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    Kelsey Herrington Professor Ditch English 115 a 02 October 2019 - changing the way we speak, think, and feel, Brooks, Lyubomirsky, Hill, and His Holiness the aN Dalai Lama and Cutler each use their voices to write about humanity's internal space, focusing uy = \\ on the idea of happiness that exist a a pa@ of human natu Brooks approaches happiness fc os differently by comparing it with suffering, claiming the latter yields a gift. He states the me of suffering changes a person and increases their vulnerability, therefore allowing them to grasp vl true individuality and intemal happiness. Lyubomirsky discusses happiness in the context of science by explaining people all have a set happiness point and aside from minor fluctuations caused by triggering events, most do not stray from that point. She argues that happiness is not \. achieved by revising physical circumstances but rather by the altering of mental circumstances Noli focuses on mindset and achieving happiness through idealism. He expresses that relationships and experiences possess more significance than material items do, and by ‘minimizing focus on objects and shifting it to our mentality, happiness can be achieved. The ‘Dalai Lama and Cutler discuss happiness being determined by one’s mindset. They urge readers . K i to von they have the capability to reach the goal of ultimate happiness through their Sa Pave the way to our happiness. The happiness achiev transitional stage occurring ed internally is met after a externally. All of the authors explain we can use this intemal space and transform it withthe insight given by the authors, mindset is key to a happy life. David Brooks, author of an opinion column in the New York Times, argues that happiness an be achieved internally through a transformation which relies on the use of motivation. A happy life is derived fom the suffering that occurs during trying situations, according to the | (\ author. He argues that has the ability to control their space within our minds to create happiness, \\ not eting the evens on the outside lead to defeat, Pain is the trigger that allows one to adjust av “the routines of life and find they ai ire not who they believed themselves to be” because external ~ & | \ forces change the way one thinks, but Brooks ‘eaders to not allow it to affect them, but use JY \ | ¥ Eo transform their space to Abhieve happiness ( B:00ks 286). In some cases, happiness comes Y 6 aX ‘ < | the form of sadness because ofan extemal event like “Abraham Lincoln [who] suffered through of the pain of ‘conducting a civil war, and he ‘came out of the iat with the Second Inaugural. He emerged with this sense that there were deep currents of ‘Agony and redemption sweeping not ju } through him but through the nation as a whole,” (Brooks 286), Rather than letting the outside ‘ction of suffering defeat itis used as motivation inside the mind towards the ultimate goal of happiness. Brooks stresses the importance of “placing the hard experiences in a moral context and trying to redeem something bad by ‘uming it into something sacred,” to permit a better Herrington 3 wutcome (Brooks 286), i . oxtoaine (Bs ©) Zoning in on one's mindset and altering tht grants «change tat els in pleasure instead of pain, By changing state of mind “Living with Less. A Lot Less.” he discusses human greed and how this does not translate to vi happiness. Authors Brooks and Hill share the viewpoint that altering the mindset and way one reacts fo a situation will yield happiness. Although one may have the physically attainable ~ in life, they may not have fully grasped the emotional aspect. The author presents the fact: Ae “American consumer activity has increased substantially since the 1950s, happiness levels have flatlined”, the possession of items relates to the decline in happiness (Hill 311). So, attempts at pressure externally are ineffective, but incidents on the outside have the ability to trigger a \ mindset change. Hill's happiness is achieved after falling in love, an external situation that, e Y affected his internal space and reshaped his way of thinking. After welcoming a relationship with Vv open arms, the author was able to enjoy the “life [which] was full of love and adventure and x Y ). He attempts to persuade the reader to move their school of work [he] cared about,” (Hil! thought to one that is less materialistic and moze selfish. It is important to focus on the internal y space of the mind which in turn leads to happiness because it creates simplicity. His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Cutler argue that happiness is largely determined by one’s mindset and mentality, which trumps possessions and feelings at certain points in time. ‘Achieving inner contentment, according to the authors, happens when one “appreciates what {they] have” because the position in the mind does not immediately year for what could additionally be added to life, explaining “Our feelings of contentment are strongly influenced by our tendency to compare Pare" (Dalai Lama and Cutler 23) Eventually, this “happiness tend, to migrate back to a certain baseline» a Srtain baseline”, because ‘We adept to our surroundings (Dalai Lama and « Curler 22). Although this baseline i ‘eviable centering energy in the mind will lead to < happiness, they explain, + very hi ve 0 HAPPY Person even if you have poor health” (Dalai Lama and Cutler 22). The intemal They describe “Christopher Reeve, the actor Who was thrown from a horse in 1994 and suffere # spinal cord injury that left him completely paralyzed from the neck down”, instead of allowing \ y \ Nv “lewpoint with the authors Dalai Lama and Cutler that his injury to negatively change his life, he focused on the internal space within his mind to tise 'alai Lama and Cutler 27). What happens on the outside ae * iy Q » above and achieve happiness (D, cause fluctuations in feelings, but focus on ‘modifying one’s mindset within the intemal space 's strongly associated with happiness and life satisfaction” because the y will produce true happiness Sonja Lyubormirsky, professor and author of The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want shares the despite emotional highs and lows, happiness is centered ata set point. She explains that by Placing a specific goals “i ati ‘attention is being taken from what is situationally happening and fixating it ora minds Nt te v Stressful experience which occiisextémally is J ring the mindset, happiness can be achieved, ¢ es and the author convinces us (Lyubormirsky 195). The interna how we can control our happiness Happiness comes in various forms at different places in our liv that “The reality is that the elements that determined our happiness in the past, and can make for, and are right here waiting to be taken advantage of," future happiness, are with us right now aan 7 ie “REE WE have the ability tobe as happy as we were at the happiest point of our lives ifwe manipulate the variables in the space around us (Lyubomniniy 190). Lyuborininky tes readers “abiding happiness is indeed within your reach” and can be met despite genetics if the mind is focused on it. Individual events cause ‘happiness to fluctuate but eventually that. happiness is reduced or brought back to its baseline, therefore there is nothing on the outside available to change that would immediately heighten happiness, alternatively that change happens in the intemal space of the mind, The authors all write about the internal space of our mind and utilizing this space to’ achieve happiness. After a transitional stage that happens externally, the internal space is being transformed to allow for a positive change. They explain through facts and emotion that happiness can be reached when one changes their mindset despite outside events. Authors Brooks and Hill turn their focus to using a strong mentality to compensate for unhappiness or lack of something in one’s life; by disregarding that negative and looking at the positive, life seems happier. The Dalai Lama and Cutler and Lyubomirsky stress importance within changing the outlook of situations and understanding that happiness cannot be achieved by one positive event, but is rather looked at as using internal space to adjust. Transforming internal space will lead to happiness, according to the authors. 4 Herrington 6 ‘ Works Cited we Sullivan, John E., and Childs Rachel, editors. Pursuing Happiness: a Bedford Sp . Bedford/St Martin's 2016, ao Brooks, David, “What Suffering Does.” Sullivan and Childs,pp, 284-87. Dalai Lama and Cutler, His Holiness and Howard, “The Sources of Happiness”. Sullivan OQ we otlight and Childs, pp. 21-33.

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