Agree?
One can have everything, beauty, brain, great kids, great behaviour, tons of fortune but felt empty and unhappy, while another is with average look, average brain power, no kids, no fortune, and are thankful and happy.
One can be filthy rich and unhappy, while another can be extremely poor and happy.
I live in Indonesia, where the gap between the rich and the poor is wide. I have seen lots of happy family in a modest village, and I have also witnessed 'the have' with so many tears in their life.
So what is happiness really is?
I believe we could all coin our own definition about almost everything. For me, happiness is when I am living with integrity, in harmony with God and with others.
I could feel happy when many trouble happens in my life, as long as I am close to God. I ask Him to guide and protect me through the struggles, I trust Him and I obey whatever he said abt those struggles.
I also could feel unhappy and empty, although I have everything (money, good career, health, great family and friends).
Why? Because either I always wanting more and more, or because I am worry that one day those 'everything I have' will be taken away from me. So no peace within.
Why? Because I depend on my own strength. Not God.
So, be happy, seek God first. That's my formula.
Beni-O
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