Are You Happy Yet?

Everyone who reads this should consider themselves lucky. Because no matter how hard we think life is we have been given so many opportunities. For those who complain about studies; understand that you have a chance for a great future and you possess the possibility of learning. For those who complain about the actions taken toward you or a series of unfortunate events; something fortunate has occurred for you to notice that these things are unfortunate in the first place. In financial turmoil we can finally realise all the things we are thankful for that are more tangible than material existence.

Peace in content. Contentment that is. Knowing we've already been blessed with what we have is a great source of peace and provides a solitude so sought after by many. You see we are all blessed with different things and so when we come to the point where someone is blessed in a different area we wonder where our so called 'entitled blessing' is at. You see envy is not the solution; we share each others' blessings to feel that fulfillment that we often subsidise with material welfare.

Unfortunately for us, we almost only always appreciate things after we lose them. If a blind person can see he would be overjoyed, if a lame man could walk he would run and jump forever in glee. Yet most of us can walk, run, see. Are we happy in just our sight? Not at all. Therefore we find happiness in attaining what we don't already have. In a sense it's okay to want more but to neglect what we have is just unfair. What we don't understand is that we have what so many others don't, others have what we don't. It is an ever-present factor in life. But to make use of this endless abundance of grace of what we have is something that will truly bring joy to our lives. Understanding how blessed we are will make us strive for more in a good way that benefits others as well as ourselves. From what we have so little of in our minds, our hands will suddenly be filled with so much.

Joy in what we actually have will finally bring the waves of peace and harmony to us. Many fall and enter strife because they are not content with what they have, or don't work on what they don't have and properly appreciate what they have had their entire lives. I see divorce, I see suffering from those who can avoid it. A marriage can be worked on; we can be content when we see the positives of what we have received. The best things in life are free and yet we pay such a cost to seek superficial well being. If we could only be content then find the peace of which we so desperately seek. There it is. Happiness turns out to be right in front of us and in what we have. If only we can find it.