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Happiness lies in your hands, not in material possessions

We are all born winners and no-one was born to fail

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of multitudes of attitudes. To be happy in life we ought and need to have a purpose and without it we are a lost cause.

Purpose and happiness doesn't mean driving a nice car, marrying a dead- gorgeous pretty wife, owning a beautiful mansion in affluent upmarket suburbs, and having a good job. We may still remain unhappy, unsatisfied and unfulfilled inside our hearts despite all these materialistic possessions which we may proudly own and show off. ..

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