HAPPINESS
Pic.: Malabika Ganguly L ong back, when someone asked me what was my goal in life, I had replied: “To be happy.” “How?” he wanted know. I, then, realized how difficult it was to answer that little ‘How’! For many years, since then, I have been trying to understand what happiness is all about. And, often, I have wondered: Can happiness be a goal in life? Is it not too vague? I had read somewhere this: “Happiness comes along the way… and not at the end of the road.” I started thinking on these words. Today, I cannot say that I have understood fully what happiness is. But, certainly, I have experienced a good amount of it. Personally, I trigger off my happiness by: 1. Setting my goals and trying hard to achieve them, yet, not remaining attached to their fruits; 2. Creating wealth, to give it back again, and keeping my lifestyle extremely simple; ...