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- Being Content is the Beginning of Happiness - By Chavy Goh
Being Content is the Beginning of Happiness - By Chavy Goh
- By Wan Ibrahim
- Published 06/16/2008
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Wan Ibrahim
Wan Ibrahim is the owner of MySpiritualSelfHelp.com, a website that was created to share the wisdom for spiritual living. He also shares his insights, tips and stories about happiness, relationship and success from a different point of view at his Blog - Detached, and in the context of spirituality at Personal Blog Section.
Happiness, is something precious that everyone eager to have. However ironically, many of us have missed out our happiness in the process of pursue of happiness! One may have been spending a lifetime in pursuing the happiness. In the end, s/he may have got nothing. Simply, s/he just does not understand the true meaning of happiness.
Wealth, health, reputation and power are usually the one's favorite things to have. However, owning those does not equal to owning the happiness. Being contented means happiness; if not, it's quite difficult to have happiness.
The real meaning of being contented is, "Having a lot, you are contented; having little, you are contented; having nothing, you also are contented".
This is the fundamental of happiness.
"Having a lot, you are contented" is easy to understand. "Having little and having nothing, you are contented" is much difficult to understand, right?
Actually, having a lot does not guarantee your satisfactions, simply because there is nothing in the world which is really a lot. Only through the comparison, you will know what is "a lot". Also, when you are having a lot now, it does not mean you will have a lot forever. Things change all the times. And hence, when you have it, you should be contented. When you have less or nothing, you should be contented as well because this is probably the beginning of having a lot!!
So,
no matter whether you "have" or "do not have" in the future, you have to work as hard. Do not compare with others; do not compare with the past; do not compare with the future. You have to follow your hearts to do you things. If you have done it wrongly, recognize it learn it and correct it. If you have not done it well enough, then keep working on it as hard to achieve the perfectness, so that you are answerable and satisfied to yourself. This is called "being contented".
Many of us are lack of appreciation. We do not cherish what we have right now. We always compare with others and think that what we have now is not good enough and there is always something better out there.
A truly contented person would not blame anything, anyone when s/he is in the bad times. In opposite, when s/he is in the good times, s/he would appreciate it and be grateful of the blessings s/he have accumulated during the bad times. Hence, if one does not accumulate blessing, cherish blessing and always enjoy the blessing, the blessing becomes lesser and lesser from time to time.
No matter what happens, be it good or bad, you can be always contented, and then you are truly the one owning the happiness.
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Wealth, health, reputation and power are usually the one's favorite things to have. However, owning those does not equal to owning the happiness. Being contented means happiness; if not, it's quite difficult to have happiness.
The real meaning of being contented is, "Having a lot, you are contented; having little, you are contented; having nothing, you also are contented".
This is the fundamental of happiness.
"Having a lot, you are contented" is easy to understand. "Having little and having nothing, you are contented" is much difficult to understand, right?
Actually, having a lot does not guarantee your satisfactions, simply because there is nothing in the world which is really a lot. Only through the comparison, you will know what is "a lot". Also, when you are having a lot now, it does not mean you will have a lot forever. Things change all the times. And hence, when you have it, you should be contented. When you have less or nothing, you should be contented as well because this is probably the beginning of having a lot!!
So,
Many of us are lack of appreciation. We do not cherish what we have right now. We always compare with others and think that what we have now is not good enough and there is always something better out there.
A truly contented person would not blame anything, anyone when s/he is in the bad times. In opposite, when s/he is in the good times, s/he would appreciate it and be grateful of the blessings s/he have accumulated during the bad times. Hence, if one does not accumulate blessing, cherish blessing and always enjoy the blessing, the blessing becomes lesser and lesser from time to time.
No matter what happens, be it good or bad, you can be always contented, and then you are truly the one owning the happiness.
For more wisdom of life, visit http://www.cosmiclighthouse.com
Click here
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com
Wan Ibrahim
Wan Ibrahim is the owner of MySpiritualSelfHelp.com, a website that was created to share the wisdom for spiritual living. He also shares his insights, tips and stories about happiness, relationship and success from a different point of view at his Blog - Detached, and in the context of spirituality at Personal Blog Section.
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