Happiness-
We convince ourselves that life will be
better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated
that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After
that we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be
happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be
complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car,
are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire. The truth is, there's no
better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when?
Our life will always be filled with
challenges. It's best to admit this to ourself and decide to be happy anyway.
"For a long time it had seemed to me
that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in
the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time
still to be served, and a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it
dawned on me that these obstacles were my life".
This perspective has helped me to see that
there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. There are myriad ways to spread
happiness like giving a smile, speaking kindly, helping the deserving, being
good, wishing well for others in thought, speech and action etc. You are right.
Only a complete person can give.
So, treasure every moment that we have. And
treasure it more because we shared it with someone special, special enough to
spend our time and remember that time waits for no one
So stop waiting until we finish school, until
we go back to school, until we lose some money, until you gain some money,
until we have kids, until our kids leave the house, until we start work, until
we retire, until we get a girlfriend, until we get married, until Friday night,
until Sunday morning, until we get a new car or home, until home is paid off,
until spring, until summer, until fall, until winter, until we are off welfare,
until the first or fifteenth, until we've had a drink, until we die, until we
are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be
happy.
Happiness is
a journey, not a destination. Work like we don't need money, Love like we've
never been hurt, and dance like no one's watching.
Three factors governing the lives of most
human are.
The tendency to amass wealth.
To remain deeply attached to their spouses and
To display extraordinary affection towards
their children.
The greed to
get- rich- quick may even make them resort to illegal methods though they may
possess enormous wealth; this has to be curbed.
It is
a paradox that among God’s creations particularly human beings some are placed
in a comfortable position and enjoy life, while
others always face adversity and do not even understand the very meaning of
happiness. A general explanation for this is assigned to wealth- that those who
possess money can get their problems solved and remain unaffected even by
severe jolts. On the other hand the poor go through ordeals because they have
no means to put up resistance. This reasoning feels flat when we see so many
rich men spreading restless days due to worries while some among the deprived
always remain contented.
This
makes the worldly man running and running after the objects in which he imposed
the pleasure. But life gets the end of its time. Then there is no way to choose
the right path. The happiness we find cannot be compared to the inner joy. A
little part of it (happiness) which is only the indication or symbolically says
that if there is little then there must be unlimited also.
A story told of a man who with his wife and
son and carrying a bundle containing money was crossing a river. A sudden flood
made him discarded the bag first. Giving up his wife, when the floodwater
threatened his own life followed this; he left the child too. He clung the son
till the end because he was of the view that while it may be possible to choose
another woman as his partner, a child is a gift of God and cannot be obtained
without his blessing.
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