According to science, yes – happiness, indeed, has a heritable component. It’s a finding that is surprising and not surprising at the same time. It's surprising because of our culturally-sanctioned convictions that with our choices, thoughts, and behavior, we have the final say on how well we function in our lives, not our circumstances. But it's also not surprising because if our genes play a part in shaping who we are in the world, they will also have a say in how we pursue and find happiness. People might inherit genes that put them in advantageous or less favorable positions. Depression is genetic...
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The trees rustled as the wind whistled gently through the leaves- The noises are considered imagery.
Her mouth watered and her tongue burned as she bit into the spicy sandwich.- Considered taste imagery because it is describing what the girl is doing.
The golden rays of the setting sun reflected upon the clear waters of the lake. - Visual imagery
My toes went numb and a shiver ran up my spine as I stepped into the cold water.
The stench of rotting garbage overpowered me when I opened the bin.
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12. I once asked Red Cloud if he could recall having ever been afraid, and in reply he told me this story. He was about sixteen years old and had already been once or twice upon the warpath, when one fall his people were hunting in the Big Horn country, where they might expect trouble at any moment with the hostile Crows or Shoshones.
13. Red Cloud had followed a single buffalo bull into the Bad Lands and was out of sight and hearing of his companions. When he had brought down his game, he noted carefully every feature of his surroundings so that he might at once detect anything unusual, and tied his horse with a long lariat to the horn of the dead bison, while skinning and cutting up the meat so as to pack it to camp.
14. Every few minutes he paused in his work to scrutinize the landscape, for he had a feeling that danger was not far off.
