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Sukha mhanaje nakki kay asata? (What is happiness?)

The word Happiness has many synonyms. My favorite is  आनंद (Ananda).  Ananda is a very unique thing!  Kasha tun hi milto   ( you can seek happiness from anything). Small things like watching a kitten or taking a whiff of the petrichor...(the smell of the soil after the rains) or big things like a baby holding your hand or maybe your parents saying that they are proud of you. BOOM! Happiness. But this happiness theory is a bit difficult and a bizarre thing. Some say you have to strive hard for it or some say  काय पुण्य असलं की ते घर बसल्या मिळत (What virtue it is to receive everything while sitting at home ) .  As it is beautifully said when googled ,  Happiness lies in the joy of achievement, the thrill of creative effort. The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph, to be happy. But again, if happiness can be derived from anything why should one fight for it! And who ever said that - ' Happiness comes from within..'   ही अंधश्...