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Well according to the dictionary, happiness its nothing more than a state but happiness goes way more than just a state its an activity as Aristotle says, “Activity of the soul in accordance with virtue,” so first of all you might be thinking how do I become happy? Well happiness is not the same as the meaning of life but its indispensable for it. You must get a purpose to achieve in life that gives you the happiness just as Aristotle says, “Is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim, and end of the human existence.” So basically, yes, you need a purpose to achieve but also you must love what you do. For example, if you’re working at a job that someone told you to work at, of course you’re not happy and you won’t be. As long as you realize what you want and change what you’re doing to get that done, then you can be happy. Your happiness doesn’t have to depend on someone else. No one can change it but it’s true that sometimes its not the outside of people, sometimes it’s the inside of us and there are a lot of obstacles that come between this and a popular example of this is money. The “Power of Money” has become the base of our life but what happens when we change money from being something essential? Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” This doesn’t mean that having lot of money makes you happy, the purpose of money and what’s value allows to buy things. It doesn’t matter if you have lot of money or not, to be happy, it depends on you and no one else. An incredible woman, Martha Washington once said, “The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go.”
Teens are hormonal tornados. Stress, pressures, conflicts, challenges, experiences, self awareness … all these ingredients, topped with rapidly changing hormones, help to create the perfect storm in a teenager's world. Although we may remember those days as the time of our lives—joyous and carefree—about half of today's teens would disagree. In fact, ninth graders (average age 15) report 50% less time feeling "very happy" compared to fifth graders (average age 11). Likewise, they experience fewer moments of feeling "great" or "proud" of themselves.Mental growth in this stage is rapid. It's in our adolescence that the childhood innocence sails on, leaving us with both a feeling of loss and a newly discovered sense of adventure. It's here in our teen years we realize image matters, friends matter, our school resume matters—everything matters! It's also here that we learn to take risks. A teen can be made to feel anxious about their appearance with little effort, yet it's a challenge to get through to them about the possibilities of their actions resulting in death or physical harm. And, because of their youthful courage, the risks that they're accepting under the canopy of their newly discovered adventurous side can be very dangerous.
Teens don't process the notion of consequences well. Just as they struggle to grasp the risks of physical danger and the possibly of death, they don't realize emotional repercussions either. They understand that the wrong hairstyle will cause them embarrassment, but they don't see how risky choices such as binge drinking or experimenting with drugs can cause sadness, depression, anxiety, etc.
The hidden meaning of Happiness