A Way To Happiness

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My Way to Happiness Happiness is defined as a mental state of well- being characterized by positive emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy (1). It can be found in many forms such as, purchasing something that betters our living styles or because you see someone that you haven’t seen in a long time. To me happiness is spending time with my family and the ones I love, enjoying my life to the fullest, and overcoming the difficulties with a positive attitude. The greatest happiness for me is my family; they are the fuel that keeps me going on the difficult days and the ones that are always there for me. We are very close, so when it come to them it always amaze me all the sacrifices I can make for their happiness, for example, when my husband joined the military I decided to place all my dreams on hold and change my entire life to help him fulfill his career choice, it was difficult but I wouldn’t change my decision because it brought me to where I am today. And even though I am far from the rest of my family and friends, when we get time to be together it makes me very happy being able to share all the best and worst moments of my life with them. Besides having a great family, having a successful life has always been a goal of mine, and it makes me very happy when I can achieve that while enjoying every second of it. Because like Aristotle wrote; “He is happy who lives in accordance with complete virtue and is sufficiently equipped with external goods, not for some chance period but throughout a complete life.”(2) I worked hard for what I have and I am working even harder for what I want for my future, like, finishing my career and being able to do what I love and at the same way provide for my family, and also be the example that “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”(3) Life is unexpected and we will meet many difficulties along our path thru it. It
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