It is Monday morning.
The family is at home
My name is Nan. I have got)
a large family.
We are busy. My parents
go to work five times a week. They don`t
work on Saturday and Sunday. My sister
goes to the Institute every day. She is
a student. Her name is Alice. Now Alice
is taking a shower in the bathroom. My broth-
ers go to school. Their names are Jake
and David. They are good pupils. Now Jake
and David are having breakfast. They are good
eaters. I am not a pupil. I am six. But
I can read very well. Now I am reading
a very interesting fairy-tale. It is eight
o'clock. Our parents are leaveing home for work
now.
Everyone wants to be happy. This pursuit of happiness is the fix idea of our time. Hundreds of books have been written about it, hundreds of studies have been carried out, a huge number of consultants, coaches and motivational speakers promise their customers to teach how to achieve this desired state. It has turned into a religion and business, and despite the many skeptics who say that constant comparison of oneself with a certain ideal brings only sadness and disappointment to a person, the search for happiness is becoming more and more popular.
It doesn’t matter how happy people really are in society. It is necessary to strive for more - it is desirable that at any moment a person can say about himself: yes, I am happy. But the idea that we should go to happiness, and most importantly, that we can achieve and maintain it, is not based on anything. Happiness has no biological basis, that is, there are no reasons why this condition should be permanent.
