Last week, many of you may have read a Straits Times article about Dr Lee Wei Ling on "More Than Life Than The Pursuit of Happiness". In the article, she said:

" Happiness, in whatever form one sees it, becomes more elusive the harder one tries to pursue it. That's why my personal aim is much more realistic: All I ask for is calmness and contentment. These at least are partially within my control."

In case you do not know, Dr Lee Wei Ling is the daughter of the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew, who's Singapore's first prime minister and minister mentor. Contentment is not easy to achieve in life. But I can see that most people who are contented are happy in life. They don't compare with others, they don't seek happiness from things that are superficial. There is this inner happiness and peace in those who ......