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Happiness is considered very important in life. Why is it difficult to define? What factors are important in achieving happiness? Given reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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Prosperity is very difficult to define, because it means so many different things to different people. While some people link peace of mind to wealth and material success, others think it lies in emotions and loving personal relationships. Yet others think that spiritual paths, rather than either the material world or relationships with people, are the only way to true prosperity. Because people interpret prosperity for themselves in so many different ways, it is difficult to give any definition
that is
 true for everyone.
However
, if there are different kinds of peace of mind for different individuals,
then
 the
first
 step in achieving it would be to have a degree of self-knowledge. A person needs to know who he or she is before being able to know what it is that makes him or her happy. Of course, factors
such
 as loving relationships, good health, the skills to earn a living and a peaceful environment all contribute to our contentment too. But
this
 does not mean that people without these conditions cannot be happy. Overall, I think an ability to keep clear perspectives in life is a more essential factor in achieving enjoyment. By that I mean an ability to have a clear sense of what is important in our lives (the welfare of our families, the quality of our relationships, making other people happy, etc.) And what is not (a problem at work, getting annoyed about trivial things, etc.) Like self-awareness,
this
 is
also
 very difficult to achieve, but I think these are the two factors that may be the most important for achieving happiness.

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