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Genuine Happiness Comes from Within
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Posted on: 7th Jan 2014
Life isn�t always sweet as candy.
Sometimes, when I feel like the world is just too crappy, I look around and
find people who continue to live cool, carefree lives and then thoughts come
popping into my head like bubbles from nowhere � �How did their lives become so
perfect? How come they still can manage
to laugh and party despite a busy stressful life?� After awhile I figured
out that just maybe they�d started to work on a place called �self�.
So, how does one become genuinely
happy? Step 1 is to love YOU!
A theology professor once said
that �loving means accepting.� To love one�s self means to accept that
you are not a perfect being, but behind the imperfections must lie a great deal
of courage to be able to discover ways on how to improve your repertoire to
recover from our mistakes. I once heard it said that it�s impossible to love
anyone else till you first love yourself.
Genuine happiness also pertains
to contentment. When you are contented with the job you have, the way you look,
with your family, your friends, the place you live in, your car, and all the
things you now have. That�s what the Bible says is �Great gain�
When we discover a small spark
somewhere from within, that small spark will eventually lead to something
greater, and to something greater still. But if you keep questioning life like
it has never done you any good, you will never be able to find genuine
happiness.
I believe that life is about discovering the difference between right and wrong, trying and failing, winning and losing. These are things that happen as often as you inhale and exhale. Failure in a person�s life is always necessary as air. But this should not hinder us from becoming a happy, well adjusted person.
How to be genuinely happy in
spite of repeated failures? Every time
you exert effort to improve the quality of your life and your being, whether it
is cleaning up your room, helping a friend, taking care of your sick dog, fail
on board exams and trying again, life gives you equivalent points for that.
Genuine happiness isn�t about driving the hottest Formula 1 car, nor getting the employee of the year award, earning the highest 13th month pay, or beating the sales quota. Sometimes the most sought after prizes in life doesn�t always go to the fastest, the strongest, the bravest or not even the best. So how do you become genuinely happy? Everyone has their own definition of �happiness�. Happiness for a writer may mean launching as many bestselling books as possible. Happiness for a basketball rookie may mean getting the rookie of the year award. Happiness for a beggar may mean just finding your next meal.. Happiness for an entrepreneur may mean finding that perfect business. For a mom or teacher it could be something that really motivates your kids. So really how do we become genuinely happy? Simple, you don�t have to have the best things in this world. It�s about doing and making the best out of every single thing that comes your way. When you find yourself smiling at your own mistakes and telling yourself �Ok, I can DO this better next time�, you carry with you a flame of strong will power to persevere that may spread out like a brush fire. You possess a willingness to stand up again and try � that will make you a genuinely happy person.
When you learn to accept yourself
and your own faults, you pass step 1 in the project �how to become genuinely
happy�. For as long as you know how to accept yourself, you will also be
accepted by others. As long as you love
and know how to love, you will receive love back many times over.
So throw me that same question
again �how to become genuinely happy?� I�ll refer you to a friend of mine who
said- �Most of us know that laughter is the best medicine for life�s aches and
pains. But most of us don�t know that the best kind of laughter is laughter
over self. Because then you don�t just become happy� you become free.�
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