Understanding Human Psychology

Happiness, are we pretending? Or is it really there? If we ask, what will it will it take to say I am really happy.  Simple things like painting with crayons makes kids happy, playing with even things which are around you, readily available at home, makes kids happy.  It's not about how expensive the toy is. It is about how simple it is for the kids to understand at his age and just be happy with whatever is available. When there is a purpose to live, you feel happy. So do kids too have a purpose to life? If they get all the basic needs satisfied, they will just spend their time happily. But after we grow up, why are things so complicated? Is it that our needs increase? If we go to see, referring to my last post, we all are having someone to pack our parachute, that is, someone is backing us to do all the essentials, so that we can do what is our priority, what we are supposed to do.  I feel, although happiness is self-driven, our own perception of the circumstances we are in. Yet

I stumble across the story of captain Charlie Plumb who fought in the Vietnam war. His story on how he was tortured as a prisoner of war is well known.  From the time he joined military, he flew 74 times and landed back in his territory safely, however at the 75th time his plane was shot and with his parachute landed in the foreign territory where he became a prisoner of war. When after years he  returned to his homeland, his story of how he survived and his tactics of keeping his spirits high even in grave times was heard by many.  One day he came across a sailor, who was on the same ship from where Captain Pulmb had taken off that dreadful flight. The sailor recognised him and mentioned that he had packed the parachute for the flight for Plumb. Captain Pulmb had not recognised him, but suddenly felt grateful as due to the right things done by the sailor, Pulmb was able to effectively use the parachute and land safely. This instant humility which hit Plumb, becomes an eye opener for h