In the ancient Indian scripture Mahabharata there is a passage which says "That person who lives in their own home, eats and lives simply and has no debt to anyone; they are truly happy in this world". Therein I think lies the clue to real happiness. Simplify! Forget the mad notion that wealth equals happiness and live moderately in all things and have no debt to anyone. How much misery is there due to debt? The "have it all now (pay later with interest)" culture is an insane course which our society promotes and praises. Even the government wants our children to be thousands of pounds in debt before they even start work. More and more materialism will not make us happy.

Here are some of the things that make me happy: walking the dog; seeing other people very happy; making other people laugh, especially my baby daughter helping other people; meeting up with friends and family.

I think in life we are all looking for beauty. Beauty makes us happy. So the key to happiness is to notice the beauty that is everywhere around us. This picture is of the Parc Tete d'Or in Lyon. I go there almost every day to take photos or just to relax. It makes me so happy to see the new flowers, the birds, the people. There might be loads of bad things happening in this world at the moment but there is still so much happiness and beauty left to be discovered.