Living with “The Walking Dead”

We all need to face our own struggles in life—from time to time. We all have our own difficulties—now and then. We all need to go through our own setbacks and failures—on and off. Some of us face them bravely with positive thoughts and good vibes; and some of us run away from them, always feeling that they live in abject misery.

It is undeniable that some people are born with a head-start in building a happy life—no matter when and no matter what. It is equally undeniable that some people achieve enormous levels of success despite being born on the bottom rung of society, and often with the odds stacked against them. Nevertheless, society has always included a whole swathe of people for whom unhappiness is a daily event—no matter what advantages they’re born with—people who never achieve any recognizable measure of success; whose goals are never attained and whose dreams lie forever out of reach. Why? What are the differences between these two sets of human beings who, to the casual observer, appear to have so much in common? What divides those who are happy and successful from those who seem permanently sad and perennially unsuccessful?

Well, my friends, let’s find the answers—together, shall we?