Happiness is…

The other day in class, one of my teacher’s said something which I thought was very profound.

It started with an exercise and a simple question like this.

Okay. So sit back and relax. Close your eyes and take 3 deep breaths. Now ask yourself this question:

Am I happy??

Are you happy?? What do you think will make you happy (in the long term)??

A lot of people think that you can earn happiness. That happiness is something you acquire over time from being successful and doing your good duties in the world.

Well, this is only partly true. Although helping people and achieving things can make you happy, some people become discouraged and… jealous because maybe their achievements weren’t recognised.

Well, I’m here to tell you that HAPPINESS is a CHOICE.

Happiness is a mind-set, not something you earn. Sure there are some exceptions to this, and short term happiness can come in the form of a new car, but in order to be happy for the long term, you need to be more positive and see the good in the world rather than becoming all negative because all you ever see on the news is crap about war, murder and poverty. Sure those things can be a real let down and make you feel like there is no hope left in humanity, but if you look around you and really open your eyes to see the good in this world and appreciate all the small things, then you’ll start to see a change.

When things seem like they’re all going wrong and there’s no hope left, just remember that I am sitting here, maybe hundreds of thousands of kilometres/miles (whatever you like to call it), wishing that you’ll just look around and see the beauty in the life that you have. 🙂

And if you think there is no beauty… make some.