My Journey to becoming better human being

Journey to becoming a better human being - 4  Everyday life is not philosophical A few days later after coming back   from the retreat,   we gathered for our regular meeting. With a fixed time and fixed place, the weekly meeting had become part of our schedule. Will we continue our discussions from the retreat? A friend started “I have not yet found the answer   to the meaning of life, but one thing I have realised is that it is important to be happy in life”. To me it sounded like a tautology, everybody talks about it. But is it that simple? I said “How can one be happy? At this moment I am not". I was terribly upset. Earlier that   day at work , my project proposal was dismissed. I had worked on it for more than a month and I was sure that it will be appreciated as path breaking proposal. I was hoping to be rewarded. Instead now it was   in danger of being dismissed. All   due to   office politics. That manager was vicious. In the ...