Happiness is a kind of enigma. It is difficult to define what is happiness. If we run after it, we may never get it. We can’t buy it with money. When we enjoyed it, we may not realize it. Possessions and riches never translate into happiness. Our expectation of happiness is very different from our experience. It is also true that there is great happiness in anticipation, than in experiencing it.
Bertrand Russel says that man has physical and mental need. Satisfying basic physical needs may not bring great happiness at all. However, satisfying mental and emotional needs may bring some happiness, though they may not have much to do with money and wealth. Certainly, greed never made any happy. Man being a social being, can be happy when he shares his happiness with others. Sympathy, empathy, care, consideration and respect for all living beings, bring us loads of happiness. Power, money and vanity bring us only false superiority. One without worries and negative emotions is certainly happy.
A sense of detachment and contemplation is a precursor to happiness. A sense of worth and self esteem, high moral values and enjoying the work, we do certainly contribute to our happiness.
Bertrand Russel says that man has physical and mental need. Satisfying basic physical needs may not bring great happiness at all. However, satisfying mental and emotional needs may bring some happiness, though they may not have much to do with money and wealth. Certainly, greed never made any happy. Man being a social being, can be happy when he shares his happiness with others. Sympathy, empathy, care, consideration and respect for all living beings, bring us loads of happiness. Power, money and vanity bring us only false superiority. One without worries and negative emotions is certainly happy.
A sense of detachment and contemplation is a precursor to happiness. A sense of worth and self esteem, high moral values and enjoying the work, we do certainly contribute to our happiness.
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