I was reading my email when I came across one from Billy Graham. He was offering a free book and the title was "The Secret To Happiness". As I sit here pondering this thought, I came to realize that we all have different ways of being happy. I dont think any one of us can tell anyone else how to be happy. It has to be explored by each individual in our own time and place.
Different times in our lives call for different things that make us happy. I remember when I got married, I thought it was the happiest day of my life. At the time, it was the happiest day of my life.
When our first child was born, I thought that was the happiest day of my life and again, it was. When our second child was born, again, I thought that was the happiest day of my life. I guess what I am trying to say is that we have many happy days in our lives. So what is the secret? I think the secret is within each of us. The secret is to find ourselves and loose ourselves at the same time. For example when my children were born, I felt complete. I put someone else's needs ahead of my own and that made me happy.
Each stage of my life brought different kinds of happiness. The stage of my life that I am in now, I have found more happiness than I ever knew existed. I finally realize that for me to be really happy, I only need simple things in my life. My family, the opportunity for an Eternal Marriage, the gospel and sharing my happiness with others multiplies my happiness. I am fortunate, some people never find true happiness in thier lives. They die still searching for happiness.
What do you thing the secret to happiness is?
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Thats just my opinion. You can't be happy in life if you don't like yourself.
We can choose to be content in all things...
Therefore a domino effect, on the simple things in life. lol =)
I don't think there's one particular thing...the perfect husband, the perfect job, the perfect house,..that can make you happy. I think making the best of what you have and learning to be happy is the secret.
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I think happiness is when you are doing something you like. I don't think others (including religion), as sincere as they may sound in their intentions, can 'show you the way to happiness'. That would be an illusion based on submission to the ideas and whims of another; self respect does not come with feeling subordinate.
Admittedly, happiness is a good target to aim for, but we cannot ever be happy all the time. It's not how we are made. Tiredness and anxieties can test our resources at all sorts of times; we get through and then we are relaxed enough to reflect on our moods. Then perhaps we can see our happier moments. Happiness is WITHIN.
I write, Morning Pages (see Julia Cameron's great book, The right To Write) which is where I sort out my thoughts and reflections; any happy moments are also brought to mind when reading back over the entries. I write poetry, short stories and I'm doing a Humanities Uni Course, having done creative Writing last year; happiness in achievement and personal development.
I'm spending happy moments with my partner, happiness in being together, between our separate commitments, me a student, her a student nurse doing things in her studies which you would have thought a Degree standard; happiness in persuing our goals. We both write; happiness in the same interests but with different styles.
I find happiness now in NOT being inhibited enough to tell myself 'I cannot do' anything. 'Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway,' is the title of a book and a good maxim for life.
Peace.