How to be Happy
Everybody wants to be happy because happiness is the essence
of life and living. What is the point of living in this world if we are unhappy
most of the time? Indeed, many people are depressed and unhappy. Sadly, to
many, the quest for happiness is forever unreachable—just like a
carrot-and-stick in front of a mule; the more pain it experiences, the more
desire it shows to reach out for the forever unattainable carrot in front. In
many ways, we are like the mule.
Why is happiness so difficult to attain?
Without human wisdom, the pursuit of happiness is like
wandering in the wilderness without a compass and a roadmap. So, human wisdom
is the key to unlocking true human happiness.
First and foremost, you need to be wise so as to be good in
order to be happy.
What is wisdom? Wisdom has to do with the thinking mind.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
once
said: “The ancestor to every action in the physical world is a thought.” In
other words, wisdom comes from the mind: how you think, and how you perceive
and react to your thought. Wisdom is different from knowledge in that a
knowledgeable person may not necessarily be wise, and by the same token a wise
person does not have to be knowledgeable. Wisdom has much to do with the
interpretation and application of what an individual knows to his or her
everyday life and living.
If you are wise, you will know how to be good, and goodness
leads to genuine happiness. It’s just that simple.
Stephen Lau
Copyright© by Stephen Lau
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