But I disagree with this view. Not that I don't like to be happy, it's just that I never think of happiness as a purpose.
Happiness is a current state, current condition. We can be happy at this very second. Simple happiness can be created merely by doing your hobbies, eating good food, or laughing with your best friends. You can be happy everyday. If you see happiness as a purpose, doesn't it mean you despise your happiness at the very moment?
Contentment, I believe, is the true purpose of life. Contentment means satisfaction, a state when you've had it all, the condition when you don't have the feeling to be anywhere with any other people. This contentment, generally, can be reached when you have settled with a family and a career.
Happiness and contentment are not mutually exclusive. You can have them both, you can pursue them at the same time. You don't have to feel content to be happy, but I guess you have to be happy before you can feel content.
At the end, I hope people who read this can have a positive view that you don't have to have everything to be happy, but if you want to live your life to the fullest, you gotta keep improving yourself in order to feel content.
