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The art of happiness

In today’s world of tension and depression, happiness is one thing that is disappearing fast. We are going fast only to accumulate more tangible things but doing nothing to be happy. We keep on thinking that our riches will bring us happiness one day!

Updated on: Sep 07, 2012 12:37 AM IST
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In today’s world of tension and depression, happiness is one thing that is disappearing fast. We are going fast only to accumulate more tangible things but doing nothing to be happy. We keep on thinking that our riches will bring us happiness one day!

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A wise man asked why we don’t say, "Happiness can be had now and here, instead of our saying that one day it will be ours". This means that it is our state of mind that decides whether we are actually happy or not.

Whenever we achieve our first targeted goal, instead of celebrating it, we set our next goal immediately; and that special moment becomes an ordinary moment. We should always try to enjoy and celebrate even the small successes of life before setting the next goal. We all tell ourselves we will be happy when we get out of school...get our first job...get married …have a baby and so on. Why don’t we tell ourselves that there is no better time to be happy than now and try to celebrate the small achievements of life as they come.

If we adopt the policy, “take life as it comes”, then negative energy can be converted into positive energy. It’s time to choose to be happy. Happiness is enjoying the journey.

 
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