Answer and Explanation:
NOTE: I wrote it in the form of a speech. You said not to use the internet, which I didn't. I just used my previous knowledge and own opinions. Feel free to change or adapt anything to your own opinions and ideas.
"It is very simple to be happy but it is very difficult to be simple"
Some time ago, I saw this cartoon based on the Buddhist philosophy. It showed a person thinking, "I want happiness." Then, a wise Buddhist man came, erased the words "I want," and all there was left was "happiness."
Happiness is achievable, and is probably one of the simplest feelings we may have. Of course, there are different types of happiness. Some types last longer than others, some are more or less intense... There is the happiness of having some ice cream on a hot day. There is the happiness of marrying your partner and buying your first house. There is the happiness of hearing your doctor say you're finally free of cancer.
However, even though happiness in itself may be simple, we are not simple beings. And because we are not simple, the world also ceases to be simple. We see the world according to our own perceptions. The way we perceive the world is nothing but an interpretation of our own complexity. The world, society, tasks, demands, they all look and feel different to different people. If I am anxious, I perceive it all differently than someone who is laid-back.
Therefore, we cannot, or at least should not, think there is a recipe for happiness. The feeling is not a mystery, and I believe everyone has experienced it at some point in life. Still, we are a tapestry of thoughts, worries, fears, traumas. The path to happiness requires some work on ourselves, on the way we perceive the world outside our minds. That path will invariably be different according to each person. Thus, the path is as complicated and unique as can be.
