Merry Christmas na ka, everyone!
To celebrate Christmas, I've come up with this word, 'happiness' as I just got an article about it from my friend ka.
Ajarn Varakorn Samakoses wrote it under the title, 'What is happiness?'
These days, I think I've heard this question raised very often and it led me to think of an article I read almost 20 years ago about what the future would look like in 2015. One of the predictions was that people would ask about 'the philosophy of life'....why we were born. I was thinking then that it must have been from the pressure and stress in life.
Looking back it was quite true but it is even more so when we're getting closer to 2025 with the challenges all around from climate change, wars, geopolitics, economic slowdown, and widened inequality.
Back to Ajarn Varakorn's article, I find the following quite interesting to share ka:
- Some psychologists say that New Year's resolutions cause unnecessary stress.
I won't have any for next year 5555! Actually, I haven't set any for some years now ka.
- Several suggestions that I like include:
- asking deep questions, e.g. 'What makes me proud?', 'What to let go?, 'What to make me happy?' I'd go for the second one. You?
- list down what experiences we wish to have or do without setting any expectations.......I seriously think that many more people, especially our younger generations tend to have more expectations that make them feel much less happy ka.
- write down 3 things we're grateful for every day. I think quite a few people do so. I do too but for 5 things daily which helps me feel how good my day is....normally more good than bad ka, thank goodness.
- intend to learn at least one new thing in the coming year. I think of it seriously ka....love going to some workshop(s) though I haven't registered for any one short course yet.
His last sentence is great ka....'be happy with what we have instead of being unhappy with what we don't have yet!'
Do you think these 4 points will give you happiness mai ka? What else has brought or will bring joy to your life ka?
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