Standards of Happiness
Posted by wilson on May 7th, 2009 
Happiness is a feeling that fills the heart with ecstasy and that makes one soar high in his dreams to build boundless castles of hopes on the life shorelines… My genuine happiness material-izes when I dive deep inside my inner self; where I find clarity and purity that enables me to sail easily within, despite the inconveniences we face in this life. We may come across unhappy moments or days to the purity of the soul that God had bestowed us.
Although we witness various aspects of happiness in the world, yet some of us are overwhelmed with worries and grief rendering this world before us literally plain, without beauty nor dreams, and happiness, eventually escape us. So, we cry and weep and feel that mountains of unhappiness are burdening our chest only, while other are not experiencing such ordeal. We begin to feel we are the most wretched and miserable people on the face of this earth, hence, our willpower grows weaker and we take refuge in despair, without realizing that we were actually surrendering to a demon, obsessed on distancing our souls away from the safe haven of safety and tranquility, and on throwing us in the boundless ocean of weakness and disassociation.
But, had anyone asked himself once… Am I really unhappy in this world? Had any of you compared himself with someone who is less opulent than he is? Have yo realized the standards of happiness in your life? Have you realized that you are perhaps more fortunate than others in this world, and that there is someone out there whose status is actually worse that yours? By God Almighty, happiness is embedded in our inner self but we do not feel it! You do not know what you are missing until you actually miss it! We should rather praise God when we came across a blind man who cannot see, while we can – a paralyzed person – a mentally ill person – another with malignant diseases woman, unable to conceive a child – a handicapped boy – a man who lost all his family.. a drug addict – an alcoholic – who does not know how to quite… this is the person who does not know prayers… The house, they contain, within their walls, all kinds of shattering and saddening stories.
To be continued…..
Tags: Perception, Reflection
