Happiness Blog

Aristotle has a very interesting theory on happiness. He believes that happiness is the purpose for which we live, he also concludes that happiness is not a moment-to-moment experiencing of pleasurable things, but a way of characterizing how one’s life is being conducted. I fully believe in Aristotle’s theory’s. During our day to day life, most of us try and do things that make us happy. That is why we eat, sleep, have relationships, etc. All of these things bring us happiness, which is why we work each week, go to school and wake up in the morning. Doing these things allow for humans to feel a sense of purpose. If we didn’t have happiness then we would have no purpose in life. I think that’s why some people chose to commit suicide; they lost hope in having or finding happiness.

I see these principles that Aristotle taught in my day to day beliefs. When I roll out of bed each day I want to go out with a purpose. If I don’t have a goal in life or see a purpose in my life, I have no reason to wake up each day. Each day I have to look for positive things and I believe you have to choose to be happy when Aristotle says, “happiness is the purpose for which we live”. I agree with that one hundred percent and that’s why I have goals in my life, that’s why I work hard in school, and work. Those things make me feel happy because I am accomplishing things, and I’m feeling like I have a purpose. Knowing that I have a purpose makes me happy.

Happiness is also seen as an overview. When someone is happy, usually it involves not just one day to determine if they are happy it is an overview of a distance of time. Aristotle believes that “happiness is the purpose for which we live, he also concludes that happiness is not a moment-to-moment experiencing of pleasurable things but a way of characterizing how one’s life is being conducted”. I can compare this to my life, I am twenty four years old and I feel like I can see my purpose in life and I can see where I’m going in my life. I have started in my career and things are going well. I believe if I didn’t know my purpose and didn’t know what I was doing with my life, I would be unhappy.