I remember those old days when we needed nothing to be happy—just a lifafa or plastic bag was more than enough.

We would tie it with a thread and run through the streets and together, we and that plastic bag would float in the air with full of joy, zeal and excitement. It wasn’t even a kite but who cared? We were in a different world where everything was enjoyable.

I also remember and I can see it now, we never tried or forced ourselves to be happy. We never even thought about what happiness was because it was simply our nature and no matter the situation, we just enjoyed it.

Ah, those were the days… but now, we think happiness requires high-maintenance things. We seek it in costly items, in status, and in people—yet we still can’t find it.

Why? Is it because we are seeking happiness in objects or people?

No, that’s not the case.

The issue is “we are seeking happiness”, we are trying to attain it but what I have realized is:

“Happiness is not something to get; it is a state to be in because it is our true nature.”

~ Alex D Rox