Happy?

Happiness in hard thing to define, I guess I would start by saying it’s a way of looking at life and a choice you make. Having things and being the best at something doesn’t always make people happy like they want. Yet, at the same time a poor person can be one of the happiest people you meet. So what makes them so different? It’s the choice they make to be content with what they have, that silver lining mentality. Making a difference and helping people smile always makes me happy. By helping others and making them happy I in turn become happy. I am the happiest when I can make my family and people I love happy. To see true happiest cross there faces where there are little smile wrinkles around their eye and there is a sparkle in there eyes. That is my favorite moment ever! Being “happy” is not the most important thing in life but it is still important enough that it can make or break peoples will to go on.

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Many people think of culture in relation to their ethnicity but it is so much more than that.  Culture by dictionary definition is “the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge, which constitute the shared bases of social action”.  This constitutes everything from traditions to attitudes/behaviors that we have.  So yes, some of your culture comes from your ethnicity and traditions of your ancestors but it goes deeper than that.  My personal “culture” is based not in my German or Native American roots but in my religion.  I am a Christian, I was brought up in a Christian home, I believe in the Bible, and every aspect of my life comes back to that base.  Now, I have pride in where I come from and being an American and that should not be discounted but, everything from how I eat my food to how I speak to people can be tied back to some thread of my beliefs.  For me my culture is very important, it is one of the biggest defining factors of who I am.  Not only who I am, but my concept of self is strongly rooted in these beliefs, values and traditions that I was brought up knowing.