Who is the happiest of them all?

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This morning I read a story about the happiest countries in the world (Denmark, says the survey, followed by Switzerland and other Scandinavian countries) and how an organization faithfully conducts annual happiness surveys to learn what constitutes real happiness.

A little later I read about a list of happiest people in UK (don't know how one can narrow down the list to just 100) and another one that provided tips to keep one's kids happy.

Now, either I am attuned to pick up happiness related stories or, finally,the world is waking up to the need to be happy!

I don't really think you should have to try too hard to be happy. Just enjoy what you have been handed by life and things should be fine. Of course, we all want to make our lives better and complacency cannot be mistaken for contentment. However, my point is that even the process to get better should make you happier.

Since different people want different things in life, what provides contentment to one may not be enough for another. After all, the richest and the prettiest people are not necessarily the happiest!

So the fact remains that it is difficult if not impossible to create a model for perfect happiness.You just know how you feel when you feel it. Perhaps, if we consciously try to live every moment, we will enjoy every single one of it. Also, if we try to seek positive out of every situation, no matter how grim, we just might find a perfect antidote to all our worries.