Happiness!?

I have been trying to figure out the answer to a simple question - What is happiness? What started off as a question that would have a simple definition, has left me .. hmm.. lets see.. lost? confused? amused?

Is it a state of mind? Or is it a state of heart? Does feeling happy mean you are happy truly from within, and no matter what happens around you, you are still happy?

Or, does it mean, you get happiness from all the good things around you, no matter what is going on in your mind?

Man is a social being by nature, when he is happy, he tries to spread happiness to others, even to those who dont want to share his happiness. Loner by nature at times- when he is upset, and people around are trying to make him happy and it has no positive effect on him.

The clutter in mind is often the cause of any thing not good with us, and the reasons to this can be many. That I am sure, you can figure it out.

Coming back to the question- what is happiness? In a attempt to find an answer to this, I drifted towards another question, what gives me happiness?

It could be a sudden plan to have some amazing food, either in my room, or with friends outside. Amazingly, cleaning your room with some loud music also gives happiness. Having the mess food, whatever be the taste, enjoying it for the sheer company of friends is also a high.

It could be a long long walk in the rains, with my i-pod playing my favorite songs in my playlist and my phone capturing some lovely pictures. There is something about the sound of water falling on the pond here, the smell of wet leaves, the splendid silence, the lights guiding you around the pond, people - few and far- all in the rains, some enjoying, forgetting their unhappiness.. some are there aimlessly.

All these exercises do not really give the happiness we seek. In the end, when we share our experiences, do we truly get happiness! Try this. When totally upset and unhappy and not feeling good from within, just talk to someone close, your brother/sister/friends. Talk about anything in general. You will find yourself smiling again, forgetting that you were not happy sometime back.

Guess happiness is both the state of mind and state of heart, a mix of enjoying something you have done and doing something aimlessly. Talking all happy things or talking aimlessly, drifting from topic to topic. Happiness is definitely not being content, but just redefining what gives you happiness.

In this short journey of life, trying to define and redefine your happiness itself will end up being your destination