Happiness comes into our lives through doors we don’t even remember leaving open. Happiness is about perception. Today my freedom, my rights, my comfortable environment makes me happy, satisfied and content.

Isn’t the very fact that we have a much longer life to enjoy our freedom a source of happiness? Modern medicine has improved longevity from a mere 45 years to 70! Many children perished before the age of 5, a happy childhood for them was a distant dream. Those days are mercifully long gone. Diseases that crippled world populations a few score years ago are no longer a threat to mankind.
Inventions, Technology! Some may say claim that we’re being sucked into a black hole of technological gadgets that ensnares our very soul and captivates our being. Honestly we’d be lying if we said that such inventions haven’t made our life comfortable.
Nearly every villager now has a water tap, electricity, a telephone and a roof over their heads. Their children have access to education and hence, a dream. The standard of living of every individual has steeply risen. Every man now has more to his life than simply ‘work and earn’, he has the incentive to hope for a better, future. And through hard work and perseverance all his dreams now seem achievable.
Gone are the days where man was his limited by his caste. Gone are the days where he was forced to carry on his forefather’s profession. Gone are the days where he couldn’t dream of life outside of his village. Where man resigned himself to his fate..
Isn’t happiness about ‘physical and mental well being’ ?
The 21st century brought in HOPE. It brought in hope for advancement and hope for an improved life. It brought in hope for every boy and every girl for a bright, prosperous and happy future. The light in every man burns brighter than ever before. To improve himself and progress because now there is hope and hope brings happiness.