0Happiness is not outside. It is within us. Once we understand this, there is a world of difference. But what are we doing? We are all the time searching outside. We tend to get happiness from the objects of enjoyment and our friends! We don't get satisfaction! We built beautiful skyscrapers, stately buildings, we make cars, TVs, refrigerators, varieties of things to eat, but we never become happy. why? Because it has become a wild goose chase, we are searching for happiness in the wrong place.
There was an old lady. She was penniless. Once, she found her sari torn; she started stitching it, halfway through she dropped the needle. She started searching for the needle, and she could not get even after searching for it everywhere! There came a young boy and offered her help. The lady was much pleased. The guy searched all the place, and couldn't find the needle and was sure that the needle was not in that place. He asked the old lady as to where she has dropped the needle. She told me that she dropped it in the hut. The guy was surprised and asked why was she searching on the street when it was lost in the shed. She said that she was a feeble lady, didn't have light in her shelter, and since there is a bright light in the streets, she was searching for the needle in the road.
Similar is the man who is searching for happiness outside, which is not where it is present.
