Do you know the real problem with life and where it lies? Do you know the problem that makes us suffer and feel nervous and furious most of the time? The problem lies in our constant searching for happiness, I assume.
Day after day, we keep searching for happiness. However, we do not find it, and even when we do, it vanishes. Then, we start looking for it again, and so on.
We always look for happiness to no avail. As we do not find it, melancholy takes over, showing itself on our sad faces.
But the truth is that we do not want happiness. So, how come we keep looking for happiness if we do not want it?
Well, to be more specific, we do not know how to get along with this ‘beautiful lass’ called happiness. In other words, we do not know how to be happy in the first place. We may see happiness in certain things, but when we indulge in these things, we start looking for other things. Unfortunately, we never enjoy happiness. Therefore, we keep searching for happiness all the time without ever enjoying it.
For example, when a man goes to high school and thinks that happiness lies in going to college, he discovers that happiness lies in graduating. After graduation, he starts looking for a suitable job to be happy.
The next thing that would make him happy would be promotions and bonuses. Then he thinks that he is not happy because he did not tie the knot. Marriage could be happiness!
After being married for a while, he sees happiness in having kids. Happiness seems to lie in raising children through adolescence until they graduate. As a parent, he thinks happiness lies in seeing one’s sons and daughters successful and married. So, his pursuit of happiness goes on like this.
Can you realise what’s missing now? The problem lies within us as we never enjoy the moment. We will never experience happiness if we keep looking for it.
