A Happy life lived one day equals the one sad life lived a hundred years. Whatever money, belongings which humans make are for being happy and living a good life. Relationships are made with people who understand us and with whom we can live happily. Man is in constant search of happiness and satisfaction in every walk of life.
A miserable man with a sack of stuff
Mula came upon a frowning man walking along the road to town. “What’s wrong?” he asked. The man held up a tattered bag and moaned, “All that I own in this wide world barely fills this miserable, wretched sack.”
“Too bad,” said Mula, and with that, he snatched the bag from the man’s hands and ran down the road with it.
Having lost everything, the man burst into tears and, more miserable than before, continued walking. Meanwhile, Mula quickly ran around the bend and placed the man’s sack in the middle of the road where he would have to come upon it.
When the man saw his bag sitting in the road before him, he laughed with joy, and shouted, “My sack! I thought I’d lost you!”
Watching through the bushes, Mula chuckled. “Well, that’s one way to make someone happy!”
H a p p i n e s s
A man once told The Buddha,
"I want happiness."
The Buddha replied,
"First remove 'I', that's ego.
Then remove 'want', that's desire.
And now all you're left with is
H a p p i n e s s."
The Buddha replied,
"First remove 'I', that's ego.
Then remove 'want', that's desire.
And now all you're left with is
H a p p i n e s s."
People say Life is worth living. Not just living.... Living happily. We study hard, educate ourselves, get high paying jobs, and yet we have no time for ourselves and our loved ones. We are not enjoying the very moment of life. After years we realize I just wasted my life and then it's too late.
Balloon exercise : Our happiness is with other's
Once a group of 50 people was attending a seminar.
Suddenly the speaker stopped and decided to do a group activity. He started giving each one a balloon. Each one was asked to write his/her name on it using a marker pen. Then all the balloons were collected and put in another room.
Now these delegates were let in that room and asked to find the balloon which had their name written, within 5 minutes. Everyone was frantically searching for their name, colliding with each other, pushing around others and there was utter chaos.
At the end of 5 minutes no one could find their own balloon.
Now each one was asked to randomly collect a balloon and give it to the the person whose name was written on it.
Within minutes everyone had their own balloon.
The speaker began -- Exactly this is happening in our lives. Everyone is frantically looking for happiness all around, not knowing where it is.
Our happiness lies in the happiness of other people. Give them their happiness, you will get your own happiness.
And this is the purpose of human life.
Is this not what you are looking for?
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