There is no path to happiness; happiness is the path

By: Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit
Albert Camus a French novelist has rightly said that “You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life”.  The meaning of happiness is contentment and satisfaction. Finding true happiness is a worthy goal.Happiness is the thing that most people want, yet it is one of the most difficult aspects of life to quantify. How do we measure happiness? How do we define happiness? What is happiness? We can own a luxurious life with all the social needs but yet we may be unhappy. There is a myth that having lots of money can make a person happy and satisfy. What can provide lasting happiness? Abraham Lincoln once said ’You are as happy as you make up your mind to be.’ Happiness is a matter of choice. We can make a choice to be either sad or happy.” Happiness is something which we can’t describe in words it can only be felt from someone’s expression of a smile. Oxford English Dictionary’s definition of “happiness”is a simple one: “The state of being happy.” Likewise, happiness is a signal or identification of good and prosperous life. Money can buy you food, luxurious house, healthy lifestyle servants, and many more facilities but money can’t buy you happiness. The International Day of Happiness also recognizes the need for a more inclusive, equitable and balanced approach to economic growth that promotes sustainable development, poverty eradication, happiness and the well-being of all peoples. Every person defines happiness in his/her own manner but in whatever manner one may define happiness; the truth is that it is vital for a healthy and prosperous life. Happiness is often derived from channelizing thoughts to positive thinking. In fact, happiness does have a pretty important role in our lives, and it can have a huge impact on the way we live our lives. For one person happiness is health, for another it is love or spirit. Some people think that happiness is only a short time of their life. Today, technological advancements and development have made our lives easier, comfortable and more luxurious. 
As we now know that we can’t buy happiness with money and there is no other shortcut to happiness. It is something that you feel from within. Everyone desires to be happy in life. Unfortunately, many people think they are not happy, because they have a lot of problems. Happiness cannot be achieved without establishing complete control of one’s thoughts as it is very easy to be carried away by the waves of thoughts and emotions surrounding us.
In addition, true happiness comes from within yourself. Happiness is basically a state of mind. Though life throws countless challenges at us on a daily basis, if we drown in those challenges we would definitely become depressed so let us find positive things in our daily lives to get excited about and feel the happiness.Happiness doesn’t happen out of anywhere – it has to be worked on; it has to be produced, created, discovered, built from the ground up. Happiness can be by fulfilling relationship goals and are respected by each other. Happiness often comes from within. What we need is to learn how to tame negative thoughts and approach every day with optimism. One must remember that happiness can happen to anyone, mostly because everyone deserves to be happy.