1. We must recognize the unity of personal happiness and social happiness
Social life is an interrelated whole. The individual cannot be separated from the society, and the society cannot be separated from the individual. Therefore, the individual Happiness and social happiness are unified. Without overall happiness, there is no personal happiness. The individual's desire to pursue happiness can only be realized and guaranteed when social happiness continues to grow.
When we develop a correct view of happiness, we must not only absorb the spirit of self-sacrifice in traditional Chinese culture of sacrificing one's life for righteousness, but also sacrifice one's own self to preserve the greater self, and achieve the ultimate goal through necessary sacrifices. Goodness, but also to criticize the neglect of personal happiness in traditional Chinese thought.
Only the happiness of the unity of individual and society is the real happiness. Only on the basis of the unity of the two, can we truly realize our own happiness.
2. It is necessary to correctly guide contemporary young people’s understanding of misfortune, which plays an important role in cultivating them to form a correct view of happiness.
Happiness, as the ideal and perfect state of existence for human beings, should be passed through Human efforts can only be obtained at a certain price; happiness, as an experience of human existence, can only be truly felt through the feelings of pain and misfortune in daily life. Therefore, we can also say that happiness inherently contains pain.
For a person, misfortune nurtures the form of true happiness. Pain is the bridge to happiness. Misfortune cannot be absolutely avoided. Pain is the furnace of life, and misfortune is the purgatory of life. In misfortune and pain, we use our own active efforts to change the adversity of life and strive for the realization of happiness in life. This is Positive life.
While cultivating a correct view of happiness, we must have a correct understanding of misfortune.
3. The pursuit of perfection in moral personality is also the pursuit of happiness in life
The "On Moral Life" points out that happiness is not only the purpose of moral life, but also the pursuit of happiness for everyone. The realization of a specific life goal, the sense of satisfaction that comes from approaching the highest good, and it is also integrated with obligations and missions.
The function of moral personality is to improve. As a pursuit, moral personality often becomes the greatest force that inspires individuals to keep making progress and constantly improving themselves to achieve a complete life. One of the classic works of Chinese Confucianism, "The Book of Rites and the Great Learning", begins by saying that the way of a great university lies in enlightenment and virtue, and ends in perfection.
Marxism, while confirming that the previous class society only had the theory of perfection but not the reality of perfection, also pointed out that the development of human beings is a story of constantly longing for, exploring and pursuing perfection. In the process, the highest good and the history of man's own life are constantly developed, thus recognizing the individual's long-standing pursuit of the highest good.
4. To cultivate a correct view of happiness among contemporary college students, we should also vigorously carry out humanistic quality education in the whole society.
Humanistic quality enables people to understand human existence, value and realm. The level of humanistic quality directly determines the level of a person's moral civilization and a person's true grasp of happiness.
Cultivating contemporary youth’s correct outlook on happiness should begin with humanistic quality education. Literature and art make people love beauty, let people grasp happiness more vividly and realistically, and understand the meaning of happiness; history gives people a lofty sense of mission, allowing people to pursue the true meaning of happiness in the pulse of history; philosophy allows people to understand wisdom .
To allow people to truly grasp the happiness of life in the ever-changing tide of the times and guide the realization of a perfect life, these should become important contents of humanistic quality education.
5. To carry out happiness education and regard it as an important part of moral education work, we need to establish systematic thinking and overall concept
On the basis of understanding the importance of happiness education, we should focus on Proceed from the following aspects: role model education. Through model demonstration and model education, we can infect the hearts of the general public with the beautiful qualities of models and role models, and guide them to grasp the meaning and content of happiness education more vividly and realistically.
At the same time, we guide people to find role models around them, tell their stories of dedication and share their struggle experiences through their "experiences", draw the strength to move forward from the role models around them, follow the example, and form a model where the advanced lead the underachievers. , A few can drive the collective progress of all. Guo Mingyi, the descendant of Lei Feng, believes in helping others. He firmly believes that dedication makes people happy and helping others makes people happy. Therefore, he said, "Every time you do a good deed, a sense of happiness will surge into your heart."
This view of happiness is simple but pure. It is the unity of truth standards and value standards, the coordination of individual dimensions and social dimensions, and shines with the dazzling light of morality and humanity. He explained the connotation of happiness to us through his words and deeds, and also provided us with a lot of inspiration for thinking about the concept of happiness.