Genuine Happiness Comes from Within

The Buddha discovered that life is suffering and yet he learned to be happy in spite of the suffering.

So, how does one become genuinely happy? The first step is to accept whatever is and to love yourself. This is not narcissism but an unconditional love in spite of all our faults.

My theology professor once said that “loving means accepting.” To love oneself means to accept that you are not a perfect being, but behind the imperfections must lie a great ounce of courage to be able to discover ways on how to improve your repertoire to recover from our mistakes.

Genuine happiness also pertains to contentment and appreciation. When you are contented with the job you have, the way you look, with your family, your friends, the place you live in, your car, and all the things you now have – truly, you know the answer to the question “how to be genuinely happy.” Again it an issue of accepting whatever us….

Every time you exert even the smallest effort to improve the quality of some life and your being, whether it is cleaning up your room, helping a friend, taking care of your sick dog, fail on board exams and trying again, life gives you back the equivalent happy points for that.

Genuine happiness isn’t about driving the hottest Formula 1 car, nor getting the employee of the year award, earning the highest 13th month pay, or beating the sales quota. Sometimes, the most sought after prizes in life doesn’t always go to the fastest, the strongest, the bravest or not even the best.

So, how do you become genuinely happy? Every one has his own definition of ‘happiness’. And it’s your definition which is important and the simpler you chose what will make you happy the easier you’ll find contentment.

So, really now, how do we become genuinely happy? Simple. You don’t have to have the best things in this world. Its about doing and making the best out of every single thing.

When you find yourself smiling at your own mistake and telling your self, “Oh, I’ll do better next time”, you carry with you a flame of strong will power to persevere that may spread out like a brush fire. You possess a willingness to stand up again and try – that will make you a genuinely happy person.

When you learn to accept yourself and your own faults and when you learn know how to accept others with all their faults, you will also be accepted by others. For as long as you love and know how to love, you will receive love ten folds back and then you will be truly happy.

Remember that love is the one thing that the more you give away the more have.

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