Explore The Road To Happiness

In reality, everyone is yearning for happiness. Looking for happiness from outside world and deep inside of their own is the cohesion and accumulation of consciousness and emotions which developed during long history. The realm of happiness is so fascinating, but what exactly is happiness? And how should we define happiness? Thinkers of ancient and modern times don't seem to have the undiversified opinions. Mankind has entered the new era of 21st century, a new era environment will lead to different concept of happiness recognition, material and money worship, hedonism and egoism, and other ideas alienate people in the pursuit of happiness. Money and status have been recognized as the measurement scale for value. These deviations for understanding of happiness, as well as the alienation of happiness concept may lead people go astray and suffer misfortune. Therefore, we need to stand on a high degree of philosophy level to reflect on their theoretical and practical analysis, and proceed to put forward ways to achieve happiness. This paper is based on the Marxist view of happiness, defined happiness as: under a certain social and historical conditions, in the process of people practice, one's psychological pleasure experience which generated from the satisfaction of one's important need, desire and goal to the completion of one's life. The paper include the interpretation of happiness definition as well as it's relevant factors, and the way to achieve happiness for everyone in a new era .The paper is meaningful for everyone to grasp and understand happiness. The main content is as followed:Firstly, introduce and explain the different thoughts about happiness at all times and in all over the world ,which include rational concept of happiness, and emotional concept of happiness and utilitarian concept of happiness Christian concept of happiness of western world, three kinds of ancient Chinese concept of happiness related to virtue ,and Marxist view of happiness.Secondly, define the concept of happiness base on Marxist view of happiness as: under a certain social and historical conditions, in the process of people practice, one's psychological pleasure experience which generated from the satisfaction of one's important need, desire and goal to the completion of one's life. Then analyze the relation between happiness and need, happiness and pleasure, happiness and misfortune as well as happiness and one's life, point out the characteristics of absoluteness and relativity of happiness.Thirdly, introduce and explain several related factors impact on happiness including environmental factors, the main body factors and the accidental factors.1 Environmental factor. Mankind as the supreme existence of the natural environment, their activity can not separate from natural environment and social environment. Environmental factors contain and determine mankind's level of achieve happiness.2 Main body factors. A person's physical and mental health will affect his sense of happiness. Complete life requires physical and mental health, it is the starting point of a happy life. With physical and mental health, as well as vitality, people can not only give full play to their potential and creativity, but also feel better life, love life better, and enjoy life better ,and live in constant pursuit of the perfect. A person's aptitudes, acquired efforts and moral character will to some extent affect their acquired happiness level.3 Accidental factors. Accidental factors together with the main factors in the activities of life play an important role in human activities. The life of each person demonstrates the unique and the non-repetitive trait. What affect people's happiness accidental factors mainly refer to opportunity, which is the accidental activities that significant impact on the success or failure of the fortuitous events.Lastly, put forward the way to achieve happiness. That is to promote ecological civilization, to promote social harmony, to strengthen the training capacity of their own happiness, to devote social practice as well as to seize the opportunities so as to create a happy life.