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                                                                  Homo-sapiens (we the super intellectual
                                                                 humans),     our     lives   and    our
                                                                 perspective  towards  it  and  the  most
                                                                 important, the lives of other people.
                                                                 It might sound unethical but the real
                                                                 measurement  of  one's  happiness  can
                                                                 only  be  measured  by  looking  into
                                                                 some other person’s life.
                                                                 To  understand  this,  one  must  know
                                                                 the difference between happiness and
                                                                 satisfaction. When we look at our life,
                                                                 we  can  only  get  satisfaction,  while
                    Happiness is a word derived from the
                                                                 happiness is derived from some other
                    parent  word  “Happy”.  It  is  the          external  elements  that  are  a  part  of
                    opposite  word  for  sadness,  it
                                                                 our  life.  Calculation  or  measurement
                    describes the state of being happy. It       of  happiness  requires  the  knowledge
                    is  identified  as  an  Abstract  noun.  A   of  satisfaction.  When  one  buys  the
                    noun that cannot be counted, cannot          best featured mobile phone prevailing
                    be  seen  or  the  noun  not  having  any    in  the  market  with  his  self-owned
                    quantitative nature.                         money,  then  its  70%  of  satisfaction
                                                                 and  30%  of  happiness.  In  the  same
                    Happiness  is  a  feeling,  a  delightful
                                                                 place, where the same phone is gifted
                    experience  that  only  can  be  felt
                                                                 by  someone  then  this  proportion
                    through our inner sense. It is a sense       changes  to  70%  happiness  and  30%
                    of pleasure perceived by one.                satisfaction.   Thus,    it   can    be
                                                                 determined  that  mere  possession
                    This measurement of happiness is not
                                                                 cannot directly amount to happiness.
                    an  easy  task  to  do.  As  all  our  lives
                                                                 While  measuring  happiness,  the  true
                    revolve  around  the  concept  of  “who
                                                                 assessment  and  evaluation  of  the
                    is being happier”. The hunt for more
                                                                 possessions will give the true value of
                    or less is satisfied only by measuring       happiness.       While       measuring
                    the     quantity     of     happiness,       happiness,  it's  on  an  individual
                    disregarding  its  quality.  As happiness    whether  he  wants  an  Inclusive
                    can  only  be  construed  by  measuring      assessment  of  happiness  or  an
                    it.  And  consequently,  the  tally  of      exclusive  assessment  of  the  same.
                    happiness  is  being  constructed  to        Therefore,  Satisfaction  proffers  to
                    keep the measurement correct.                happiness but happiness might not do
                                                                 the same.
                    To  measure  happiness  the  basic
                    ingredients  that  one  will  need  are  -

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