Pursuit of happiness

A very philosophical question that affects most people at some point in their lives is the question of the purpose of their existence.

While I have no idea who made the earth or put us humans on it...i do believe that each one of us has a purpose being here...and it is to pursue happiness.

A friend of mine said, you spend half of your day in office...work has to be first priority. Though it was said in a different context, in a way he is right...wat one devotes most of the time to should get highest priority...and since we devote 100% of our time to our life...that should get even higher priority...and the measure of success of our life...how much we enjoyed living it.

The past one week i have spent observing and thinking on this...and i think what we mostly do is walk through our lives without pondering much on whether our actions and our pursuits really make us happy...

People get angry...people get worked up...people dedicate their lives to work, to their children, to accumulation of wealth, to honor and respect...yet most of us don't know wat gives us happiness...and so end up achieving most of everything that really doesnt add up to anything at all...

this is one article...that is very generic...gives absolutely no clue as to wat to take from it...and probably has been spoken of by half a dozen self help gurus a million times ( atleast mine is free)...yet i insist...that if you do start pondering about what will make u feel like u have enjoyed being here on earth...i shall have achived quite a lot...

the one tip i can give u is that...the first three iterations of thought are not the answer (in general terms)...and when u realize the answer it doesnt require u to leap off a cliff or give up your job (or it might)...but suddenly u might find u can start enjoying life...