There exists a fundamental difference in various ways of acquiring happiness, happiness that is gained from ordinary activities such as eating, and happiness that is acquired from active leisure such as reading a book.
Reason: this is because activities such as eating which produces positive emotions do not channel the individual into the flow state which is needed to be productive. On the other hand, active leisure produces those positive emotions and the flow state. The positive emotions come as a result or feedback of the activity.
Evidence: “it is the involvement of flow, rather than happiness that makes for excellence in life” (csikzentmihalyi 32).
Reason: meaningful and long-lasting happiness require the flow experiences rather than self help books that teaches about happiness
Evidence: schumaker says that gaining happiness from reading self help books is not a good idea. Self help books only provide the individual a false happiness that can only last for a short period. This will lead the individual (to search for new books in order to continue obtaining that same happiness)that say they know the road to happiness.
Reason: to be truly happy one must participate in flow activities which happiness is the end result or the feedback to the activity.
Evidence: “the happiness that follows flow is of our own making, and it leads to increasing complexity and growth in consciousness” (csikzentmihalyi 32).
Claim: while I realize that self help books might produce minute cases of happiness, they do not produce the essence of flow. This leads me to believe that the only constructive way to be happy is to participate in active leisure activities which produce flow and happiness.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
commenting
i commented xtina's blog because this individual had i good topic on SMU and its sterotypes. check it out . http://www.sheerblondeblog.blogspot.com
Friday, March 28, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
neglected questions
With an election in the United States at hand, major question has been asked to each candidate, (John McCain Rep., Hilary Clinton and Barrack Obama Dem.) and about their plans to provide an answer. One question that is often neglected to be asked is what are plans to stop genocide in Darfur.
In united states history, there is a tendency to neglect major issues around the world because there are no beneficial purpose in intervening instead they go to places such as Iraq were nothing major was needed to be done. Some may say that going to Iraq was a good idea and even if no weapons of mass destruction was found, the country was freed from an evil dictator named Saddam Hussein. My response to that statement is, other countries of the world such as Nigeria, which had an evil dictator named Sani Abacha, was left without any help. America never intervened with the problem because there was nothing of beneficial purpose. This is also similar to the problem that darfurians are facing and yet the united states are not doing much to aid the darfurians. As the new president will come to power I await to see what he or she does in other to aid the darfurians ongoing genocide.
In united states history, there is a tendency to neglect major issues around the world because there are no beneficial purpose in intervening instead they go to places such as Iraq were nothing major was needed to be done. Some may say that going to Iraq was a good idea and even if no weapons of mass destruction was found, the country was freed from an evil dictator named Saddam Hussein. My response to that statement is, other countries of the world such as Nigeria, which had an evil dictator named Sani Abacha, was left without any help. America never intervened with the problem because there was nothing of beneficial purpose. This is also similar to the problem that darfurians are facing and yet the united states are not doing much to aid the darfurians. As the new president will come to power I await to see what he or she does in other to aid the darfurians ongoing genocide.
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