Today is World Happiness Day. According to the statistics, almost two in three adults that is approximately 67% report themselves being happy.
So many times, I have found that people are unhappy with their lives or their jobs. Often, people feel why they’re here in this world doing what they are not supposed to do. But, we forget to understand one thing – we haven’t come into this world on our own. It is God who has sent us and he must have a purpose in mind to achieve something in life.
There are some people who realize it early while some of them take time to realize their true potential and the rest of them don’t even realize their real purpose in life. And then, the people who are unable to realize their real purpose at all, start being unhappy throughout their lives and create a world within themselves thinking that nothing can be done.
Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.
So often, we just tend to remember our past and worry too much about the future. As a result, we remain unhappy throughout the day.
Happiness has been defined by several people in different fashion but it means the same to remain happy.
True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose”.
Helen Keller
As Bette Davis quotes, “You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation”.
Sometimes we say that if I buy a car tomorrow, I will be happy or if I go to Seychelles on holiday, I will be happy. All these are just objects of enjoyment that will just give you comfort but don’t give you happiness. Few people might not agree with this as they consider sensual pleasures as happiness and their attempts are also directed towards these. However, true happiness doesn’t lie in such objects of enjoyment; instead, it lies in imagination.
The only source of happiness – and unhappiness – comes from inside yourself. Happiness is not something that comes to you instead, It is something you create now, TODAY!
Waiting for something to change in order to be happy is waiting to live your life. It is not what happens to you that count. It is how you react to what happens to you that means it is your attitude – a positive attitude. When you adopt a positive attitude, life becomes a rewarding adventure instead of something to get through.
If you want to be happy, be.
Leo Tolstoy