Friday, March 23, 2012

Happiness

1. If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap. If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing. If you want happiness for a month -- get married. If you want happiness for a year -- inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime -- help someone else. - Chinese Proverb (Source:  http://www.quoteland.com/topic/Happiness-Quotes/72/)

2. I know that am happy when I have a giant smile on my face because I am doing something that/with someone I love. Similar to the author of the quote above, I would consider taking an nap an hour of happiness but playing an hour of tennis or hanging out with family and friends for an hour is also happiness to me. I also agree with the author of the above quote that long-term happiness comes from helping others; every summer for the last few years, I have been a tennis instructor to children who live in the town of Barnstable, and I sincerely enjoy going to work everyday because I love both tennis and teaching the children. This job makes me so happy that I am consider a career in elementary education (happiness for a lifetime). 

3. Feeling happy can promote learning in the area of knowledge of history. I am extremely happy with history at the moment because (definitely not to brag) I have the highest grade average for all HL 1 students according to the teacher's gradebook. This happiness has motivated me to continue to work hard in the class because I want to continue to have the best average in that class out of all HL 1 history students.  

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