"Think of all the beauty that’s still left in and around you and be happy." —from The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank Even in difficult circumstances, some people focus on the positive aspects of life. Think carefully about this statement. Write an essay stating your opinion on whether a person can choose to be happy. Be sure to — • state your position clearly • use appropriate organization • provide specific support for your argument • choose your words carefully • edit your writing for grammar, mechanics, and spelling

The secret of happiness lies in being aware of it.

Explanation:

In general our lives, embedded in a mechanical routine, are lived on a superficious level that hardly leaves room for profoundness. Especially in this hyperactive and digitalised age the time becomes our enemy and is treated as such. Only when we can detach ourselves - or as in the case of Anne Frank, when external forces push us involuntary - from the timepressure imposed by society and ourselves, we can return to ourselves and be consciously aware of our ephemeral existence. This automatically leads to realize the incredible luck we have 'to be alive and in the flesh', as D.H. Lawrence wrote in the Apocalypse.