what is happiness
1. The British New Economic Fund recently ranked 178 countries and regions in the world as a "happiness index", and Vanuatu, a humble South Pacific island country, was elected as the happiest country on earth, which embarrassed many developed countries with deep pockets, especially the American media.
According to the official website of the organization, the "Global Happiness Index" is the first index in the world that takes ecological and environmental factors into account. Contrary to the "convention", the index does not measure how much resources and wealth a country or region has, or how high social welfare or per capita income it enjoys, but whether countries are reasonable and effective in using ecological resources and whether they have achieved greater value with less education.
In order to highlight this point, the Global Happiness Index includes three aspects of information, including the measurement index of "ecological footprint", life satisfaction and life expectancy. Among them, the "ecological footprint" measurement index refers to how much land a certain number of people need to feed under the background of existing consumption level, technological development and natural resources. Multiplying life satisfaction with life expectancy and dividing it by the measurement index of "ecological footprint" gives the "happiness index". The Global Happiness Index aims to measure how much happiness a country or region has won for its people while respecting its limited natural resources.
Vanuatu is a typical example, which ranks first among the "happy countries in the world" with an index of 68 and 2. According to the Global Happiness Index, Vanuatu's life expectancy is 69 years, people's satisfaction with life is significantly higher than that of other countries, and the "ecological footprint" measurement index is also very low, with little damage to the earth's ecological environment.
However, after hearing the good news, Vanuatu people did not show any special excitement. Mark Lowen of Vanuatu Online news website's first reaction was "Please don't tell too many people". He said that Vanuatu is not a consumption-oriented society. People don't have much material requirements, and they can live happily with very few things. What they worry about is only typhoons and seasonal earthquakes. Perhaps, Mark is worried that people all over the world will become interested in Vanuatu after learning this news, and more and more people will travel there, which will inevitably impact and change the life and concept of Vanuatu people.
2. A young man is moping all day, lamenting his bad luck. Without the wealth of the rich, there is no happiness at all. One day, an immortal said to him, "Young man, give me your hand, and I will give you great wealth and happiness." The young man thought for a moment, how can he give his hands to eat and do things? No! The fairy said, "Then give me your leg, and I will give you great wealth and happiness." The young man thought about it again. Without legs, he could not walk or move, or not. The fairy smiled and said, "Young man, how happy you are! Your hands and legs can't be bought by a rich family!" " The young man suddenly realized: yes, I am very happy. I have more than just a "rich family", but I just didn't realize it.