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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.

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Since remote times, being happy has always been a human desire. Some
people
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 think that achieving happiness is the responsibility of
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 particular person, while others argue it is the result of external factors.
This
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 essay will discuss both, why happiness is dependent
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 the individual and his or her surrounding. On the one hand, we have to be conscious that when
taking
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making
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decisions
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, these and their consequences are our responsibility.
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, most of us have once taken a choice that in the end did not
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 as expected,
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even though
people
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 around us advocated against our decision. We are all aware of our personal ambitions and want the best for ourselves, these
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 us the possibility of
taking
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 the best
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 with responsibility.
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, nobody can be happy without taking personal life
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.
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, as human beings living within a
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 we inevitably establish relations and
conexions
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connexions
connections
 with
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 and things in our environment.
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, there are activities
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 as attending concerts or sports events, in which sharing with others augments our feeling of joy. We are social individuals that need to share and coexist.
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, it is certain that
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decisions
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the decisions
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 and behaviours of
people
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 close to us can impact positively or negatively our state of happiness. In conclusion, individuals are responsible of the
decisions
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 that take them to be happy,
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, the surrounding has a direct contribution too. In my opinion, we are the most capable of taking the best choices regarding what and with whom we do certain things that will bring joy into our lives.

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Your opinion

Don’t put your opinion unless you are asked to give it.

If the question asks what you think, you MUST give your opinion to get a good score.

Don’t leave your opinion until the conclusion.

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...do you agree or disagree?...do you think...?...your opinion...?

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