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The Fantastic NEW eBook
 HOW TO BE HAPPY
(Without the effort)
What can this eBook do for you?
This ebook will awaken the sleeping giant
within!
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INTRODUCTION to our subject – Steps to Happiness 1
QUOTE: “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The
superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” (William H.
Ward).
Finding true happiness is a very personal journey.
There isn’t a simple set of guidelines to give you happiness, because
every individual finds happiness in different things. But the purpose of
this book is to explore a different realm of understanding.
What may trigger sadness in one person could trigger happiness in another.
So rather than look at specific events we shall need to look at varying
emotive subjects and explore their potential.
Amongst other things I shall introduce a few concepts about ‘being happy’
that you have forgotten existed…
I
say forgotten deliberately because we all possess a happy spirit, but
sometimes we forget how to trigger it into action.
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I’m
sure that you are aware that happiness can be triggered into action.
Rarely will you feel you need this trigger until you acknowledge that
you’re not happy.
Imagine for a moment a recent occasion of sadness. As you do this your
recollection may make this memory so vivid that you’ll feel a flood of
sadness returning. Stop this memory immediately.
It
will follow as a matter of consequence that if you experience the
sensations of a previous sadness you’re also likely to encounter a similar
emotional behaviour if you are to remember a period of happiness.
We’ve all been travelling alone in a busy environment and suddenly
remembered an incident that happened earlier that day which brought a huge
smile to your face. So big was the smile that you felt embarrassed and
quickly checked around if anybody saw your surprising behaviour.
Rather than allow that embarrassed feeling, we should cherish the moment.
This moment has POWER!
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Excerpt…
QUOTE: “It is self-evident that a generous heart and wholesome actions
lead to a greater peace. It is equally clear that their negative
counterparts bring undesirable consequences. Happiness arises from
virtuous causes. If we truly desire to be happy, there is no other way to
proceed but by way of virtue.” (Dalai Lama)
QUOTE: “The good news is that a GREAT LIFE is available to each and every
one of us. Living well and making a difference do not require money, fame
or power. Living well is about taking time to live your own life on your
own terms. It's about caring and sharing, about loving and dancing, and
sharing a meal with a friend, or with a stranger. Life is short - give it
your very best, every day!”
(Philip Humbert).
How
much effort do we need to apply to achieve greater happiness?
Do
we dedicate time to plan and plot our next period of happiness, or do we
allow our perception to see happiness in everything?
It
is a misconception that we need to ADD to achieve more happiness; LETTING
GO can be the better approach. Generally speaking we can all remember how
happy we were as a child, it is with the ADDING that life becomes complex
and subsequently more confusing.
Happiness is therefore more about letting go than plotting and planning
your future.
Plotting and planning has its place but it needs to be embraced with
happiness and not squeezed from a part empty tube by a negative emotion.
Consider this… One third of our life we go through a period of letting go,
but we forget that we do it. When we go to sleep and wake up, we let go of
the day or the dream.
Working hard to achieve happiness will work in time, but you’ll experience
a rollercoaster ride; all you really need to do is to practice letting go?
It is a process of ‘non doing’…
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QUOTE: “One of the most sublime experiences we can ever have is to wake up
feeling healthy after we have been sick.”
(Rabbi Harold Kushner)
One
of the most important aspects of improving your happiness is to understand
that the quality of your decision is dependent upon your state of mind. If
happy your decisions are good, if sad then your decisions could trap you
into a period of negative decisions. Allow these next few stories
illustrate the decisions you make under pressure.
2.
STORY 1
THE
PREACHER
A
preacher wanted to visit an elderly person in his congregation, but when
he arrived in her neighbourhood, there was nowhere to park. He drove
around and finally, in frustration, he parked in a red zone. Not wanting a
ticket, he took out a piece of church stationary and wrote a brief note.
"I
have driven around the block ten times and there is no place to park. I
have an urgent appointment. Forgive us our trespasses. -Pastor Williams."
Upon returning to his car, he found a parking ticket and an attached note
that said, "Dear Pastor, I have driven around this block for ten years,
and if I don't give you a ticket, I will lose my job. Lead us not into
temptation."
-Officer Steve.
(Unknown Author)
3.
Story 2
WRAPPING PAPER
The
story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for
wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he
became even more upset when the child pasted the gold paper so as to
decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.
Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her Father the next
morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy."
The
father was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared
again when he found the box was empty. He spoke to her in a harsh manner:
"Don't you know, young Lady, when you give someone a present there's
supposed to be something inside the package?
The
little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said: "Daddy, it's
not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was full."
The
father was crushed. He fell on his knees and put his arms around his
little girl, and he begged her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger.
An
accident took the life of the child only a short time later and it is told
that the father kept that gold box by his bed for all the years of his
life. And whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he would
open the box and take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the
child who had put it there.
In
a very real sense, each of us as human beings have been given a golden box
filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family,
friends and God.
There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.
(Author Unknown)
5:
RESPONDING TO YOUR QUESTIONS:
QUESTION: “At my place of work I meet many people with different emotions
and often they pull me into their realm. What can I do?”
ANSWER: Life is a reflection of you. If you are sad, then no doubt the
people you meet will be sad, somehow you don’t see the happy people pass
you by. If you are happy on the other hand your blinkers are removed and
you see everyone.
If
you are weak and can’t easily identify your state of mind, you’ll soak up
the emotion of the next person your meet. These are generally negative
emotions. If you are happy, a strong and powerful emotion, you’ll be the
one to change a situation.
THE
MOUNTAIN STORY
A
son and his father were walking on the mountains.
Suddenly, his son falls, hurts himself and screams: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
To
his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain:
"AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
Curious, he yells: "Who are you?"
He
receives the answer: "Who are you?"
Angered at the response, he screams: "Coward!"
He
receives the answer: "Coward!"
He
looks to his father and asks: "What's going on?"
The
father smiles and says: "My son, pay attention."
And
then he screams to the mountain: "I admire you!"
The
voice answers: "I admire you!"
Again the man screams: "You are a champion!"
The
voice answers: "You are a champion!"
The
boy is surprised, but does not understand.
Then the father explains: "People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE.
It
gives you back everything you say or do.
Our
life is simply a reflection of our actions.
If
you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart.
If
you want more competence in your team, improve your competence.
This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life;
Life will give you back everything you have given to it."
And
the moral to this story...
YOUR LIFE IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. IT'S A REFLECTION OF YOU!
(Author Unknown)
6.
PHILOSOPHICAL TIPS & QUOTES
Bye
for now.
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Phil Booker
Editor, Author, Businessman and Philosopher of Life.
Providing you with the Newsletter - WISDOM 4U
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