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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 past   on two other occasions, he