“Sooner or later in life everyone discovers that perfect happiness is unrealizable, but there are a few who pause to consider the antithesis: that perfect unhappiness is equally unattainable. The obstacles preventing the realization of both these extreme states are of the same nature: they derive from our human condition which is opposed to everything infinite.” ~Primo Levi: This is a Man
The pursuit of perfect happiness is everyone’s desire and dream. We work hard, sacrifice many things to earn more so that we can pursue real happiness beyond the corridors of our laborious life. Consider though that one reason so many of us are still unhappy is that, though we are too busy pursuing happiness, we do not even care to pause to think what it is. If asked, lamentably, we can’t hardly define what real happiness is.We want to be happy, but most people seem to think that happiness will come their way when everything else starts to go their way. We tend to believe that when things are in order and going smoothly as planned –we will be truly happy. However, life isn’t like that, except perhaps in a circus show. What is perfect happiness? How do you find it?
I hate to be cynical here, but to me, the pursuit of perfect happiness is an en exercise in futility unless we learn how to truly live a contented life.
Series of unfortunate events has always a way of creeping into our lives when we least expect them. We cannot expect everything always to go our way. Because if happiness is related to that kind of situation, we must settle for a fair measure of unhappiness.
Happiness is difficult to find for those who try to pursue it for its own sake. Real happiness cannot be bought nor asked.
We fail to find happiness because we don’t know where and how to seek it. Try harder we must in pursuit of happiness; we will not find it if we don’t know what it is, or if we seek it where it isn’t.
Lastly, happiness is not necessarily related to happenings or social strata, it is the condition of the heart, a state of the mind. Hence, it is possible for people to be happy in difficult and unpleasant circumstances.
What is real happiness for you? Where do you find it? If you have found it, how?