Where is happiness?
30 January 2009
Happiness is a small nine-letter word but worth more than a million dollars. It is not bought and sold. Only rich people would have been happy had it been sold. The common men would have been completely deprived their share of happiness.
The rich people get pleasure but not necessarily happiness. But too much of any pleasure is bound to bring misery. Their craving for happiness is more as they don’t get it. This is because they begin to evaluate everything in terms of money.
Where is happiness to be found? You will find it within you if your attitude towards life is positive. Open your windows of love, happiness, honesty, friendship and contentment and close of all the doors of negativity. Then, happiness is at your door-step. It is true as they say, “Contentment is the king of all wealth.”
Said an old adage “You laugh and the world laughs with you but when you cry, you cry alone”. How true it is! So, do not pay a high price for just temporary pleasures but seek lasting happiness.
So why not remove all your mental blocks like hatred, jealousy, violence, sorrows. These are the antidotes to happiness. So, to get happiness “try and fail but don’t fail to try”. Hari
Hari Kumar and Premita Ghalley
Kelki H.S.S
Thimphu
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So nice for me to read about hapiness in a news paper, you could note see the same in West country.
I hope to visit your country at the end of this year, and with those few lines , you give me more wish to come and learn about your way of life.
I am French, so please excuse my bad english.
Om Mani Padma Houng
Odile
It is very inspiring to read your message. If all people think the same way you do, the world would have been different. Yes, true happiness lies in ourselves. The pleasures that we get by material things is momentary. It only lasts for a second and disappears. Once we know our innerself, we will get perpetual bliss. The philosophy of Buddhism and Hinduism teaches that nothing is permanent. So we as human beings must learn or search the truth that gives us everlasting peace..
i am very impressed with the message Hari is trying to convey about the happiness.If this becomes the total mentality that whole world think ,the situation would have been different. But some where it also becomes very crucial about fitting in to the context. The issues about the wealth and religion has always been part of most of Bhutanese people and now i feel it is also very important to take our
country little bit forward in terms of economic developments. So in this context ,aspiration is more important than the desire.Hard work should come from all to make everything happen.From my perspective ,i feel that the message Hari is trying to convey should be taken to next level so that people don’t sit quite thinking that they have atleast to someting to take every meal………
thanks.
wangda
delhi
Happiness seems to be on the lips and not in the hearts of the people. Need to work hard for the real happiness. Let it not be the colorful dress, colorful red rice but the satisfaction in entirety – say medical, education, use of skills in the proper fields, employment for all, freedom of expression and free and fair justice in the court of law. the pride of dasho and lyonpo and their self respect are not happiness. see little children in the remote villages still living on rags and one time meal. is this happiness? the government of the democratic Bhutan need to work harder with sincerity to make it themselves on their footing even after their terms.
Happiness has other manifestitions as well. Think about populated dogs in Bhutan. Do you think dogs population brings you happiness, especially at nights when they are barking and distrubing your peaceful sleep? The national assembly should discuss about the dogs in bhutan than passing other bills. This just my happiness discussion.