Our Journey Of Happiness (Part 1)
We commonly express the following incorrect words in our everyday interactions – Wait till I achieve this particular goal, whether it be a promotion, success in a particular exam, marriage, retirement, the birth of a child, or the end of a difficult situation and I will be happy. Why are all of these incorrect words? Aren’t these all what life is all about? Isn’t calling all of them incorrect unnatural? Try remembering a single moment in your life without these and you will be left wondering.
➤It is important to realize the incorrectness of waiting for goals to be achieved and then becoming happy. So it is good to introspect whether that is a journey to happiness or a journey of happiness. The wait for happiness is incorrect because one goal is followed by another challenge; the challenge is followed by another unexpected phase, leaving us without any moments to experience our desired happiness amidst so many uncomfortable pressure points.
➤𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥. This is simply because life is a journey with a series of goals, sometimes one after the other and sometimes with two or even more than two goals co-existing with each other. So should one anxiously wait for the goals to be achieved or should one take the wait for goals to be achieved, in one’s stride accepting it as an integral part of our life journey?
➤For very long, we have associated happiness with achievement and this has become an integral part of our modern-day belief system, as the speed of life has become faster and more challenging with each day. Spiritual wisdom suggests a change in this thinking and teaches associating happiness with experiencing each day – (i) experiencing creative ideas (ii) experiencing your strengths, specialties and skills by bringing them into action (iii) experiencing beautiful relationships with the self, with God and with others (iv) experiencing goodness and beautiful virtues and giving others an experience of the same.
(Continues tomorrow...)
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Message for Today
"It is easy to understand the significance of all that is happening"
Points to think about:
When something happens contrary to our expectations, it is difficult for us to understand it. The tendency to get upset or confused further confuses the mind, stupefying us and making us unable to do anything to correct the situation.
Procedure:
Everything happens for a reason. When things don't go the way I expected, it's important to try hard to figure out why. If I understand the reason behind the phenomenon, I will never be burdened with worries and confusion. I will be light and free.