Name=Aadi

tyaRaushan

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se=Bcom (
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lno.=22/
684

Subj
ect=Ar
tofbei
ngHappy

Do y
oubel
i
evet
hathappi
nessi
stheul
ti
mat
egoaland
f
oundat
ionofhumanl
i
fe?El
abor
ate

Theconceptofhappi
nessast
heul
ti
mat
egoalandf
oundat
ionofhumanl
i
fei
sa
compel
l
ingy
etmul
ti
facet
edi
deat
hatwar
rant
scar
efulex
ami
nat
ion.Whi
l
ehappi
ness
undoubt
edl
yoccupi
esacent
ralpl
acei
nthehumanex
per
ience,
whet
heri
tshoul
dbe
consi
der
edt
hepi
nnacl
egoalandcor
ner
stoneofex
ist
encei
ssubj
ectt
odebat
eand
i
nter
pret
ati
on.

Happi
ness,i
nit
sessence,embodi
esast
ateofwel
l
-bei
ngchar
act
eri
zedbyposi
ti
ve
emot
ions,cont
ent
ment
,and f
ulf
il
lment
.Itencompasses v
ari
ous di
mensi
ons of
humanl
i
fe,
incl
udi
ngper
sonalsat
isf
act
ion,
meani
ngf
ulr
elat
ionshi
ps,
andasenseof
pur
pose.Fr
om apsy
chol
ogi
calst
andpoi
nt,happi
nessr
efl
ect
sthef
ulf
il
lmentof
i
nnat
ehumanneeds,asposi
tedbyt
heor
iessuchasMasl
ow'
shi
erar
chyofneeds,
whi
chsuggest
sthati
ndi
vi
dual
sst
ri
vef
orsel
f-
act
ual
i
zat
ionandhappi
nessoncet
hei
r
basi
cneedsar
emet
.

Thepur
sui
tofhappi
nessi
sdeepl
yingr
ainedi
nhumannat
ure,dr
ivi
ngi
ndi
vi
dual
sto
seek outex
per
iences and endeav
orst
hatenhance t
hei
rwel
l
-bei
ng and l
i
fe
sat
isf
act
ion.Whet
hert
hroughper
sonalachi
evement
s,meani
ngf
ulconnect
ions,or
engagi
ngact
ivi
ti
es,humansar
einher
ent
lymot
ivat
edbyt
hedesi
ret
omax
imi
ze
happi
nessi
nthei
rli
ves.Mor
eov
er,soci
eti
esof
tenpr
ior
it
izepol
i
ciesandi
nit
iat
ives
ai
med atpr
omot
ing t
he wel
l
-bei
ng oft
hei
rci
ti
zens,r
ecogni
zi
ng t
hatcol
l
ect
ive
happi
nesscont
ri
but
est
osoci
alcohesi
onandpr
ogr
ess.
Howev
er,whi
l
ehappi
nesshol
dsundeni
abl
esi
gni
fi
cancei
nhumanl
i
fe,whet
heri
t
shoul
dber
egar
dedast
heul
ti
mat
egoalandf
oundat
ioni
samat
terofper
spect
ive
andphi
l
osophi
cali
nqui
ry.Oneper
spect
ivear
guest
hathappi
nessser
vesast
he
ul
ti
mat
ecr
it
eri
onbywhi
cht
oev
aluat
ethewor
thandsuccessofhumanex
ist
ence.
Accor
dingt
othi
svi
ew,
thepur
sui
tofhappi
nessgui
desi
ndi
vi
dual
sinmaki
ngchoi
ces
t
hatl
eadt
oper
sonal
ful
fi
ll
mentandcont
ri
but
est
othegr
eat
ergoodofsoci
ety
.

On t
he ot
herhand,cr
it
ics oft
his per
spect
iver
aise i
mpor
tantconsi
der
ati
ons
r
egar
ding t
he l
i
mit
ati
ons and compl
exi
ti
es ofhappi
ness as a si
ngul
argoal
.
Happi
nessi
ssubj
ect
iveandmul
ti
facet
ed,encompassi
ngar
angeofemot
ionsand
ex
per
iencest
hatcannotbef
ull
ycapt
uredbyasi
mpl
i
sti
cdef
ini
ti
on.Mor
eov
er,t
he
r
elent
lesspur
sui
tofhappi
nesscansomet
imesl
eadt
oashal
l
ow andhedoni
sti
c
appr
oacht
oli
fe,wher
eshor
t-
ter
m pl
easur
est
akepr
ecedenceov
erl
ong-
ter
m wel
l
-
bei
nganddeeperv
alues.

Addi
ti
onal
l
y,humanl
i
fei
sinher
ent
lymar
kedbychal
l
enges,set
backs,andmoment
s
ofsuf
fer
ing,
whi
char
eint
egr
alt
oper
sonalgr
owt
handr
esi
l
ience.Embr
aci
ngt
hef
ull
spect
rum of human ex
per
iences,bot
h posi
ti
ve and negat
ive,enr
iches our
under
standi
ngofl
i
feandcont
ri
but
est
oourov
eral
lwel
l
-bei
ng.Thus,
whi
l
ehappi
ness
i
sundoubt
edl
yval
uabl
e,i
tisnott
hesol
edet
ermi
nantofameani
ngf
ulandf
ulf
il
li
ng
ex
ist
ence.

I
nconcl
usi
on,
thequest
ionofwhet
herhappi
nessi
stheul
ti
mat
egoalandf
oundat
ion
ofhumanl
i
fei
scompl
exandmul
ti
facet
ed.Whi
l
ehappi
nessoccupi
esacent
ralpl
ace
i
nhumanex
per
ienceandser
vesasagui
dingpr
inci
plef
ori
ndi
vi
dual
andsoci
etal
wel
l
-
bei
ng,i
tisnotwi
thouti
tsl
i
mit
ati
onsandchal
l
enges.Recogni
zi
ngt
hei
nher
ent
compl
exi
ti
es of human ex
ist
ence and embr
aci
ng a hol
i
sti
c appr
oach t
hat
encompasses v
ari
ous di
mensi
ons ofwel
l
-bei
ng and f
ulf
il
lmenti
s essent
ialf
or
cul
ti
vat
ingameani
ngf
ulandpur
posef
ull
i
fe.