by: P. S. GUSAIN

Nature is one of the greatest sources of happiness. In fact, humans had lived in the lap of nature for millions of years and their stay in modern cities is comparably very very short. Still now majority of them lives in close proximity to nature. In fact, human race is dependent upon nature for its very survival (plants recycle carbon dioxide into oxygen; our food is a product of nature; and we can survive under a very limited range of variables of nature like temperature, etc.)

Nature is all free! It is there for everybody to stand and stare and derive happiness and solace from. It does not distinguish between rich and poor, strong and weak, man and woman. Silvery sun is free, golden moon is free, cool breeze, warm seashore, imposing mountains, smooth flowing rivers, dark and inviting forests, all are free.

It is free, not because it is cheap, but it is rather priceless.

How much would it cost to make only an artificial island with rivers, forests, mountains, and surrounding ocean?

Billion dollars, zillion dollars?

Can one make it? And if one can and afford, will he give it to humanity free to enjoy? Will he not charge some entrance fees? How much?

When we see the moon, we see it in its entirety, no matter how many millions of people are seeing it at the same time. Has God made a separate moon for each of us, or is it only one moon which each of us somehow sees as his own individual moon? And similarly, the sky, the sun, the ocean, rain and sunshine, all are there for us to possess fully. Each can stare at the sky and claim all of it for his or her happiness. It is all his or her.

Nature understands your moods. If you are sad, it is also sad with you. But it does not make you sadder. It does not lead you to further despair. It applies gentle balm to your wounds. It sits besides you like a mother, spouse, brother or sister, or a friend and embraces you, talks to you, listens to you patiently, empathizes with you. Slowly it lifts your spirits, makes you to see your little woes, worries, and wounds in the right perspective of infinite time and space. You smile; you laugh; and you are happy again!

I am sure, you are keeping your money in the bank and this bank balance gives pleasure and happiness. Even when this money is lying idle or tied down in investments. Sometimes it is money just on paper, as, for example, the value of shares and bonds. When you need something, you withdraw the money and exchange it for some pleasure and happiness. Well, all this is good.

Yet do you realize that infinite beauty and happiness is lying around you in the form of nature?

Do you appreciate this fact and draw happiness out of it?

BE HAPPY!

Article Courtesy of :

Steve Pohlit, Business Development
Consultant

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by: P. S. GUSAIN

“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have
passed at home in the bosom of my family.”–Thomas Jefferson.

The world may be a dreary, dreadful, and dangerous place to
venture into. There may be cut-throat competition in which
survival of the mean, cunning, and bully only is possible. It may
not be a place for gentle, honest, and kind person like you. It
is full of murderers, criminals, rapists, and swindlers. They are
ready to snatch away the loaf of bread from your hand. You need a
sanctuary from them. You need a place where there is love and
care, understanding and compassion, give and take. You need
somebody who could guide and protect you. You need somebody who
could be equal partner in your joys and sorrows. You need
somebody upon whom you could shower your love and care. You need
a home and a family.

Parents sacrifice a lot and endure great hardships in up-bringing
their children. They are selfless in their love and can even lay
their lives for the protection of their children. A spouse is a
life time partner in your days of sunshine and rain. Brothers and
sisters are your friends and supporters. Your children are your
life time fans who love you unconditionally. The love, care, and
support of family is a great happiness. Blessed is the person who
has got a family. And who amongst us has not got one? But we take
family for granted. We don’t recognize it as a great source of
happiness. The more happiness you give to your family the more
you extract out of it.

You are born into a family and grow up within a family. A family
not only provides comfort, enjoyment, and security, but it also
gives emotional and spiritual bliss. In fact, one may find so
much happiness within family that he or she may not need to
search it outside it. The love and care of mother and father,
brothers, sisters, sons and daughters, wife or husband sustain
us. Though love is one and the same yet the love of each is so
different too. A family may extend beyond these immediate
relations and may include grand parents, grand children, in-laws,
uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, and other relatives.

Can all the money of the world buy the love and affection of
one’s parents? Can one be happy without them? How much enjoyment
and happiness they add to our life? Similar is the case with
brothers and sisters. At a later stage of life husband or wife
becomes practically the sole arbiter of our happiness. Man or
woman’s happiness nearly entirely depends on his or her spouse.
At a still later stage sons and daughters become a great source
of happiness. Bertrand Russell said, ‘I have found the happiness
of parenthood greater than any other that I have experienced.’
Family relations give happiness, but at the same time to be a
relation also gives happiness. It is happiness unlimited to be a
son, a brother, a sister, a father, a mother, a husband, and a
wife.

When you kiss your child, don’t you get a kiss in return?

When you hug your sister, don’t you get a hug in return?

When you love your spouse, don’t you get love in return?

Be Happy! You have your family which loves you!

BE HAPPY!

Article Courtesy of :

Steve Pohlit, Business Development
Consultant

by: Jason Osborn

No matter who you are in life, you want to be happy. Some of the most common ways people try to obtain happiness are through their finances, their relationships, their career, travel, and health. If the truth be told, these all seem to have a hollow center once they are obtained. With these things, your happiness will only last for a while and then you will be looking for the next thing to make you happy.

Have you ever known someone that may not have many material things in life but they are truly happy? Most people don’t understand how someone can be that happy without having all the glitz and glamour of the material things. The reason they are so happy is because they have found the secret to attracting true happiness in their life.

So what’s this secret they have found? They have mastered their passions in life. They know exactly what they are passionate about and why. They live every day according to that passion. There is a great quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson that says, ‘The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.’

Are you like so many others who are in pursuit of happiness but have thrown out your passions? The tragedy to this is that the only way to happiness is by doing what you were created to do. In finding the greatness that’s on the inside of you, you will find that that is where happiness is found.

Make a decision today that you are going to start fulfilling the passions that are in you. As you start to do the things that you are passionate about, you will attract happiness into your life.

Article Courtesy of :

Steve Pohlit, Business Development
Consultant