Money, Happiness and Success !!! - Part III






Happiness! At the end of the day after all the hardwork you do , that is what you just want to be! The money we earn, the food we eat, things we do are meant to make us happy. Have you ever asked a question to yourself or introspected when you are and how you are happy? Take a day , for example today, how was it? Were you happy the whole day are in parts? Its a simple question but the answer will determine the quality of life we are living. Happiness has become materialistic. We use stimulants to keep us happy. This happiness caused by stimulants is not happiness , its just an illusion. Once the stimulant goes off, happiness goes off. Here stimulants can be anything, a small chocolate to a big increment in office.

For example, if you get a promotion you are happy. How long? Till the excitement ends, you feel you are happy. The next minute , a friend of yours is in pain or messed with you , your happiness goes off. If you buy a car or a house, you are happy. How long? Till no other problem crosses your way. A working mom may think her happiness is being at home and homemaker may think vice versa. We always have this grass is greener on the other side syndrome. Our happiness is not happiness from within. Our happiness is extremely dependent on external situations and stimulants. That is why , how much ever we attain in life or however successful we are, there is a vacuum in our heart, wanting something more , something to make us extremely happy, we are looking for eternal happiness at that can be obtained not from outside but from within, 'within ourselves'. Our happiness index need not be like sensex index going up and down but a steady one without any downs.

How?

Watch this space for more !

PS: Inspiration for this post - Sister Shivani

Comments

Naresh said…
Ungalluku eppadi ippadiyellam thonuthu???? anyway its nice
29 March 2011 at 12:26
VPP said…
@Naresh: Its a fact nothing new !! Thanks for stopping by !
29 March 2011 at 18:02
Chandrasekharan Raman said…
Good one!
28 April 2011 at 06:51
VPP said…
Thanks Chandru !!
28 April 2011 at 14:34
VPP said…
Thanks Sudhakar, watch this space for more :)
30 May 2011 at 10:23
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