In responce to Austin

If money is able to get you good and valuable things why cant people be happy with that?

Money now a days seems to be key for living healthy and it may get us Good and Valuable things but that may not give happiness to everyone. As mentioned before I think happiness is beyond the things money gets us. In my opinion I think The people who have a lot of money don't appreciate what they have so much they loose sight in what makes them happy beyond it. Do they become to busy making the money to enjoy what they buy with it?

If you randomly became a millionaire would your happiness increase? If so Why and what are some things that you would buy/do?

Are We really paying For better Quality when Buying labled Clothing?

Another question that had been raised in class was, How can you Live your life when your being told how to live and when your told what would make you happy? I don't believe that we are being told how to live. I think we choose the things that make us happy some people believe that happiness comes with the latest expensive material things and others could live a very simple life . I don't believe that we are told what would make us happy. People can talk all they want about things that they think would make everyone happy and if they are good sellers they may get people to believe that but once again I think we decide our happiness.
Why do many think that having expensive things and spending more for label clothing make them better? Is it really worth the dollars difference between A plain white tee from express and a plain white tee from Walmart? tank tops from Holister and tank tops ten fifteen dollars less at old navy? exc. Are we really paying for better quality?

Why are people so unhappy?

This past week during class we had discussed many different topics about happiness. But one question that had been brought up that really caught my attention was Why are people so unhappy? I believe that people are so unhappy because we are all way too dependent on material things. We focus on external needs to make us happy and don't spend enough time reflecting on ourselves. We think that having the latest technology and staying on top of cool new things is going to make us happy but there have been plenty of examples where the more things we get the less satisfied we become. We loose the appreciation for the little things in life. For example coming to college I have never wasted so many hours of my days until I came here where I now have High speed Internet. Granted I love how I don't have to wait hours for videos and pictures to load any more it is really taking away from spending time getting involved with things and being more physically active. I feel as though the more material things we get I think the more it introduces us to unnecessary things. It introduces many more lazy ways to do things.
My question is Do you think if everyone found their own happiness beyond material things we would have more active fit people?

In responce to Kolby

I would have to agree with Kolby when saying that our emotions always affect the decisions we make. I think that we maybe able to ignore some emotions but never eliminate all of them when making a decision. For example Cops; they are suppose to strictly follow and obey the law. However I come from a small town where everyone seems to know each other including the cops. An example of how emotions effect decisions is when this cop, who is also the coach of the High School Track team, pulled over one of his star track players going 40 over the speed limit and then let her go with a verbal warning. However two days before this the same cop pulled over one of my friends going ten over the speed limit and gave her a ticket. For the next week it was the joke of our school saying how if my friend had joined track she probably wouldn't even have the ticket. Stories like these ones are often heard of. I believe that its impossible for people to always make decisions without letting their emotions get in the way.

Do you think that it is okay for Cops to do that when its their job to obey the law.
If you were a cop in that situation would you do the same thing?
Do you think his decision had anything to do with the type of mood he was in on those two differnt days?

Do you think censorship leads to rebellion and or ignorance?

In response to Misty's question Do you think censorship leads to rebellion and or ignorance? I think that censorship leads to both of those things. For the most part no one likes being told what to do so first reaction is usually to rebel. If someone says you cant do something it becomes a challenge or a goal to prove someone wrong. For example with sports if someone told me I couldn't hit a home run my first reaction would be watch me; and with time, effort and drive I would prove them wrong. When being held back from exploring new things it either makes someone more curious or more scared. With some people censorship can lead them to not explore enough and become afraid or too dependent on others. Always needing advice or rules they may face many sticky situations with no idea how to deal with them.
My question is : Do you think that athletes are more likely to rebel then people who don't play sports? Do sports bring out more competition in athletes every day life?

The Roles We Play

From birth we are all given roles to play. We are given the role as children, students, sisters, brothers, and as the years progress they only grow. We may then become parents, uncles, aunts, grandparents but these are all goals that we don't really have a choice of playing. We determine how well we play those roles but no matter what we are stuck with what is given to us. For example someone may have the title of being a parent but that doesn't always mean they act as parents should. They may not be supportive loving or caring at all but that doesn't change their role as a parent. How ever some roles we play in this world are influenced by the people around us, the goals we have and decisions we make. For example by making a bad decision we may play the role of of a prisoner. By fulfilling large dreams or goals you may play the role of a leader who is highly admired by others. My question is Can your role be changed by how others view you?
For example if I have a friend who is like an older sister to me does that give her the role of an older sister?

If God is all good why is there evil in the world? Couldn't he create a world with all good?

During class this past week we covered quite a few topics but one that I found interesting was, If God is all good why is there evil in the world? Couldn't he create a world with all good? These questions deffinatly got me thinking and I honestly dont know why he wouldnt make a perfect world if he could. Maybe he wants us to figure out a good balance on our own. Giving us freewill to discover the lives we wish to make. Allowing us to create our own lives with as much good or evil as we choose. But then that leads me to wonder, how much is too much evil? Whats the limit of evil that decides whether we go to heaven or hell? When does God stop forgiving us for our sins?