We all want to be happy but none of us wants to work
toward it, for it or on it!
Being happy is not hard work but requires hard
decision-making. But we are not ready to make those hard decisions or those
important choices. Which is why we stay pining for happiness while it is pretty
much within our reach. To be happy we must choose between focusing on what we
have and what we haven't. As long as we focus on what we don't have, we will
never be happy. Another reason for our unhappiness is that we don't practice
detachment. When we are aware and conscious of the reality that we came with
nothing and will go with nothing, we will be detached from whatever we gain or
lose in this lifetime__money, relationships, material things and even opinions,
either our own or of others. From detachment comes happiness. The third reason
why we don't find happiness is that we tend to give too much importance to
fear__of the unknown future, of not being around in some time, of death, of
leaving unfinished business on this planet. The way to deal with this fear is
to know that when we are dead, and gone, we will not even know we are dead. So,
why fear something that we will never know? Also, why grieve now for a state
that is yet to arrive?
So, to be happy, just focus on what is, let go
and stop fearing, among other things, death. There are simple choices that you can
make. The harder part is to stay with these choices. That and
that alone can guarantee a lifetime of happiness.
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