Emotional mind - in the context of Happiness

Somebody who went through this blog made a wonderful observation. She sought a reason for her observation as to why haven’t I penned good memories and focused only on negative aspects of life. It was then that I questioned my conscience, “Am I so unhappy?” If I leave alone myself and try to figure out the number of people across the globe who are actually content in their lives, will I be getting a whooping lot of people or will I end up finding up a majority number of people who share like minds with me. Before we actually ponder on this issue, we need to throw some light on how is happiness defined.

I quick searched on the internet and found a promising definition which goes like, “Happiness is like a butterfly, the more you chase it, the more it will elude you but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.” With this explanation to the term, ‘Happiness’, I seek the answer to one simple question. Are you actually unhappy or are you evading happiness in its pursuit?

Happiness is just like a lamp,
which gives pleasure till its lit,
but loses its beauty the very instance
when it runs out of oil.

Happiness is just like a perfume,
which cannot be sprayed on everyone,
unless you try learning,
to spray it on yourself.

Happiness is just like a lightning,
followed by a deafening thunder.
Joy comes like an immediate flash
but following the loudest sorrow.

Happiness cannot be stored or preserved,
but need to be spread among fellow persons.
Happiness need not be a thing that lasts forever,
but a thing which gradually reduces with time.