Happiness

Happiness....

Found this article which I had compiled and kept couple of years back. It's on our journey to happiness, the life's journey. The past, the present, the future, the rules of life, the personal standards - lighting up, having fun and enjoying life in pursuit of happiness. Let's just share and see if it does in any way leaves an impact on what we are searching for....

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Life's Journey

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that, we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, when we are able to go on a nice vacation, or when we retire. The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when???

Life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this and decide to be happy anyway. Quote from Alfred D Souza - "For a long time, it had seemed that life was about to begin - real life. but there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, or debts to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life."

This perspective helped to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time ... and remember that time waits for no one.

So .... stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school, until you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds, until you have kids, until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning, until you get a new car or home, until your car or home is paid off, until spring, until summer, until fall,until winter, until you are off welfare, until the first or fifteenth, until you die or until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy.

Happiness is a journey, not a destination.

Thought for the day :
Work like you don't need money
Love like you've never been hurt
And dance like no one's watching

************************************"O' Allah, grant us health and well-being always, in this world and in the Hereafter."

"O' Allah, we ask you with the best of what your Messenger Muhammad asked, and we seek refuge in You from the worst of that which your Messenger Muhammad sought refuge from."

"O' allah, we seek refuge in You from anxiety and grief; we seek refuge in You from incapability and laziness; we seek refuge in You from incapability and laziness; we seek refuge in You from miserliness and cowardliness; we seek refuge in You from the burden of debt and from the subjugation of man."

Ameen...