The Dark Life of Lancy

What
is Happiness in Life?

Is
being rich the same as being happy?

Maybe
I should put in some numbers to make it easier to determine.

Can
you imagine someone giving you ONE MILLION BUCKS?

OK…let’s
up the stakes and consider this: how about getting One BILLION Dollars?

No
hassle, no strings attached, no catches…the money is for you totally free.

I
could already hear people murmuring, “Of course it would make me happy! Why
not?”

But
now, consider this…

What
if the money was INHERITED?

What
if you got that money because your father or your mother or your siblings were
involved in an accident and died?

Would
you still be as happy as you thought you would be?

Would
you still be happy knowing that someone you love had to DIE to make you rich?

I
figured not.

There
is an urban legend that the CEO of Coca-Cola once said, “To live is to be like
a clown trying to juggle 5 balls. They are Work, Health, Family, Friendship and
Soul. Of these 5 balls, only 1 ball is made of rubber, and that is Work. No
matter how hard you drop the ball, it will still bounce back and you can catch
it again. But the other 4 balls are all made of glass. Once you drop any one of
them, it will be destroyed. Hence, please be very careful with them.”

A
lion cub was playing in the field.

Turning
to his mother, he asked, “Mom, where can we find happiness?”

The
lioness replied, “Happiness is right there on the tip of your tail, dear!”

The
lion cub was very excited and began chasing his own tail, trying to catch the
happiness that his mother had mentioned.

But
no matter how hard he tried, he could never catch his own tail.

His
mother laughed and said, “My dear boy, you can never catch happiness like that!
All you have to do is to lift your head up high and walk with pride, and
Happiness will automatically follow you wherever you go!”

I
have found that Happiness is not a product of your surroundings, and it is in
fact independent of your surroundings.

Happiness
is, in fact, a choice of the mind.

And
this choice can be made in advance, regardless of your situation and
surroundings.

It
is a sad fact that not many people realize this.

To
be human is to err, it is said.

Well,
I say: To be human is to Choose.

Life
may seem like a very complicated subject, but actually, when you seriously
consider it, if you would just cut away all the excess junk in life, then everything,
every single situation in Life, boils down to a simple choice.

Have
you chosen to be happy today?

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