The Happy, Film, You Look At Yourself And How You View The...

After watching the â€Å"Happy† film, you look at yourself and how you view the meaning happy. You begin asking yourself questions to find an answer after analyzing your life, Am I truly happy? Why am I or am I not happy? Everyone in the documentary shared what made them happy and some had nothing but didn’t care because they were surrounded by family and friends, which showed that’s all they needed. What moved me after watching the film was how happiness is taken for granted. What people I encounter with day-to-day say bring them happiness are materialistic things or money that can buy them a particular item. They believe that having this item will bring them happiness, when once they’ve had purchased or received the item they are excited to†¦show more content†¦They couldn’t complain because their happiness came from togetherness. No cars to hitch rides to the supermarket for food, or television to entertain one before bed; lives on the energy from their bodies to hunt to gather food and the same energy returns home to entertain the kids will playful animal heads. When I witnessed this family that lived in the middle of the dessert with nothing, still had a smile to share with the world everyday. My perspective on what makes humans happy has changed. Living with a family of three brothers and three sisters with both parents in the picture, I find happine ss very easy to obtain. Throughout the film, families from out of the United States living in poverty or in the middle of the desert with nothing but rocks, mud and sticks lying around are happy just as they are. A smile on ones face never left because kin was always around sharing the moment together. Growing together, as one, brought happiness to that individual. I can relate. My family, when tough times come along, stick together to work it out as a team and overcome that temporary obstacle. Throughout a teens life you are faced with challenges of trying to make friends by altering yourself for new people you meet in hopes will accept you. Within that phase, you find yourself doing out of the ordinary things to â€Å"fit-in†. Uncomfortable things that you wouldn’t dare do if you were in the eyes of your elders such as smoking. When you return home, you don’t realize that