What is happiness?

To you, what do you think happiness is? Is happiness measured by the amount of money you have, or the things you own? If you really are having that kind of thinking, then you are just being too materialistic. Actually, happiness comes in many forms, not only through material forms, but also through many, many other forms. Firstly, happiness can come in the form of companionship, having companions around when doing things really is a kind of happiness. imagine if your friends were to leave you alone one day, and you had to survive a whole day without anyone to talk to, and nobody to share experiences with. I am pretty sure that if you got into some sort of trouble, you would wish that your friend was there to suffer the punishment with you. Or it can be even when you are just going out for lunch, having friends around to eat with really increases your appetite as you know that someone is there to accompany you. If you were to eat alone, you would feel that eating is just another labour of life that you need to go through, thus, companionship brings happiness as it gives you a sense of belonging, and that there are truly people that are willing to confide in you.


My next point on what brings happiness, is of course, kinship. It is your family and relatives that brought you up to what you were today. Forget their scoldings and what punishment they gave you before, as what the seniors say, a parent would not punish their children for no rhyme or reason, it is the children who must have done something that breaks their heart. So think clearly, your parents must have punished you because of something you have done. Maybe it was because of the issue on punctuality or behavioral. In happiness, kinship is one of the most important aspects of it. Your parents and relatives must have gone through many happy moments with you. And those happy moments are what really counts the happiness of life, without the presence of your parents, you would not have been able to develop a healthy psychological mindset, as they were not around to share the joys of what you were doing.


The other aspect of true happiness is having adequate food, water and a roof over your head. Many people take this for granted, thinking that all these come easy. However, the truth is not as they see it. Many people, as you are seating down right now, are starving, thirsty and cold. How they must yearn for the things that most of us take for granted. They yearn for food, that will enable them to stop the constant rumble of their stomachs. Water, that will help to soothe and revive their parched and sore throats. Also, they yearn for a proper place of accommodation to shield them from the harsh wind, the scorching sun, and the relentless rain. All these that they yearn for, to them, would bring them into utopia, to help them achieve ultimate happiness, from all the suffering that they are going through right now. Thus, why do some people disregard this simple and most basic aspect of happiness?


To sum it all up, happiness is not by the things you wear, the model of your phone, the type of house you live in, the amount of pocket money you have right now, or the brand of shoes you are wearing. True happiness comes from having the bliss of having companionship, kinship, and having the basic neccesities. All these are what truly counts as happiness, and what you should truly be happy about.