"What can anyone give you greater than now?" -William Stafford

Friday, March 1, 2013



According to 1st, 5th, and 6th period classes, 

Happiness is….
Overcoming difficult experiences
Being content with your life and accepting yourself
Loving your life
Inner peace
Choice
Track, design, laughter
Being in love with your own life and not wishing for anything else/to be anyone else
A fulfilling feeling that can come from having a loving family and enjoying where I live
A great thing
Some land to farm and a wife
Warm weather and fun activities
Different for everyone
Doing things in life that provide enjoyment and fulfillment, whatever that may be, because that is different for everyone and can change frequently
Living in the moment and doing what you love
The love of my family
Universal
Contentment
Family and helping
Now
When you find the good little things in life or you’re satisfied
Something that we must strive for
Temporary
A chemical reaction in the brain
Having everything you need and being content
Magical
Simple
Relative to ones sad points
Looking on the bright side of life
Beautiful
Simple pleasures
Enjoying being yourself
What happens when you’re happy making the most of what you have/your situation
Finding joy in all the little things in life, and being successful by your own standards
Appreciating the people in your life
A state of mind that exceeds content
Contrast, its love, its comfort, somebody to come home to, happiness is happiness.
Something you have to be open to
Being grateful and pleased with what you have
Different for everyone, though there are commonalities
Simplicity and good times
In the wilderness and among people I love
Confusing
Something you have to desire and work to achieve
Having low expectations
Harry Styles
Community
Achievable by everyone
Being able to find pleasure from even the smallest of things such as having friends or someone holding the door for you
A state of mind that everyone feels no matter the circumstance
What you make it
A state of mind that needs to be understood and not found
Good
A state of mind
Everywhere
The feeling I get when you hold my hand
Having family and friends and doing things that you enjoy
Sleeping in and having energy

1 comment:

Christie McCormick said...

According to me, happiness is classrooms full of bright, beautiful adolescents, willing to work, eager to try, happy to have a chance to say what makes them happy.