Sunday, January 01, 2006

52 Weeks to Make the World a Better Place: Week 1 - Be happy!

It seems fitting to begin a new year with a definitive statement about where to start, and what could be more clear? If you cannot change yourself, how can you change the world? So seek happiness, but beware the impostors. Pleasure in itself is not happiness, yet there is a place for it in a happy life. Is there a formula for happiness? No. but there are a few general rules and considerations. Happy people are comfortable in themselves and therefore don't require endless occupation. De-cluttering, simplification, call it what you will is a useful step, but if having spare time scares you, then there is something fundamentally wrong that must first be dealt with: personal demons; fears; an untutored mind. Develop a personal philosophy, work on self-empowerment, place less importance on material things and more on the spiritual dimension (meditation on the question "Who am I?" is an excellent starting point).

A happy person is a general wellspring of goodness, so spread warmth, brush aside doom-and-gloom and begin to change the world around you!

3 Comments:

Blogger x said...

happy new year. i am determined to feel even happier this year. spare time never scared me. the opposite is true though!
xx

3:53 pm  
Blogger UltraGnosis said...

Yes, I thought of you when writing this - a role model if ever there was! May your 2006 be as you wish, and your happiness, as ever, so generously shared...

7:59 pm  
Blogger x said...

(blushing to resemble a beetroot) thanks id.

8:14 pm  

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