What is the nature of happiness? Someone
called it an idea the other day and I was intrigued. It was quite a thought. Is
it merely an idea then? So, does one make a difference between being happy and
feeling happy? Are they the same thing or not?
If happiness is an idea, then it disappears
if and when the idea disappears. If I feel happy, feelings can be transient and
that status can therefore, change anytime.
Being happy seems to be a longer lasting
concept. The “being” happy is a state of being that is not dependent on
external factors. You just ARE happy. No one and nothing was responsible for
that state of happiness. Evidently then, it comes from within. And that is the
coveted state which all humans search for but in the wrong way.
If happiness were on sale, people would buy
it in a heartbeat. But if they were offered just being happy, for no reason,
the price would be too heavy to pay because it requires some difficult measures
that might spill over to many lives.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
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