Are you happy?

One of the hardest questions to ask is, 'Are you Happy?'

This question has the power to bring people to tears as they realise that all that they have worked for has not brought them happiness.

The truth is that we have been conditioned to believe that certain things will bring us happy.

We are taught that having money will make us happy. We are told that being in a relationship will make us happy. We assume that having a job will make us happy.

However, many of us have these and they simply do not guarantee happiness.

How many rich people are unhappy? How many people are in a relationship they wish they weren't in? How many are in a job they do not like?

Ask yourself how happy you are. It is the hardest question you can ever ask.

How many times have you gone to bed thinking that today was a day well lived and you enjoyed it? How many nights have you gone to bed unhappy about something? For most people, this scale is heavily tipped to the latter side. However, is this really how it should be?