Secrets to Happiness in Life

Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. Happiness and satisfaction in life is the goal of every individual. Achieving happiness is very elusive for most of humanity due to a number of factors foremost being the fact that, we do not deliberately look out and work to achieve happiness. This has become even worse in recent times due to the difficult socio-economic and cultural transformations being experienced worldwide.
The reality of the economic difficulties most of us find ourselves in is debilitating. Thoughts of daily survival issues; how to secure a decent meal, payment of rent, electricity and water bills; and transportation problems especially in the large cities, all combine to prevent us from achieving happiness in life today. This is further made worse by doomsday mongers whose area of specialty is to fill our television and radio airspaces with talks of earthquakes, wars, famines and how criminals are taking over our lives.
I believe that, despite all these challenges, one is still capable of achieving satisfaction and happiness in life if one knows where to look for it and what to do.
This booklet is therefore an attempt on my part to explore ways by which one could achieve happiness in the midst of all the challenges.
I have looked at how one can achieve happiness using three reinforcing interdependent pillars.Viz; the role God and Religion play in an individual's life, the responsibility the person has to himself to pursue and achieve happiness and the contribution society can make to the happiness of all. I believe by reading and practicing the principles I have raised, an individual may be in a better position to achieve the ultimate desire of all human beings on this earth---happiness.
This booklet is my personal contribution to society and includes my experiences and understanding of life. And so, what ever errors are found in it is my responsibity.Again; this booklet is a self improvement for those who seek to achieve real happiness in their lives`. However, I welcome suggestions that will help make the subsequent edition a better success. I believe this will help enhance my process of working to achieve fulfillment and happiness in life.
Yours in the service of God and Mankind.