Road to Happiness is Always under Repair.

Happiness is as a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

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Happiness leftovers the goal of every individual whether he or she is head of the state or a star of the silver screen or a faceless commuter on the roadside. Each and every one wishes to be happy, but happiness is not a fruit waiting to be plucked off a tree, nor is it sealed and wrapped, complete with expiry date, available for a price on the nearest supermarket shelf. One can achieve happiness only by working for it. Happiness is perhaps the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but to reach it we must find the way and build a road leading to it, notwithstanding the fact that the horizon each time, appears just that little bit farther away.

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Yes, happiness is not an everlasting vacation. Another common belief is that if one were rich enough not to have to work one would be wonderfully happy. But a profession is more than just a pay-cheque. Almost all religions educate us that work is worship. Work grasps the key to happiness as doing something which augments confidence and self-worth. It brings on a feeling of happiness, of doing something, of causal job satisfaction comes less from how much one earns than from the challenge of the job. Of course the pay-cheques count. It would be impractical to suggest that one could be happy without a basic shelter, wandering the streets on an empty stomach. Worrying about the next meal would logically mean forcing happiness to take a back-seat. And if we believe that the satisfaction of our basic needs, as well as the satisfaction of doing somewhat worthwhile is compulsory for happiness, we must also accept the need of dependable effort to achieve this.

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Another secret element of happiness is contentment. Contentment waxes and wanes as "we look before and after and hang around for what is not". Contentment here does not mean lethargy or lack of ambition, just as commitment teaches us to give so that we may receive and contentment helps us to appreciate the gifts we have received. These things are worth a try even if they don't promise access to the peak of success. Success, after all, has been explained as getting what one wants, whereas happiness is likes what one gets.

Thus we find that the road to happiness is tormented with many pot-holes and pit-falls and passes from time to time through unchartered territory where no roads exist at all. We have to pass through this path with care. The vital point to remember is that the effort must be permanent. If we accept this fact that the road is always under repair only then can we forge ahead to find that illusive abstraction called Happiness.

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1. Hold your heart free from hatred.
2. Keep your mind released from worry.
3. Live in down-to-earth terms.
4. Expect Very small.
5. Give A lot.
6. Saturate your life with love.
7. Spread out the sunshine.
8. Overlook 'self'.
9. Consider of others.
10. Do as you would be done by.

Try this for a week and you will be surprised.!