. You might feel like you have nothing to look forward to. The hurt deep inside may crush your usually good mood.

Sadness makes you feel like crying, and sometimes the tears are hard to stop. Crying often makes you feel better.

Sometimes when your mood is sad, you just feel like being alone for a little while. Or you might want someone to comfort you or just keep you company while you go through the sad feeling. Talking about what has made you sad usually helps the sad feeling melt away.

When sadness starts to go away, it can feel like a heavy blanket is being lifted from your shoulders.

"There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle." -Robery Alden

When Is It Natural to Feel Sad?

Feeling sad every once in a while is natural. Maybe you didn't get something you really wanted. Maybe you miss somebody. Maybe somebody you really like doesn't want to be friends, and you don't feel so great about yourself. Maybe an illness or condition gets in the way of doing some things you want to do or makes you different from your friends. There are lots of reasons that people feel sadness.

Most of the time, sadness is because of a loss or separation, a difficult change or disappointment about something, or relationship problems.

Disappointments

Disappointments like losing a game you hoped to win, getting a poor grade, or not being invited to a party can cause sadness. Sadness is a natural reaction to those things. How sad a person feels is usually related to how big or small the loss or disappointment is.

Relationships

Relationships bring happiness and fun much of the time. But tension or conflict in important relationships, or relationships that break up, can cause sadness, too. Many kids fight with family members, especially their parents, in the struggle to grow up and gain independence.

People often feel sad when all is not right between them and their loved ones, or when they get criticized or yelled at a lot. They fight about things like money, clothing, haircuts, school, and friends. In school, problems with teachers and grades may cause some sadness as well.

When Is Sadness a Problem?

If a sad feeling goes on for too long, hurts too deeply, and makes it hard for you to enjoy the good things about your life, it's called depression.

Here are some of the signs and symptoms of depression:

  • feeling empty or numb
  • feeling hopeless (like there's nothing to look forward to)
  • feeling guilty or worthless
  • feeling lonely or unloved
  • feeling irritable and annoyed a lot (every little thing gets on your nerves)
  • feeling like things are not fun anymore
  • having trouble keeping your mind on schoolwork or homework or getting bad grades
  • having trouble keeping your mind on things like reading or watching TV or not remembering what a book or a TV show was about
  • having less energy and feeling tired all the time
  • sleeping too much or not enough
  • not eating enough and weight loss or eating too much and weight gain
  • thinking about death or thinking about suicide
  • spending less time with friends and more time alone
  • crying a lot, often for no reason
  • feeling restless (being unable to sit still or relax)


Emotion





Emotion is the complex psychophysiological experience of an individual's state of mind as interacting withbiochemical (internal) and environmental (external) influences. In humans, emotion fundamentally involves "physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience".[1] Emotion is associated withmood,temperament, personality and disposition, and motivation. The English word 'emotion' is derived from the French wordémouvoir. This is based on the Latin emovere, where e- (variant of ex-) means 'out' and movere means 'move'.[2]The related term "motivation" is also derived from the word movere.

Affective aspect of consciousness. The emotions are generally understood as representing a synthesis of subjective experience, expressive behaviour, and neurochemical activity.Emotion's connection to the body is frequently reinforced through our metaphoric description of emotion; it is frequently described as a visceral event.





Types of emotion





Fear :defined as an irrational aversion an expected danger, it s the anticipation that something bad is going to happen and you have to be prepared.

Jealousy :defined as thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that occur when a person believes a valued relationship is being threatened by a rival.

Happiness :defined as a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy

Pride :defined as an exaggerated positive evaluation of oneself based on a devaluation of others.

Anxiety :an abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension and fear often marked by physiological signs (as sweating, tension, and increased pulse


Quotes of Emotions.

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence”

by Aristotle

“The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”

by Mitch Albom

“The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.”

by William Somerset Maugham

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed”

by Mahatma Gandhi

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”

by John C.Maxwell

“There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.”

by Oscar Wilde