What is
happiness - The Way to Happiness
Is it the fulfillment of your desires and the
achievement of your innermost dreams? Or is it that certain self satisfaction
that comes with the doing of a job well done? ...
Is it that fleeting feeling you get when
everything goes as per your plans and desires?
But wouldn’t life become too boring and utterly
predictable if everything happened as you wanted it to. It would be more like a
spoiled rich kids world, you get exactly the toy you want, then you loose
interest in it almost the moment it arrives or once the novelty of possession
wears off...
Isn’t it kind of living a consumer-istic vision... you
have everything you want yet it has all lost its lustre. Yes you are living in
a jungle surrounded by all your worthless uninteresting treasures, going more
with the thrill of possessing new things to win the respect and admiration of
others...
Or just like
success, true happiness would merely be more attainable if you had something, some
cause or work you are really passionate about that satisfies all your creative
urges, inner cravings and gives a boost to your self esteem...
Then it would be like you are living your dreams, money
though definitely gives you a helping hand in today's living, however it
doesn’t really matter in the more important issues such as self esteem or
happiness,
You would be living your life in a bubble of
excitement, eagerly waiting to get started on the next day and start working on
your amazing passion... you would be living for it, dreaming about it and
totally engrossed in it, would that be more like happiness to you ?
Or perhaps
it would be a more balanced approach of working on your amazing passion while at
the same time having a wonderful time with your family and friends,
Remember, in a perfect world, your family and friends
also have their own passions or confidence boosters and are equally happy, so a
self satisfied person usually makes for a happy relationship, hence living a
balanced life approach would also be great fun... yes in a perfect world.
Lets not digress from the issue at hand, so what really
is success and happiness, come to think of it a successful person should be a
happy person? Does that make sense to you?
So could success and happiness be interchangeable?, but
are all successful people by today's standards also happy?... What of all those
wealthy and successful show biz people who die in abject drug abuse or
alcoholism, or even commit suicides... didn’t they have it all... success,
money, acclaim?
Yet very
poor people who don’t own a farthing to their names are sometimes totally happy
even though they may be living in total poverty.
This by no means implies that money is the root of all
evil, quite on the contrary, money is a very important element in our
world, and may in fact be essential for attaining success, abundance and happiness to some
extents.
However, what really is success and happiness, wouldn’t
a happy person also be successful because he/ she has attained that illusive
state of achievement of their desires?
Or are both these states basically an attainment of a
persons state of self esteem, self satisfaction and self awareness,...
For to attain self satisfaction, you also need to know
what you really want and hence you need to have a certain self awareness...
Does this boil down to the inner work/ higher
awareness/ intuition / meditation kind of thing... could be perhaps.
Though My Happiness Hypothesis is: Find a cause or
project that you can be passionate about and devote your time to it in the
persuit of happiness.
Try it
... may be you might attain that incredible state of self satisfaction that leads to
true happiness. And if you can do it without being attached to the outcome... the 'I
will try my best come what may attitude', you might experience some really
powerful soul stirring moments of your life... yes happy, self fulfilled,
successful moments of pure abundance.
And remember you don’t need to have a lot of money to
get started on a cause, you could even just start working as a volunteer in your
area of interest and follow your dreams from their.
Even if you
have a lot of money...
Yes if
you are one of those unhappy rich souls, that have tried every formula that
money can buy yet are still totally depressed and unhappy, still searching for
the meaning of happiness, well why not give it a try, find something you can see
yourself passionate in and get involved...
But what if you can’t find such a ravishing, mind
blowing, fabulous interest capturing project that would totally blow you away,
Another way
of achieving instant spiritual happiness, self satisfaction, improved self
worth and capturing that amazing feeling of absolute bliss is by helping other
people. This may be as mundane as:
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Helping a blind person to cross the road
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Volunteering in an old people’s home or helping out
an old neighbor
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Spending some time with sick or lonely people to hear
to their incredible stories or woes and make them feel a little appreciated
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Donating food to the hungry or famine stricken people
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Sponsoring a child in some remote poor country
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Or any other similar capacity....
I am sure you can come up with more relevant options to
match your desires.
What if you are one of
those who are eternally searching for that illusive perfect relationship
or true Love,
You keep on dating over and over again only to
find a multitude of defects in every possible partner you come in contact with
and hence create a feeling of distrust, and insecurity around yourself... a lack
of appreciation, a lack of self confidence perhaps and feel totally incapable to
ever bring that spark of happiness in to your life. Here is a little exercise
for you then:
You need to shift your focus of looking at
things. For every person you know, write down all the positive qualities about them
and concentrate on the positive stuff every time you feel yourself moving
towards the unsightly negatives...
Yes thank the universe for enabling you to
experience the positives. Show appreciation for the positives.
And have you ever
thought about giving unconditional love and forgiveness... try it , you will
soon find all hatreds, insecurities and jealousies giving way to that inner
satisfaction and better relationships, and this technique works for all sorts of
relationships... whatever.
Happiness is a Choice - Here are some famous
Happiness Quotes for You to Ponder:
"You have it easily in your power to increase the
sum total of the worlds happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere
appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget
tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a
lifetime.".... Dale Carnegie
"Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever
see a bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy
is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses."... Dale
Carnegie
"Would you sell both your eyes for a million
dollars... or your two legs... or your hands... or your hearing? Add up what you
do have and you'll find you won't sell them for all the gold in the world. The
best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate them"... Dale Carnegie
How to stop sabotaging Your Happiness - First
figure out what is the root cause of your lack of happiness... Why aren't you happy already?"
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Is it a lack of self
esteem?
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A lack of self confidence?
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Relationship problems?
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A lack of supportive friends?
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Stress, Anxiety, worrying too much?
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Money problems?
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A lack of motivation?
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A feeling of worthlessness?
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Frustration?
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A numbing of the mind or heart / lack of joy?
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Total disillusionment with life itself?
Please Note: If you
experience a lack of interest with living... You might be suffering from
depression. This is a very serious medical condition if you have reached the
clinical depression stage... You need to check in with your medical doctor
immediately.
Then try using some of the relevant
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Help Audio CD's
to overcome the root cause of your problem.
Wouldn’t it be
fabulous to attain self fulfillment, happiness and success of the highest
possible quality...
Can you even imagine yourself in such a state of utter
bliss - total authentic happiness?
In my personal case the tools that I use constantly to
propel me to become accomplished in the art of zen happiness, self worth and self satisfaction are:
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