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                    To measure happiness, we must know           comparison  is  very  necessary  for
                    the  depth  of  sadness.  Sadness  is  the   computing one’s happiness,
                    empty  beaker  where  we  pour  all  of
                    our  happiness.  This  amount  helps  in     Comparison with the past will let one
                    keeping  a  count  on  happiness.  It  is    measure his present happiness. Again
                    the  scale  under  which  happiness  is      the comparison with those lives who
                    measured  under  a  correct  parameter.      might  not  have  any  chance  of
                    A  person  cannot  measure  happiness        experiencing  happiness  will  surely
                    until  he  is  in  acquaintance  with  his   help  us  to  measure  our  tremendous
                    sadness.  A  person  can  always             amount of happiness.
                    compute  his  happiness  based  upon
                    his experience of being sad. One can         The  formula  used  for  this  is  simple,
                    be happy only if he was sad, without         cherish  for  what  you  have.  That
                    sadness the amount of happiness will         means, Counting people, one has with
                    be of no value, as it would remain as        him  in  both  good  and  bad  times.
                    an  equivalent  emotion  for  that           Counting  those  true  souls  that
                    person.  This  balance  sheet  of  life      surround  one  at  the  time  of
                    depends  upon  this  comparative             difficulties. And if it counts to at least
                    calculation.                                 one  person,  then  add  this  presence
                                                                 and  company  to  the  happiness
                    To  understand  one's  happiness’s           calculator.
                    amount,  the  comparison  is  very
                    important.  This  comparison  can  be        Count  the  day’s  one  spends  hungry
                    between  the  various  periods  of  his      and  sleepless.  If  it's  null  then  it  can
                    own life, or it may involve some other       surely  add  up  to  some  more
                    person’s  life  or  lives  or  lives  of  any   happiness.
                    community  as  a  whole.  But  talking
                                                                 Count  the  opportunities  one  had  till
                    about     comparison,      one     vital
                    component  that  shall  always  be           now, if it's more than once, then add
                    considered is, the base of comparison        one  more  point  of  happiness  in  the
                                                                 tally. Count the nights  with a shelter
                    should  always  be  the  same.  The
                                                                 to live, count the days with clean air
                    happiness of eating an ice-cream for a
                                                                 and water, count the times not failing
                    diabetic  patient,  a  poor  child,  or  a
                    beggar  is  ten  times  more  than  a        in  the  exams,  count  the  times
                    privileged  child  or  a  normal  person     celebrating  a  festival,  wearing  new
                                                                 dresses,  and  sitting  with  the  loved
                    without sugar hike problems.
                                                                 ones.  Count  the  times  of  getting
                    Likewise, the assessment of happiness        cured of some illness, count the times
                    in terms of 1 kg rice will be different      of getting the chance to go to school
                    for  a  poor  man  and  a  middle-class      at least. Count the times of taking any
                    man.  Thus,  choosing  the  correct          decision  for  self.  Now,  add  all  these
                    foundation  and  Standard  unit  of          together.

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