How To Be Happy.

 

                                  Happiness is a shy bird. If you hunt it, it will fly away. It is better to set a trap for it, look the other way.  Pleasure - seekers miss it. They are restless, discontented people, who having no inward happiness, seek it in outward things, where they do not often find it. It is common mistake to think that money bring happiness. ''If only I were rich!'' . We sigh. Money is not to be despised; and it can do much to make life pleasant. Yet the rich are sometimes unhappy, and some poor men sing. So the source of happiness cannot be simply in wealth, and even those who will never be rich can still be happy😃😃😃. 

                     There are some outward conditions that make for happiness. First good health. A man who suffers from chronic indigestion or a deranged liver, cannot feel very happy. There is a lot of truth in the famous joke in Punchatantra; ''Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver!''. And yet it is wonderful how some invalids rise above their pain and weakness, and keep smiling faces. But these are brave souls, who find happiness within, in spite of their ailments. Every one is not a hero, and few can resist the depression and gloom that bad health brings. So to be happy we must keep well, and observe and melancholy thoughts.                               

                   We should have  healthy amusements and hobbies to fill our leisure hours. ''All work and no play, makes jack a dull boy''; and a person who has not learnt to use his leisure time, will not be happy💘😀. 

                  And pleasant social intercourse is a great course of happiness. Man is a social  animal, and few of us can lead entirely solitary lives. True friendship is one of the most precious treasures of happiness👬👪💖. 

       But the true source of happiness depends not so much on our circumstances, as on ourselves. ''The kingdom of happiness within you''. A poor man many be happy in a hut, and a millionaire unhappy in a place. Indeed happiness lies in unselfishness, kindness, humility, a clear mind conscience and an upright life💝💝. 

 ''The mind is its own place, and of itself.

                                    Can make a hell of heaven , a heaven of hell.''