What is happiness? Modern Chinese Dictionary is interpreted as "feeling happy and satisfied" and Ci Hai further explains happiness: there is a "happiness theory" school in ethics, which holds that "happiness is the highest happiness in life, and the pursuit of happiness is the purpose and moral standard of life." The author of Liezi Yang Zhu thinks: "People are born with fun, fun, beauty and lewdness." From Ali stipe, who first put forward the theory of happiness in Europe, to our sages, it is agreed that happiness is a kind of spiritual experience and enjoyment, and spiritual enjoyment has always been considered higher than material enjoyment.

In different environmental times, people will have different experiences of happiness. Since ancient times, some men get together with friends and confidants, drink in a big bowl, eat meat in large chunks, and tell dirty jokes freely and humorously as happiness, but they still feel lost after taking part in accidental amusement; Some women say that happiness means that close sisters are together, shopping, telling interesting stories about three aunts and six grandmothers, and listening to others praise how well they match their husbands is happiness. After a long time, they find that this kind of happiness is just vanity; Some people think that money can bring happiness, "Money makes the mare go", a lot of money can build magnificent palaces, command people around you at will, and make women like fish and geese throw themselves at each other and enjoy all the splendor, but suddenly they become slaves of money and even lose their lives. Is material enjoyment great happiness? A survey shows that since 1950, British people's income has tripled, but their happiness has not increased at all. Those who hear that they won a million dollars in the welfare lottery will return to normal within a year, although they will dance excitedly for a while. People who are unfortunately disabled in a car accident will be happy again after a while.

So what is happiness? In the eyes of a civilian like the author, happiness is a beautiful spiritual need and enjoyment, an inner satisfaction and pleasure, and the highest realm and self-motivation pursued by the soul. Romain rolland once said: The so-called inner happiness is the happiness a person feels when living a sound, normal and harmonious life. Philosophers also pointed out that true happiness is optimism about life, happiness about work and excitement about career. From this point of view, true happiness is not the material enjoyment of wine and sea, not the beauty, not the possession of hundreds of millions of assets, but the pursuit of career, due diligence and dedication to one's work. Dear Premier Zhou Enlai, when the plane was in distress, he took off his umbrella bag and put it on Xiao Yangmei's back. In "Fight to the Death", "Give your life to others" is a great pleasure. The great soldier Lei Feng, though his life was short, devoted his light and heat to the society and people. "Walking on Wan Li Road, doing good deeds is a train", in his view, "putting limited life into infinite service for the people" is the greatest happiness and happiness in life. Confucius said, "It's a pleasure to have friends from afar." It is also a pleasure to entertain friends far away with the income from labor. In Xia's view, "decapitation doesn't matter, as long as it's true" means dedication to the just cause, and "decapitation is only when the wind blows the hat". Although there is still life, it can also be called "special" spiritual experience (enjoyment). Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the country. As children of the motherland, it is our responsibility to care about the development of the motherland. We should follow Fan Zhongyan's example and "worry about the world first, and enjoy the world later" ...

Since ancient times, in the eyes of scholars, "books are the ladder of human progress", reading is happiness, reading is happiness, reading is the sail of self-cultivation, and Confucius said, "Learn from the times, why not?" Set each other off and become interesting. As the philosopher democritus said, people should not be forced to seek all kinds of happiness, but should only pursue noble (spiritual) happiness.

In fact, happiness in the world varies from person to person. There is a philosophical humor: two people get the same' doughnut'. In the optimist's view, because it is a delicious doughnut, it feels sweet and delicious, so it feels happy; In the eyes of pessimists, they feel sorry for the lack of a "hole". Instead of being happy, they become depressed and anxious. What is certain is that there is no absolute happiness in life, let alone absolute happiness. Happiness is not a gift from others, nor is it a gift from God. If you want to be happy, you must love nature, love life and cherish your responsibilities with your heart, and happiness will naturally be experienced in the rings of life.

As the saying goes, the contented are always happy. When people base their happiness on their own efforts, enthusiasm for helping others and tolerance for others, you can realize the true meaning of happiness and maintain a harmonious, lofty, positive and healthy ideological realm in your inner world.

So the habit of happiness is a kind of self-choice, and happiness is in your own hands. In fact, each of us

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