Pursuit of Happiness

Before knowing the path towards achieving happiness, perhaps one has to define the meaning of happiness. Happiness can mean different things to different people. Some people associate happiness to materialistic gains (the 5 Cs - Cars, Condo, Credit card, cash and club membership) while others derive happiness through interaction and spending time with family and loved ones.

Different as the 2 definitions may be, there is however, a common link to the 2 definitions as mentioned above. That is, contention. In terms of material gains, how much is enough when it comes to achieving your target? An japanese car is better than a china made car, which in turn is overshadowed by an european make. On the other hand, you might have been so focused on your objectives and are subconsciously taking for granted the simple pleasures in life such as family dinners or even spending time with ur pet dog.

It is not easy to truly achieve happiness especially in our competitive, result oriented society. So perhaps, the key to achieving so would have to depend on how we define happiness and the process towards attaining it . If one sets his or her goals too high, then sad to say, he or she will never be happy.

..edited from my secondary blog.
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