“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”. That is what Albert Camus says about happiness. I believe that every each of us want to be happy. Sadly, the truth is many people still struggle with being truly happy. They can’t seem to find happiness in life. To them, happiness is something that doesn’t just come naturally and has to be worked on. We all have our own very different concept of happiness. Some of us believe that happiness can be obtained through money, others believe they can only get true happiness in relationships, some even feel that happiness can only be gotten when they are excelling in their profession.
Many people in the past, present and maybe some in the future have tried to find what happiness really is. For now, the most reasonable one is happiness can only come from within a person and could not be found from anywhere else other than from ourselves. Do money, relationship and success in profession would give you happiness? There are a lot people that said if only they are rich and live in a better house, eat all the delicious and expensive food, and wear all the luxury clothes, they would have been living in a happier life. But, if happiness really comes from money then all of the rich people we have around us would never feel sad. What we have come to see is that even the rich amongst us are the ones that suffer depression, relationship problems, stress, fear and even anxiousness. Some people also believe that being in relationship would give them happiness but a lot of married couples have actually divorced and fought a lot, the happiness that they felt before they are married eventually lost. If excelling in your profession promises happiness then why there is a lot of celebrities and successful people have committed suicide, this goes a long way to show that money or your career and relationship does not guarantee happiness.
By now, we already 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. In addition, true happiness comes from within yourself. Happiness is basically a state of mind. Moreover, it can only be achieved by being positive and avoiding any negative thought in mind. And if we look at the bright side of ourselves only then we can be happy. It is not unattainable. Happiness can happen to anyone, mostly because everyone deserves to be happy. Like what Albert Camus said, “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”.