Biological creatures seek situations where their basic needs can be met with a minimum of stress and danger. Although we can’t understand how animals think or ask them about their thought processes, we can gain insights from their behavior and in most situations, animal behavior seems to indicate that they prefer predictability over unpredictability. Although from an evolutionary perspective, humans are infinitely more advanced than other animals, we still need an environment of safety and trust in order to function best.

For thousands of years humans have been concerned with figuring out what it means to live the “good life”. The earliest philosophical texts from ancient China and Greece are focused on this question, and this question has occupied philosophers and thinkers from antiquity up to our modern day. When we look at what philosophy, science, and religion have to say about living the “good life" we find that happiness and fulfillment don't come through quick fixes or new age spiritual technologies. Living the good life is relatively simple, but it isn’t easy; it requires effort, focus, and commitment.