Happiness, a commodity to be found and sold in any shelves, displayed at many convenience stores in just about any corner of this world. They say it’s easy to achieve, if you have enough money to acquire it, maybe, this product is just what you need to give life a new purpose, the purpose “you” want it to have.

Beautiful, isn't it? But, what if happiness it’s not about what you want to acquire, but how you see what you already have? People can synthesize how happy they think they’re going to be about getting something they want, and can almost certainly frustrate themselves in the process of doing so.

“Human beings have something that we may think of as a psychological immune system, a system of cognitive processes, largely non-conscious cognitive processes, that help they change their views of the world so they can feel better about the world in which they find themselves.” – Dan Gilbert

Doesn't matter how unhappy a situation may seem to an outsider, people will adapt to this new situation so they can cope with suffering and move on with their lives. Is not the destination that’s important, but the road you travel to get there, in the end all those experiences end up changing you, granting ways of seeing the world under new perspectives, and teaching you how to react and perceive things in a way you didn't before.

What is it that we want?

People try desperately hard to be happy, because they want to feel good, this world is full of despair, doubt and uncertainty, and all these things make people suffer. We've been indoctrinated to pursue happiness as means to avoid suffering, the lack of any intrinsic meaning in life rises the doubt about how to live a life of plentifulness, without negative feelings, doubts or the lack of purpose.

So we embark in this journey to achieve a transcendental level of permanent joy labelled as “happiness”, and ultimately not finding it, because it doesn't exist, then, one can’t help but feel disappointed and frustrated about it, a situation in which depression can appear as a state of profound sadness and hopelessness about life itself.

Life is not only rainbows and sunshine, there are moments of unfathomable sadness and despair, but even so many lessons can be learned about these moments. We are prone to adapt, to find and create new perspectives, and if the pain is too unbearable, seek for help, you’re not supposed to bear everything on your own, we live as society for a reason, maybe happiness can be achieved through the other, not permanently, but momentarily as it should be to any fond memory of a fulfilling life.