The happiest person is the one who depends only on himself and sees everyone in himself.__Marcus Tullius Cicero__ Happiness is a broad concept...When and where it will “cover you” is unknown...Track and keeping him at gunpoint is an unrealistic task due to the constant change of one’s own desires, as well as external scenery and uninvited events... But... there is good news! And it lies in the fact that happy people still exist. Moreover, they manage to stay in this state for quite a long time, especially of them - almost their entire lives. And this means that there is a secret, or some system of priorities or something else that would allow SUDDENLY, EVERYONE, HERE and NOW, FOREVER and to become happy in ANY situation? It’s possible... but let’s figure it out. Every day in newspapers, on TV, on advertising poles, on the Internet, as well as from the lips of loved ones and acquaintances, we can come across many recipes on how to become happy “in one year, day, month and even a week.” We read, try on other people’s “experiences”... we wear them for a while, pass them off as our own, puff up with anticipation of “the one”... time passes, patience runs out, we admit to ourselves that it’s not the same... it’s too much , doesn’t fit... there’s a new bright package with tips on the horizon... what if it happens!? we try it on... we wait... Something like this happens until we run out of strength and faith that happiness is truly possible. And in return there appears deep cynicism, based, so to speak, on one’s own experience, and all the events arising from this. But, here’s the thing, happy people around do not disappear anywhere, and the question remains open. Once upon a time, Leo Tolstoy wrote “All happy families are happy the same, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” If we apply this separately to each person, then I would say exactly the opposite: “All unhappy people are equally unhappy, every happy person is happy in his own way.” Ready-made recipes exist, but they are absolutely individual, and, as they say, “what does a Russian okay, then the German will die.” And therefore, it is completely pointless to give any advice, but I would just like to wish you to find your own personal recipe for happiness! After all, in the end, it doesn’t matter at all what you experience it from (from communicating with your family, building a career, serving the Motherland, a good book or cracking seeds), the main thing is to find your own and experience it without imitating others and remaining yourself! How is it happened to one lucky chicken in a wonderful parable. Happy chicken. One day a thief climbed into someone else's chicken coop and stole a chicken. As he ran away, he knocked over the lamp and the chicken coop caught fire. The chicken looked back and, seeing the fire, understood: he saved her life and was happy about it. When the thief fed the chicken with millet and bread, the chicken understood that he was taking care of her, and she was happy about it. When the thief wandered from city to city, hiding the chicken in his bosom, the chicken understood: he loved her, and was happy about it. When the chicken saw that the thief was swinging a knife, she realized: he wanted to commit suicide. She jumped on the knife and covered the thief with her body. And she died happy. PS Live long and be happy! Sincerely, Irina Chizh.