Here is a famous Chinese proverb:
If you
want happiness for an hour- take a nap,
If you
want happiness for a day- go on a shopping spree,
If you
want happiness for a month- go on a honeymoon,
If you
want happiness for a year- inherit a fortune,
If you
want happiness for a lifetime– help someone,
If you
want eternal happiness – know yourself.
How
true ! The worldly happiness like taking a nap or going on a shopping spree for
buying luxuries of physical comfort or even the happiness associated with
honeymoon is only momentary, short lasting and incomplete. Because you have
given so much importance to money and wealth, and it is deep rooted in you that
money can bring you long lasting happiness, you might be able to extend that
worldly happiness to as long as a year if you inherit a fortune. But if you
truly want to have a glimpse of inner satisfaction, peace and complete
happiness, then help someone selflessly. When you help someone, the Divinity
within smiles at you, which is manifested in your heart as true happiness.
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