Monday, January 03, 2011

What is Happiness?

So after 100 days, can I define happiness?  I will try to the best of my understanding:

Happiness is a feeling. And as a visitor does, it comes and it goes.  Therefore it is not permanent.

When it goes the world appears gloomy, dark, and not worth living in.  But when it appears, a person's life lights up no matter what the location was.  The world appears more vividly colored and the universe reciprocates and mirrors the happiness within in the person's surroundings.

Happiness makes the heart jump for joy, with sheer bliss.  The heart is tickled and the person is elevated.  It is such a high, large pump of endorphins that promises a better tomorrow.  During those happy moments times, all bad is forgotten and hope stands so close by. 

I realized also that happiness is closely related to content.  When one is fully aware of the blessings in their lives, they become grateful and happy for what Allah has given them.  I for instance have been blessed with a lot and I should try to remember that.  And when I am in a state of content and gratefulness, I am happy too, not that level 10 happy, but of a level 7 or 8.   

We think that achieving something would bring us happiness but we are seldom wrong.  This is like the time I presented for the VIP recently.  I thought getting it would bring me such joy but it was only momentary because I felt down the next day.

Towards the end of this project, I can say that I have found a peace that wasn't there before.  Something within me is a lot calmer.

So to me, happiness does not lie in worldly possessions as much as it is found in being in love with a wonderful man.  Certain worldly possessions may add to the feeling of happiness but will never make up for Love. True and Pure Love.

  Happiness, to me, is Love in all its forms.  
At the age of 15, I told a journalist that my ambition in life was to be happy.  I didn't comprehend much back then but this is still my main goal in life.  To be happy and have a meaningful life.

May Allah bless my life with lots of Happiness.

Till we meet again,
Sedeso

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