The year was 1998 when this fellow of yours undergone his struggle in the pursuit of happiness as any ordinary person does.
That struggle is faced by all of us in any random stages in our journey of life. It is a matter on how we deal with it, how we face it to savor the feeling of relief and be happy.
The means of achieving happiness varies – it may maybe through religion, your peers, achievements, the love of your life, education, wealth, idealism, music, traveling, reading books, even witnessing the downfall of your enemy, outrun your opponent, building a team, joining a brotherhood, and the like.
This fellow realized that we could apply any means, even in its simplest form like seeing a baby smiles so long as the same TRIGGERS your life for a lifetime.
This humble writer shares his means to happiness that triggers his life since then. He found it in a piece of an old newspaper article herein quoted below.
After reading it, find yours too and good luck in your journey.
Sincerely.
The quality of our thoughts becomes visible through our words, our behavior, or even through the expression of our face. The seed of words and actions is thought. By knowing and understanding the types of thoughts our mind can create, we will be able to consciously redirect thoughts towards the positive. Hence, we will improve the qualities of our mind, body, and relationships.
Necessary thoughts are those that deal with our daily routine like “what will I eat?” What do I need to do today?” When do I have to pay my bills?” These are practical thoughts to attend to our daily needs and requirements.
Waste (or superfluous) thoughts are those that are of no use, neither constructive nor particularly negative. They deal with the things of the past, like “If this had happened,” “Why did he not tell me this?” “If only I had done it this way.”
Negative thoughts are most harmful, especially to ourselves. Irrespective of the impact they have on others, negative thoughts cause us great loss of inner peace and strength. Negative thoughts are based on the materialistic desires, anger, lust, unfulfilled expectations, jealousy, hatred, arrogance, extreme possessiveness (or attachments), extreme laziness, etc. If our thoughts are based on these weaknesses, then it is as if we are poisoning our mind as well as the atmosphere.
No matter how right we are, by thinking negatively we lose because negative thoughts take away our self-respect and also others lose respect for us. Usually we find that people who think very negatively about others will feel lonely although they may have many relationships.
Positive thoughts alone allow us to accumulate inner strength and enable us to be creative and constructive. To have positive thoughts means to always see the benefits in all situations without being caught up by the external appearance of the situation.
To think positively doesn’t mean that we ignore the reality (especially the unpleasant or negative ones) around us and pretend to live or be somewhere else. To think positively means to see the problem and recognize its reality, but at the same time, to be able to find solutions for that problem. This often requires that we have some tolerance, patience, and common sense.
A person who thinks positively will be aware of the weakness of others around him but will still turn his attention towards the good tendencies of others. Positive thoughts give us the feeling of contentment within and because of that, our expectations of others become less and less. We stop demanding things from them like respect, consideration, love, recognition, thus enabling the relationship to become light.
Also when we are content within, then we have the strength to accept others as they are without wanting to change them as we think is right. And together with that we are able to give ourselves as we are with our positive qualities and shortcomings, without pretending we are something else.