There is no questioning of the fact that people always look for something called “happiness”. Happiness is considered the spice of life because contrary to sadness, it brings us some emotions that can encourage us to be optimistic and enjoy life more. However, it is not easy to define what happiness is and how to achieve it. This essay will explain the difficulty of defining happiness and discuss the factors that influence on reaching happiness.
      It can be said that the definition of happiness varies from this person to the other ones. This is simply because each person are in different stages of life, have different living conditions, work in different environments and face different kinds of problem. As a result, their conceptions of happiness are dissimilar from each other. For instance, a child may feel happy when he receives a special gift from parents on the occasion of his birthday. Then, he grows up and attends school, the high scores or passing exams may make him feel excited. When he becomes more mature and goes to work, happiness may be high salary, career advancement and a perfect wedding. After spending youth and effort on fulfilling his ambition, he is old and the happiness in the rest of his life is healthy and a united family. Therefore, no one can state precisely what happiness is, but each of us will have our own definitions