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Sandra Carrillo

Professor Ditch

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October 2, 2019
Two Different Spaces

When we think about life, we all want to be happy, in a strte of enjoyment which could / \.

be either internal or external. Internal space focuses on the inner area within yourself, the way (' \

you perceive things and take in mind. Where on the other hand external means the space outside \ r, v;,

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order 1o transform your happiness. On the other hand, David Brooks believes that in order 1o f\
change your happiness you should change what you do and or your environment around you.

Both spaces correlate with each other and allows you to determine your happiness.

.W Dalai Lama & Howard Cutler suggest that everyone can be happy in life and everyone
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can achieve happiness. Everyone has a baseline of happiness but after feeling the rush from an

object or experience your happiness will eventually lower back to normal. Known as temporary

happiness, it needs to be built within in order to allow your mind to retain that inner happiness.

In the texfThe Sources of Happ~~! says, "Happiness is determined more by one's strte of /4/~_{'
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mind than by external events," it insists that it all begins with your mind and giving yourself the

ability to allow change as well accept growth.(22) Accepting what has been done wrong and in

return pulling it part by part and realizing the error contributes to the learning process. In the text

the authors tell a story about the comparison of two individuals a man and a woman who both

have started from a rough beginning, although the woman worked her way up to better
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situations, she got all she wanted she was not satisfied. On the other hand, the man is devastated

once diagnosed with HIV, in a few moments he like he "almost lost everything," after time

he began to live in the moment. Often when something negative occurs we tend to break down

closing any and if all happiness blaming yourself for the fault. Although we all live different

lives, we tend to com~~\i,'<' with other people whether it is to envy for situation it will J
bring unsatisfaction. and Cutler emphas~;,."but without the right mental attitude,

without attention to the mental factor, these things have very little impact on our long-term

feelings of happiness," writing that although the problem may seem so painful it is temporary.

(24) Both authors believe in two methods in order to get inner contentment "obtain everything er ,.~
we want" as well as "appreciate what we have," in other words understanding of your situation.(\ _ O"

Allowing the space for growth through your wellbeing and having the ability to change your

i;,erspective.

In addition to internal space, , am Hill believes that although having many

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materialistic thing., yes do cause happiness quickly throughout time you would need more in ~ .' 'r(D
order to reach an acceptable limit where you feel comfortable when we should be accepting -.J .K\)

yourself to have less. Hill was surrounded by all one could want trips, money, cars and all he

wanted caused external happiness. After the sale of his website he became more aware of the

moral of happiness, we search for the better things that help us "better" our life but what will

happen with our happiness when that is gone? We need happiness in order to progress through

life and receiving happiness takes a process to build up and cannot necessarily be bought. Hill

writes about having more things to worry about stresses your mind out "Somehow this stuff

ended up ruining my life, or a lot of it; the things I consumed ended up consuming me." (308) It
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ting it, as well as wanting to alter our environment. Hill

suggest that changing your space ~tm'ts with the way you're feeling but in order to make change
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letting go is crucial, relating to Yt1a anftler accepting the outgrowth leads to inner growth./

Hill once receiving all he could wanted felt incomplete as he wanted the internal feeling of

happiness although the external did bring satisfaction.

Suffering is widespread and often the cause of uncontrolled feelings and is open to more

erability to break down, learning how to shift the negative in order to make something out of

it that can help you in the long run. Often the surrounding we are around can be controlled by us,

w~ shape our lives by our actions. Brooks believes in "seeing life as a moral drama, placing the

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hard experiences in a moral context and trying to redeem something bad by turning it into

something sacred." (286) In the story What Suffering Does an example wrote about Franklin

Roosevelt which he was unfortunately struck with polio and as stated in the story it brought him

more willingness to continue with his life. Acknowledging the fall could lead us to want to

search for happiness in ways it doesn't mean changing yourself but, in the way, you perceive

things. Reaching the lowest level of sadness is caused by a sad situation in life as you are
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affected by but could be controlled in the way you take that situation in. Accepting to do better {I f'
and wanting better brings you have that satisfaction of having accomplished that and strives you

for more. Many people believe that the only possible relief is to do something crazy or out of the

ordinary to distract you, when it is about the willingness to make a mutual effort in order to

receive happiness. Distracting yourself from what brings internal unhappiness and allow the

external happiness of being with family or simply doing the things you enjoy.

We all search for happiness, yet some may not know what it even is and or what

contributes to it. The first step is figuring out what is happiness to you, we all come from
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different sources and choose to what brings enjoyment. Lyumbomirsky in the story How Happy

Are You writes, "so if you want to be happy tomorrow, the day after, and for the rest of your life,

you can do it by choosing to change and manage your state of mind," · correlates with ·\J
Lyubomirsky myth about happiness, it must be found within and it then contributes to searching

within. In the pie chart that the author demonstrated, it detennmes that a crucial part of lwppiness

is the genes you were born with, as a result some people may have more of the ability to ( 0
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maintain happiness than others. Influencing your wellbeing by doing acts of kindness, it may nod

be strictly constricted your well-being bot to do something to make you feel better. Goals help

you lead to push yourself out of your comfort zone, setting stepping stones in order to reach your'( J:,

full fulfillment The constant reminder of maintaining the thoughts of what brought you down

tend to stress you out and leads to a frustrated and unhappy mood. You deciding your feeling

shapes your internal. Savoring the moment, expressing gratitude, helping others, practicing

religions, coping with diversity, are all strategies that lead more to external happiness

All four authors want the same outcome, in achieving happiness, whether it is external

and or internal both contribute to self-growth. External deals with surroundings which you take

into consideration, the objective to control all around you in order to feel happiness. The act of

internally controlling your thoughts and perception on situations as well the value of life giving

you a more open mind. Lama, Cutler, Lyumbomirsky and Hill all have a perspective on internal

happiness, arguing that it is all within you and order to transform that space you need to take it in

and progress it by focusing on your inner worth rather than your surroundings that change you

physically. People tend to lean towards the physical objects in life that bring happiness, but as

humans have a baseline to our happiness in which is retractable depending on the amount you're
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receiving. Materialistic things bring a temporary happiness we are in search for the sustainable

happiness that is contributed into our mind. Brooks states that in order to feel it in your peace we

need the freedom of having less responsibilities. We sunound ourselves with objects and o'-11.
ex-.i values in order to lift up our happiness, surrounding yourself with those responsibilities }\

and as well pile on stress. Brooks argues that whatever internal feeling you have it is contributed {; ·

to your external feelings as well whatever internal seen you have it is contributed to your

external surroundings. It may be all in the way you think and analyze your life changes your

situations. Arguing that in order to maintain an external happiness you cancel out piece by piece

what lowers your happiness. Lyubomirsky believes in good deeds is not about giving someone 'Ir'
else your happiness but give you a sense of self-worth and a goal to push yourself. Arguing that

if you're able to give up your time as well as sacrifice something of your life Lyumbomirsky

believes you are capable of accepting growth. It brings to question when will I be happy or so (J
what time? It is more in what I can contribute to myself in order to receive my happiness. \

Everyone is grown and perceived in their own specific ways of maintaining happiness. Whether

it involves internal or external qualities they both correlate in a way that they affect one another.

If there is a balance between both one can maintain happiness through the set of steps.
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Work~ ited
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Brooks, David. "What Suffering Does." Pursuing Happiness: a Bedford Spotlight Reader, by

Matthew Parfitt and Dawn Skorczewski, Bedford/St. Martin's, a Macmillan Education

Imprint, 2016, pp. 284-287.

Hill, Graham. "Living with Less A Lot Less." Pursuing Happiness: a Bedford Spotlight Reader,

by Matthew Parfitt and Dawn Skorczewski, Bedford/St. Martin's, a Macmillan Education

Imprint, 2016, pp. 308-312

Lama, Dalai, and Howard Cutler. "The Sources of Happiness." Pursuing Happiness: a Bedford

Spotlight Reader, by Matthew Parfitt and Dawn Skorczewski, Bedford/St. Martin's, a

Macmillan Education Imprint, 2016, pp. 21-33.

Lyubomirsky, Sonja. "How Happy Are You?" Pursuing Happiness: a Bedford Spotlight Reader,

by Matthew Parfitt and Dawn Skorczewski, Bedford/St. Martin's, a Macmillan Education

Imprint, 2016, pp. 179-196.

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