We view happiness as something that we can achieve if we did something first. Basically most people view happiness as a reward. But the truth is happiness is just like the air we breath. It is freely given to us and can be felt no matter what situation we are in. Being unhappy doesn't always necessarily mean being sad, sometimes it is feeling nothing.
Happiness is most appreciated when we tend to live in the moment. Exactly at this very moment.
Remember the time when you felt most happy? Notice that it is mostly felt when you are currently embracing that moment. Just like winning in a marathon, you feel happy because you are in the present. You hear that sound, you felt that wind, you weren't thinking of the past, nor worry the future. You indulge in the current situation.
Or like being with the person you love while having dinner or just talking and sharing stories to each other. You are present and embracing that moment. That exactly is what happiness means.
I believe it is being in the present and living the moment.
We are in fed by the society that happiness is something we earned or deserved. Happiness is a state of mind. It is not a reward for something you did.
If you wait until you feel deserving of having pleasant thoughts about your life, you'll end up convincing your subconscious mind that you are not deserving of feeling happy. And that will result to feeling sad for nothing.
Sometimes we forgot how to value life because we are too busy preparing for the need for our future. We can no longer appreciate the green trees or the flower blooms. We no longer see the clouds and how they move. We no longer feel the air and how it hugs us. We are consumed by the idea that living is something we should work hard before we could enjoy. That as if it was naturally made that way. Well it isn't.
It is not wrong to sometimes take a step back and be in the present. Like what they say, you only live once. If you are eating or listening to music, appreciate every single second of it. Enjoy that meal you have, breathe that air, feel the heat of the sun, embrace your life, be grateful and enjoy being in that moment. That is how to be "human". And that what happiness really is.
Happiness is most appreciated when we tend to live in the moment. Exactly at this very moment.
Remember the time when you felt most happy? Notice that it is mostly felt when you are currently embracing that moment. Just like winning in a marathon, you feel happy because you are in the present. You hear that sound, you felt that wind, you weren't thinking of the past, nor worry the future. You indulge in the current situation.
Or like being with the person you love while having dinner or just talking and sharing stories to each other. You are present and embracing that moment. That exactly is what happiness means.
I believe it is being in the present and living the moment.
We are in fed by the society that happiness is something we earned or deserved. Happiness is a state of mind. It is not a reward for something you did.
If you wait until you feel deserving of having pleasant thoughts about your life, you'll end up convincing your subconscious mind that you are not deserving of feeling happy. And that will result to feeling sad for nothing.
Sometimes we forgot how to value life because we are too busy preparing for the need for our future. We can no longer appreciate the green trees or the flower blooms. We no longer see the clouds and how they move. We no longer feel the air and how it hugs us. We are consumed by the idea that living is something we should work hard before we could enjoy. That as if it was naturally made that way. Well it isn't.
It is not wrong to sometimes take a step back and be in the present. Like what they say, you only live once. If you are eating or listening to music, appreciate every single second of it. Enjoy that meal you have, breathe that air, feel the heat of the sun, embrace your life, be grateful and enjoy being in that moment. That is how to be "human". And that what happiness really is.
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