Happiness

Happiness is an emotion and a state in life that everyone desires. But there are only a few that really understand the concept and fundamentals of being happy.

Some assume that they shall be happy if they had a little more money. Some believe that happiness shall come if they find their true love. Others run behind social status and recognition to feel more important, which they feel will make them happy. There have probably been enough times that you may have heard people say ‘If only I had …’.

Money does not ensure happiness! If it were so, all rich people would be happier than their poorer cousins. Keen observation, itself shall indicate to you that there are many rich people who are not happy with what life has provided them with. Either they desire more of the same material benefits that they have or they are searching for some other aspects of life like love, peace of mind and the like.

Pure love can also not ensure happiness. If you are living with the one you love in penury and cannot provide for his or her comfort, happiness is likely to be evasive.

Another major superficial contributor to happiness is deemed to be social status. Many believe that by rising higher in the social ladder, they can achieve a state of happiness by knowing that they are superior to many others that are below them. But getting hooked onto the social ladder and to depend on it for your social needs is fraught with issues. One always looks at those higher in the ladder and wants to rise higher and looks at the ones below and is continuously apprehensive of the consequences of falling below current levels. The feeling of superiority may indulge your amour proper but it is unlikely to provide tranquility.

The truism lies in the statement made by one of the spiritual guru’s ‘If you are not happy, now and here, you shall never be happy’. The statement implies the insight that happiness does not lie external to oneself and true happiness can be attained in any physical or mental situation that you are in if you choose to do so. An individual needs to accept and adjust to his current scenario and decide to be happy!

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