Are we happy with what we have?

Some times I feel that happiness is a very complexed emotion which is influenced by so many factors. Every person's definition of happiness is different, for some it can be gain of material things whereas for some it is about relationships, or for some it may be acquiring positions in life, while for some it can be just about being themselves. One thing that works in all factors is the personal fulfillment, so no matter whatever is the source, what matters is does it bring personal fulfillment or not, if yes then one feels happy.

Personally for me material things do matter, I do not shy away to accept that, but they are my goals and not my source of happiness. My source of happiness is my family and till the time they are around I am happy. Happiness is also about how content we feel with ourself and life. If we do not feel contended with what we have we will never feel happy, we will always be in pursuit of wanting more. The other factor that hampers our happiness is the comparison that we keep making of ourselves with others. I know a person, who is always very unhappy about everything. I have never seen this person laughing open heartedly, I have almost stopped making conversations with him.

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I know this person well, and he is not in bad condition, he is well settled, his biggest problem is he keeps comparing himself to everyone and with that he feels he does not have enough. I have tried counselling him many times in the past but now I have given up, because this is not something that I can change for him. His change has to come from within and I tried my best. We cannot have everything in life, there will always be something missing. For me the most important source of my happiness is my family and the irony is that I live away from everyone, I do feel sad about it at times, but I cannot become miserable about it and not live happily with what I have in the present moment. There are many blessings to count on and feel happy about besides what we want the most.

With the life we are living with so much exposure there will always be something to compare. I believe in one thing that there will be people who will have more then us and then there will also be people who will be having less then us. So if we do not feel contended looking at the people above us then take your glance down and look at the people below us to realize our blessings. Some times it is difficult to feel happy in our situation because of all the pressure that life gives us but then feeling unhappy about it will also not change the situation. Having aspirations and goals is natural but they cannot start dominating our happiness and taking control over it.

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