Wearehopelesscreaturesoffort.Welikehavingandaccumulatingthings.Whetheroneadmitstoitornot，toacertaindegree，wealltrytokeepupwith“theJones”.Weworksoayourrents，mes，creditcarddebts，schoolloans，carpayments...thelistgoesonandon.Andatsomepoint，werealize，thatasidefromhavingmostofwhatwewaillaren’thappy.Nowsincewe’velearoadapttoandardswhichwe’vecreatedforourselves，wefindthatwehavelesstime，lesspatience，lesssleep，whichequatestomorestress，moreworryandmgravation.So，ishappinessholyjustprisedof“things”?
Sometimes，wevirtuallytradeourlivesfornotonlybasiecessities，butforexcessiveitemsandservicesaswell.Webeesoobsessedwithfindinghappihatwelosesightofthefactthathappinessiswithin—always.Certainlyyou’veheardofindividualstryingto“findthemselves”，or“rediscoverthemselves”.Thereasontheyareattemptingtheseinnovativeapproachesisbecausetheyareseekinginnerhappiness.Butthepointhasbeenmissed:Happinessisalreadythere.
Disappoisandtragediesinlifewilleandgo，buthappinessneverleavesyou.Thehuman’scapacitytoberesilienttotrialsisunfathomable.Weloseourjobs，butbegratefulforourspouses.Weloseourhomestonature，butbethankfultobealive.
Happinessisaperceptionofeadividual.Weareinstinctivelypelledtofindfaultinourlives.Byhumannature，webeginour“fault-finding”missionthemomentwe’recapableoffree-thinking.Itisthen，thatwelosesenseofself-worthandthebiggerpictureofvitalityaltogether.Stuthepatternsofthehappinessparadox，wesimplyotfindwhereourhappinesshasgone.