Sixth grade composition material: What is happiness?

Sixth grade composition material: What is happiness?

1. The British "New Economic Fund" recently ranked 178 countries and regions in the world as a "happiness index". Vanuatu, an obscure 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 organization official website, the "Global Happiness Index" is the first index in the world that takes ecological and environmental factors into account. Contrary to "convention", this 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 use ecological resources reasonably and effectively, 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 "ecological footprint" measurement index, life satisfaction and life expectancy. Among them, the "ecological footprint" measurement index refers to how much land a certain number of people need to support under the background of current consumption level, scientific and technological development and natural resources. Multiply life satisfaction by life expectancy, and then divide it by the indicator of "ecological footprint" to get 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, ranking first among the "world's happiest countries" 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, which has little damage to the earth's ecological environment.

However, after hearing the good news, Vanuatu people did not show 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 too many material requirements, and they can live happily with very few things. They are only worried about typhoons and seasonal earthquakes. Perhaps Mark is worried that people all over the world will be interested in Vanuatu after learning this news, and more and more people will travel there, which will inevitably impact and change the lives and concepts of Vanuatu people.

2. A young man is moping all day, lamenting his bad luck, and there is no happiness without the wealth of the rich. 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 let his hands eat and do things? Don't! The fairy said, "Then give me your leg and I will give you great wealth and happiness." The young man thought again. Without legs, he can't walk or move, or at all. The fairy smiled and said, "Young man, you are so happy! Your hands and legs can't be bought by rich people! " "The young man suddenly realized: Yes, I am very happy. I have more than just a "rich family", but I didn't realize it.