Many people believe that individuals are responsible for their own happiness, while others think happiness is dependent on other external factors. Discuss both views and include your own opinion. Give reasons for your answer and examples from your experience.

It is often argued whether

happiness

is the state of

one

's mind or it depends on other factors that include wealth, health, family, friends, and career.

Although

few people are extremely optimistic in bad circumstances, additional factors have a prominent role to play to make

one

's life happy. On the

one

hand, few people consider

happiness

a sole responsibility of an individual.

This

is because they have the perception that every person should have control over their emotions.

However

Accept comma addition

However, this

this

is not possible for the majority of people, and I hold the other opinion that favours the need of external factors in maintaining

one

's

happiness

. To exemplify, 90% of the wealthiest people are finding more happy as compared to the poor and middle-class

On the other hand

, most people deem that external factors matter more in

one

's life.

That is

to say that everyone has some expectations

such

as a good family, big house, bank balance, and a Porsche car, and if not achieved, it can lead to disenchantment and dissatisfaction.

In other words

, fulfilling the dreams not only contributes to a sense of contentment, but

also

encourages people to earn more in order to satisfy their desires.

Therefore

, external factors play a significant role to make people remain happy in their lives,

such

as family support and money. To conclude, despite few people hold the opinion that

happiness

can be achieved by non-consideration of other factors, I believe that a person can never remain happy if things go wrong and against

one

's expectations.