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Secrets to Happiness or Secret to Happiness whichever it may be I am looking for it desperately. Being happy is what really matters in this world I think, if you are happy thus contentment follows which makes our living in this world bearable. So what really is secret behind happiness and why others called it secret(s) or is it really a secret at all?

Discover The Secrets to Happiness
First lets start with what happiness means as define by Webster, it is a noun which is a state of well-being or contentment; a pleasurable or satisfying experience. Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy.

“I am happy” “Be happy” these are some of the happy words that i heard or read on text messages more often, in my lifetime if there is a counting machine that counts how many times this words mentioned i think it will be more than a thousands or just maybe a million. I myself always encouraged people to stay happy or be happy all the time whether on his birthday or just an ordinary day. But the Irony is that I don’t really know what real happiness is.

I laugh, yes I do if you ask me if I did, as a matter of fact laugh most of the time but does this mean I am happy? Does laughing equals to happiness? or it just a small part of what happiness really is. I watched the movie In Pursuit of Happiness which stars Will Smith, the movie itself is a perfect portrait that mirror happiness in some aspect. Happiness is very relative, some says they are happy if they are in a good relationship (love), good financial position (wealth), good connection with God (spiritual).

Discovering happiness is a process - a very long process of learning ourselves of what we want, of what can make us happy either my material thing or spiritual thing. Early scholars from the like of Confucius, Mencius, Buddha, Aristotle, they all have something to say what happiness and how to achieve happiness.

Everyone can relate with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs,Maslow insists that the urge for self-actualization is deeply entrenched in the human psyche, but only surfaces once the more basic needs are fulfilled. Once the powerful needs for food, security, love and self-esteem are satisfied, a deep desire for creative expression and self-actualization rises to the surface.

He says that happiness can only be attained by individual if you have all the things illustrated on Maslow Pyramid. If you are already on the top of the pyramid you are already happy or self-actualized individual.

If you want to discover total happiness discover yourself first that’s the basic thing to learn what happiness really means. As what Aristotle says “Happiness depends on ourselves.”