If you pose this question to different people, you will get a variety of answers.
People do many things. The activities people take up are myriad, ranging from the simplest to the most complex. Can we say the most complex activity is the one that is most difficult to do? Perhaps, we can.
But I want to approach this question from a different angle.
Try this experiment.
As you walk on the roads, as you travel in a train, bus, plane or any other mass transport vehicle, as you walk through a crowded shopping mall, as you enter a cinema hall or a concert hall or as you engage in any activity in public, just glance at the faces of people around you. Find out how many people have a happy expression on their faces.
If you find that a vast majority of people put up a gloomy look even when they are in a place for entertainment and enjoyment, don't be surprised.
From this, can we get an answer to the question I posed at the beginning?
The most difficult thing to do in life is to be happy! So it seems, judging by the mood of the people we come across at different places and different times.
If you want a confirmation for the predominant mood, just listen to the conversations. You will find that most of the conversations, whether between friends or between strangers, revolve around problems. The problems may be petty or serious, but it is the problems that dominates conversations.
The reality is that the easiest thing to do is to be happy. All you need to do is to decide to be happy and force a smile on your face, in pursuit of your intention.
There is no duty so much underated as the duty of being happy
- R.L.Stevenson
Remember to do your duty of being happy today as many times as you can remember the above words of the great writer Stevenson and see for yourself how you feel at the end of the day.
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