We heard about a person, though earning well, quits his job because he is no longer happy in his work.  We heard about a lady who breaks up with her boyfriend because she is no longer happy with the pace of their relationship. We heard about a man who wanders the town because it seems to him, happiness is not within his reach.

Many people are striving each day in the pursuit of happiness. Everyone is so busy searching for the thing that makes them happy. Happiness is a very famous keyword that most people around the world keep typing in the search engine of life. But how far do we go to find that happiness?

Some have conquered the boundaries of the world in search for happiness. Some have died, some found life; some have cried, some smiled. Different experiences and encounters surfaced in human history brought about by this pursuit. We seem to take the same pursuit, though our views and experiences about happiness vary.

For some people, winning the lottery, perhaps, makes them jump here and there and equate that sensation to happiness. Having a rewarding career, a brand new car, newly furnished house, or a luxurious lifestyle can make people shout out with joy. Having things that satisfy physiological desires has been regarded by some as answers to their unhappiness.

But little did we know that these things sought by men rob happiness its true essence. Taking those things may not necessary mean achieving happiness; these are better called taking pleasures.  Pleasures are not more than just physical or sensual sensation. They satisfy your cravings or appetites, and that's all.  Nothing more than transitory. Nothing more than a matter of gratification and just taking indulgences to the level you can tolerate. But all these are external. Pleasures cannot feed the longing of the inner you.

Pleasure can be easily availed by those more fortunate than others. Rich people, sometimes, are blinded to the idea that money is happiness. Happiness is not exclusive to a particular person, nor a property of the elite, nor does it favor a particular situation. A beggar in the marketplace could be happy while a celebrity in a mansion is feeling empty. Happiness is found in oneself. It is very dismaying to see people struggling each day for the pursuit of happiness outside the perimeter of their own self. They seem to forget that the journey toward happiness is of no distance.

The best way to experience happiness is simply open yourself into it. Experience the fullness from within. A smile in your heart and soul, not a smile formed by the lips, is one of the monumental experiences that can happen into your life.

So in connection to your way of thinking, why not choose to be happy? Open yourself up into it. It is just there. It never leaves; perhaps you're the one leaving away, by not recognizing its presence. So better be happy. And let happiness radiate itself to others. Be happy. Because happiness is our home. And we don't want to be away from it.