Материалы к уроку английского языка 10 класс Синькова Н.В.

What is Happiness & How to Get it What is happiness? Discover your type to better achieve this state of being. This definition is a good starting point and we can dig deeper from it. The best way to do that is to consult some of the greatest minds in history. So I researched what these people say about happiness and found 10 essential definitions. Each of them has deep meaning. Take your time to absorb it.

Famous people say: Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. Mahatma Gandhi Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of ones values. Ayn Rand Happiness is something that you are and it comes from the way you think. Wayne Dyer

Happiness is not a reward – it is a consequence. Robert Ingersoll Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing. George Sheehan

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. Aristotle Happiness is not something you experience, its something you remember. Oscar Levant

Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. Margaret Lee Runbeck Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude. Denis Waitley

All in all, I would say that happiness is a decision. Your happiness is your decision to make. So what do you think?

Some people believe that your happiness is in the stars you can learn a lot about yourself and your future from the lines on your palm. Look at the picture and read the text. You can work in pairs helping each other Ex 2, page 148

This are the words of Franklin Fernandes – a member of English club Read it and say what do think about it.Franklin Fernandes Hy everybody! After a long period offline I am back to My EC and I am so happy to be here again that it made me think of what is Happiness to me. And I chose this subject because I would like to know what you EC members think about the status of being happy. To me Happiness is to be with people you love, people you can share you thoughts and feelings. Happiness is to have a person you trust to spend good moments of a real friendship. Happiness is to wake up in the morning wishing to live the day ahead as if it was your last. Happiness is when in bed, look to my side and see that there will ways be the perfect person in my life. Happiness is take my children to the beach or any other place we can have a lot of fun. Happiness is to have my friends respect. Happiness is to have the capacity and the willingness to always try to learn more about everything that interests me even though some times this task is very hard and difficult. Happiness is to be alive to thank God for his goodness of letting all of us breath. Happiness is to be supported by my family and be surrounded by friends all the time. Happiness is to have the essential energy to be writing these lines. I would like to appologise for any mistake I might be making in the text, but my English is a little bit rusty.

Homework Write an essay: What is happiness?