H.A.P.P.I.N.E.S.S being a choice...

I read this meaningful phrase recently - "If you had to be the person you are today for the rest of your life, would you be happy? If the answer is 'Absolutely!' keep up the good work. But if the answer is 'Maybe' - or, for that matter, an outright 'No' - then it's time to take responsibility for your future...and it's time to start making changes NOW."

So ask yourself this question NOW - "Are you happy at this moment? Do you feel fulfiled?"

Actually happiness is not who we are or how much we have or earn. Many a times, we are too worldly, too easily influenced and contaminated by superficial, material possessions. I would want to have an LV bag, drives a mercedes, lives in 6th Ave. This thought alone will show that we are unhappy because we will never be satisfied. "Think about this: If you are earning $3,000, would you want to earn $4,000 in another year?" This is going to be like a ferris wheel, always going round and round in motion. So unless we find peace within and choose to be happy, we will forever be unhappy in one time or another.

Happiness is then actually a choice. You can be happy if you choose to. Your mind controls your feelings. For instance, a cancer patient - the cancerous cells in the body is a constant, a fact, a reality. How is it that two cancer patients with same condition has one of them being optimistic and happy, the other is a pessimist and fatalistic. It is a matter of choice right? And most often than not, the optimistic and happy one is the one who recovers better or rather who dies happier. Why is it that the happy one can be happy? Foremostly, I'm sure the reason is because she has resigned her fate to the hands of GOD. No matter what happens, it's GOD's will. Do you think you have a mightier pair of hands than GOD to control your own life and death? If yes, everyone would live to a ripe old age. Since you have no control over a situation, don't you think the best way is to rest in the laurels of GOD? What we can do is to do the best within our means and might, the rest is faith.

So don't despair if you can't get the job (who promises you this is the best job available for you), this man doesn't like you (who promises you he's the best man to walk down the isle with you), you don't get promoted (who promises you this status is eternal)... Everything happens for a reason as long as you believe.

Happiness is a choice!!!