Day 16 - Pleasure or Happiness?

The day was spent reading beautiful poems, TED talk transcripts and my favourite E.E.Doc Smith D'Alembert Science fiction series. A relaxed weekend made even better with sizzling pakoras in the morning rains, followed by a simple pahari lunch and a Korean bbq for dinner- it was a day of pleasures indeed! Ordinarily I would have called it happiness but a quick TED talk from Matthieu Ricard brought things into perspective. What I define as happiness may be just a simple day of pleasures but do pleasures lead to happiness? 

I don't know. 

This kept playing in my head the whole day, till I saw a facebook update from a close friend. A quick whatsapp chat and an evening full of memories and thoughts brought some things into perspective. 

I am happy not because I am eating good food but that I am eating with family and friends.

I am happy not because I have shopped and been places, but because I do this with my friends and family.

I am happy that I listen to music and share it with my friends.

I am happy that I read and share it with my family. 

I am happy that I have my family and friends with me........... physically or not, I have them always connected. 

Happiness...........I need to understand it better.