Health, Happiness, & Wealth

Positivity leads to Happiness!

Happiness, what is it? How do you define it? How do you increase it? Does true happiness really exist? Of course! Happiness is defined as Astonishing as it may be, philosophers have down through history has inquired about the nature of happiness and the good life. Clearly what matters in life is not just to live but to live well. Perhaps we can conclude that rising above mere existence and achieving a desirable life is one factor. If we exist, thus, happiness exists; however, one must determine how one envisions it. Historical research found that both cognitive judgments of satisfaction and sentimental assessments of moods and emotions impact the level of happiness one experiences. Considering the aforementioned concept, the subjective nature of happiness tends to signify that individuals are the single best judges of their own happiness. According to Hayboron, 2007b), “Socrates conceptualized little to no faith in the logical expertise of the masses and disapproval of regaling personal authority to ordinary people in matters of happiness.” So, you are the one in control of the level of happiness you display daily. There are techniques you can practice that lead to happiness.

Stay Positive in all situations Reject Negativity both Internally/Externally Increase Positivity Broaden your mindset Developing healthy, happy environments may lead to you obtaining wealth in terms of abundance of confidence, self esteem, and charisma. Happiness intertwined with happiness if we genuinely demonstrate the three variables aforementioned (stay fit, uncluttered mindset, awareness, critical thinking), in my opinion. Lastly, according to Marcel Proust, happiness is salutary to the boy, whereas it is unhappiness that develops the forces of the mind. Unhappiness cultivates the mind wrong and does not support better physical health. Happiness is equivocal to improved health! This is true as happiness enhances our mindset and stimulates our inner being. “Aristotle (1991) suggested that wealth was an essential component of happiness yet, according to De Botton, (2000) nothing persuades the man who is not satisfied with a little was Epicurus’ belief (p. 62). Nonetheless, if we resolve to research the findings clearly show that a significant positive correlation exists between wealth and happiness.

Frey and Stutzer (2002) proclaimed that while increased income adds significantly to happiness at low levels of development across nations, once the entry of $10,000 annual per capita income has been reached, there is not a strong correlation between wealth and life satisfaction. In a similar element, Diener, Horowitz, and Emmons (1985) documented that extremely wealthy individuals, chosen from the Forbes list of the wealthiest Americans, were only modestly happier than a control group who lived in the same geographical area. Research, all in all, suggests that an adequate amount of money is a necessary condition of happiness, albeit not a sufficient one.

So, you see, the most important factors connected to meditation on God, are to stay fit, keep your mindset uncluttered, stay in the presence/awareness, cultivate critical thinking and live! Also, this tells me that we must demonstrate discipline in how we manage our healthiness, happiness, and wealth.

Warm regards,
Dr. Pooler

References

• Aristotle. (1991). On rhetoric: A theory of civic discourse (G.A. Kennedy, Trans.). New York: Oxford University Press.
• De Botton, A. (2000). The consolations of philosophy. New York: Vintage Books
• Diener, E., Horowitz, J., & Emmons, R.A. (1985). Happiness of the very wealthy. Social Indicators Research, 16, 263– 274.
• Frey, B.S., & Stutzer, A. (2002). Happiness and economics: How the economy and institutions affect human well-being. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
• Haybron, D. (2007b). Philosophy and the science of subjective wellbeing. In M. Eid & R.J. Larsen (Eds.), The science of subjective well-being (pp. 17–43). New York: Guilford Press.