Final Exam Semester One: Reflection

Eudaimonia. That is the Greek word for happiness. Every person, regardless on statute, age, race, or gender, is in search for that one true thing that could make them fulfilled. People’s definition of happiness varies and the path to achieving that is not at all easy. Life is a series of learning and relearning. And each of us is looking for the path to wisdom to achieve the one true end of happiness.

Based on the above statement—define happiness in your life and how that has changed based on your life experiences. In addition, compare and contrast the dichotomy between the essential definition of happiness that Mother Teresa and George Bernard Shaw express in comparison to the sentiments articulated by John Stuart Mill. In your answer, include any historical event we have learned thus far to back your perception of life and the path that best defines your “happiness”.

After all—history in its root is a series of relationships that lead to the next event. These meticulous interactions define individual personas and set the stage for the positive and negative occurrences that the grace the pages of the books before you.

I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love. ~Mother Teresa

I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world. ~Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojarhiu)

This is the true joy in life - being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. ~George Bernard Shaw

All action is for the sake of some end; and rules of action, it seems natural to suppose, must take their whole character and color from the end to which they are subservient.
John Stuart Mill

All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain.
John Stuart Mill