The Secret Of Happiness
There once was a very wealthy and successful man. He had more
money than he could ever spend and he was admired and looked up to
by his community. Still, he knew that something was missing in his
life. He wasn't happy. All his life he had pursued happiness and
strived for happiness but had never been able to find it.
Then one day he heard about a hidden temple in Nepal that had a
special room that contained the secret to happiness. He immediately
sold all that he owned and set out to find this hidden temple. After
many years of searching and countless hardships he arrived there. He
was weary and pennyless, but he knew that none of that mattered now
that he had found the temple. He asked a wise, smiling monk if he
could enter the special room. The monk agreed and showed him the
stairs leading to the room. He climbed them with legs shaking with
anticipation and slowly opened the door. He stared into the room
with sunlight streaming through the window and saw what he had come
so far to find. There hanging on the wall was the secret of
happiness. The man gazed at his reflection in the mirror and
laughed.
It is time that we all realized that we are the secret to our
own happiness. Happiness is a choice that we make within. God loves
us and gives each one of us the ability to fill our lives with love,
joy, peace, happiness, and oneness with Him. We need only choose to
do so moment by moment and day by day. It doesn't matter what our
outer circumstances are either, because the Kingdom of Heaven is
within us. Don't spend the rest of your life searching the world for
happiness then. Just look in the mirror and laugh. Just let the
happiness flow from your heart, mind, and soul until it fills your
life and the lives of all those around you.
~ Joseph J. Mazzella ~
[ by: Joseph J. Mazzella (joecool@wirefire) -- from 'Inspired Buffalo' (InspiredBuffalo@lighthouse.net) ]
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