Happiness

When groups of people are asked what they most want out of life, one of the highest ranking goals stated is inner peace. Since so many are seeking it, it is not surprising that there are many methods that have been attempted to achieve it. Attaining inner peace is a topic of great discussion and many men and women seem to struggle to attain or even understand if it can be achieved. With so many different methods promising peace and the various techniques that are associated with the approach it can be challenging to determine what would work best.

Why does a bird sing?  I suppose you could say the miniaturized computer in its genes and brain evolved the need to sing for a mate, or to stake out its territory, or to warn competitors away, but the bird today isn’t thinking about any of that, it is just singing.  Singing perhaps because it is programmed to sing, but I wonder why it is singing a pleasant melody?  If it is just to do one of the above why not some discordant collection of tones?  Does a mate like melodious songs better?  Why?  Does the bird enjoy it’s own songs?  What if there is no partic