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Disappointments and tragedies in life will come and go, but happiness never leaves you. The human's capacity to be resilient to trials is unfathomable. We can lose our jobs, but be grateful for our spouses. We can lose our homes to nature, but be thankful to be alive.
Spiritually speaking, there's a saying that 'God only gives what one can take.' Whether it be God, Allah, Budah, or Jesus Christ -
basic precept remains
same: Survival. We survive, we overcome, we live. And happiness is a big part of how we live. You'll hear gamblers spending their last change, all
while praying to God, '....please, God - just this one last time....if I win, I'll never ask you for another thing.' And sometimes, we, ourselves have been in situations where we've asked for things, like, '....God, if you let me have this job, I won't bother you again..." and we know that this is further from
truth. We ritualistically begin bartering with
Higher Power, or we utter constant complaints of unhappiness and despair, because we can't have our ways.
Again you see that happiness is a perception of each individual. We are instinctively compelled to find fault in our lives. By human nature, we begin our 'fault-finding' mission
moment we're capable of free-thinking. It is then, that we lose sense of self-worth and
bigger picture of vitality altogether. Stuck in
patterns of
happiness paradox, we simply cannot find where our happiness has gone.
It's not a matter of bargaining, it's not an issue of money or fame - instead, happiness is what you resolve to accept. If we live through optimistic hope; if we dare to dream; if we empower ourselves to fully live; then we have regained our sense of happiness. There is no in between. There is no other replacement. We only have one physical life to live - we have no choice but to make
most of it. We might as well live happy.
©2005 - The Pardox of Happiness by C. Bailey-Lloyd aka. Lady Camelot Public Relations Director & Staff Writer
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