Do you sometimes feel that no matter how hard you try you just cannot find fulfilment? That despite your best efforts to be happy you somehow end up suffering? Does it sometimes seem that everyone is enjoying life except you? If your answer is "yes", relax. You are quite normal, at least according to the Vedas, the world's oldest writings. These ancient texts explain that we can never be satisfied by any amount of bodily pleasure. The Vedas therefore urge us to take our happiness seriously to be inquisitive as to why, in spite of so much endeavour, we remain dissatisfied. They point out that as humans we should not be seeking only that pleasure which even the animals can achieve. We are meant for something more. Animals can also eat, have sex, sleep, and enjoy relationships. But they can't go beyond that. They are not able to ask life's big questions, such as "Why am I here?", "Why do I suffer?", and "How can I secure my permanent happiness?" Only in human life do we have this opportunity and we should make the most of it. This is the main purpose of this life.