Random Thaughts

While doing some work today I thought there are things
which can be measured and but not everything which
exists can be measured (at least not with the facilities
available today). Happiness is one such thing social
scientists have grappled to define and measure.
What is it that we call happiness? Is it a state of
mind? Or it is an impression which we want to believe.

Here I want to differ with the popular notion which
defines happiness as a state of mind, because then it
should be possible to make anyone happy with the help
of chemicals. In my opinion the feelings are much more
than state of mind. It is also about a person’s ability
to understand and react to change/situation. I think we
all have an image of what a happy person looks like and
we try to imitate similar actions and behaviors,
including facial expressions.

A new born baby probably does not know what laughter is
and what is crying, it is only the adults of world who
give names to expressions and the child starts using
them to communicate. When an infant is crying it is
probably trying to get attention of someone close and
we mistake it for expression of emotions.