"Where can I find true happiness?" "This feeling is the feeling of true happiness" "I think I will be truly happy if..."
In Theory of Knowledge, one must learn to judge things from an unbiased perspective. Now the question at hand is this: What is true happiness?
Happiness: (noun): 1. State of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy 2. Emotions experienced when in a state of well-being
According to the dictionary, happiness is something where one feels joy. However, what makes us humans feel joy? What is considered taking joy in something?
Every single human being has a different perception on what joy is to them. To one man, killing another person can bring joy. And to another man, he may feel joy in doing his job. No one has the same definition of happiness because just like beauty, happiness is in the eye of the beholder. What one person finds joy in might be what another finds grief in. For example, I take great joy in the arts, such as drawing and doing things that help my express my feelings without directly stating the way I feel. However, my other friend finds joy in solving things and thinking about things on his own. I am happy when I am outside with my friends just hanging out. On the other hand, my friend enjoys quietude and solitude. Also, this bias and perception of happiness can come from the childhood. If there was a child who was neglected for half of his or her life, then the baby would most likely find true happiness if they are with a parent figure who loves and care for them as though they had been the real biological children. Others who were always pampered and treated well will find their deep joy in being given attention&care. Based on the person, happiness is different. Because of this, the true meaning of happiness has been clouded, or has it?
Then what really is true happiness and where can we find it?
What if the definition of happiness was intended for the person to define it in their own way? What if happiness was meant for the individual to translate and take it in as their own? If so, then true happiness would be harder to find than trying to find a needle in a haystack. If true happiness was really something that anyone could translate on their own and such, then there would be no real definition to true happiness. It will merely be something that a person must judge by themselves. So what may be true happiness to one person may not be for another.