- Life
- isn’t
- the
- sweetest
- candy.
- Sometimes,
- when
- I
- feel
- like
- the
- world
- is
- just
- too
- heavy,
- I
- look
- around
- and
- find
- people
- who
- continued
- to
- live
- fascinating
- and
- wonderful
- lives.
- And
- then
- thoughts
- come
- popping
- into
- my
- mind
- like
- bubbles
- from
- nowhere
- “How
- did
- their
- life
- become
- so
- adorably
- sweet?
- How
- come
- they
- still
- can
- manage
- to
- laugh
- and
- play
- around
- despite
- a
- busy
- stressful
- life?”
- Then
- I
- pause
- and
- observed
- for
- awhile
- I
- figured
- out
- that
- maybe,
- they
- start
- to
- work
- on
- a
- place
- called
- ‘self’.
- So,
- how
- does
- one
- become
- genuinely
- happy?
- Step
- 1
- is
- to
- love
- yourself.
- I
- realize
- this
- is
- a
- tangent,
- but
- before
- I
- go
- any
- further
- I
- don’t
- want
- to
- forget
- to
- mention
- that
- the
- idea
- for
- this
- article
- was
- actually
- given
- to
- me
- by
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- All
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- I’ll
- get
- back
- to
- it!
- My
- theology
- professor
- once
- said
- that
- “loving
- means
- accepting.”
- To
- love
- oneself
- means
- to
- accept
- that
- you
- are
- not
- a
- perfect
- being,
- but
- behind
- the
- imperfections
- must
- lie
- a
- great
- ounce
- of
- courage
- to
- be
- able
- to
- discover
- ways
- on
- how
- to
- improve
- your
- repertoire
- to
- recover
- from
- our
- mistakes.
- Genuine
- happiness
- also
- pertains
- to
- contentment.
- When
- you
- are
- contented
- with
- the
- job
- you
- have,
- the
- way
- you
- look,
- with
- your
- family,
- your
- friends,
- the
- place
- you
- live
- in,
- your
- car,
- and
- all
- the
- things
- you
- now
- have
- truly,
- you
- know
- the
- answer
- to
- the
- question
- “how
- to
- be
- genuinely
- happy.”
- When
- we
- discover
- a
- small
- start
- somewhere
- from
- within,
- that
- small
- start
- will
- eventually
- lead
- to
- something
- else,
- and
- to
- something
- else.
- But
- if
- you
- keep
- questioning
- life
- lit
- it
- has
- never
- done
- you
- any
- good,
- you
- will
- never
- be
- able
- to
- find
- genuine
- happiness.
- I
- believe
- that
- life
- is
- about
- finding
- out
- about
- right
- and
- wrong,
- trying
- and
- failing,
- wining
- and
- losing.
- These
- are
- things
- that
- happen
- as
- often
- as
- you
- inhale
- and
- exhale.
- Failure,
- in
- a
- person’s
- life
- has
- become
- as
- abundant
- and
- necessary
- as
- air.
- But
- this
- should
- not
- hinder
- us
- from
- becoming
- happy.
- How
- to
- be
- genuinely
- happy
- in
- spite
- all
- these?
- I
- tell
- you
- every
- time
- you
- exert
- effort
- to
- improve
- the
- quality
- of
- life
- and
- your
- being,
- whether
- it
- is
- cleaning
- up
- your
- room,
- helping
- a
- friend,
- taking
- care
- of
- your
- sick
- dog,
- fail
- on
- board
- exams
- and
- trying
- again,
- life
- gives
- you
- equivalent
- points
- for
- that.
- Imagine
- life
- as
- a
- big
- score
- board
- like
- those
- which
- are
- used
- in
- the
- NFLs.
- Every
- time
- you
- take
- a
- step
- forward,
- you
- make
- scoring
- points.
- Wouldn’t
- it
- be
- nice
- to
- look
- at
- that
- board
- at
- the
- end
- of
- each
- game
- and
- think
- to
- yourself
- “Whew!
- I
- got
- a
- point
- today.
- I’m
- glad
- I
- gave
- it
- a
- shot.”,
- instead
- of
- looking
- at
- it
- all
- blank
- and
- murmur
- “Geez,
- I
- didn’t
- even
- hit
- a
- score
- today.
- I
- wish
- I
- had
- the
- guts
- to
- try
- out.
- We
- could
- have
- won!”
- and
- then
- walk
- away.
- Genuine
- happiness
- isn’t
- about
- driving
- the
- hottest
- Formula
- 1
- car,
- nor
- getting
- the
- employee
- of
- the
- year
- award,
- earning
- the
- highest
- 13th
- month
- pay,
- or
- beating
- the
- sales
- quota.
- Sometimes,
- the
- most
- sought
- after
- prizes
- in
- life
- doesn’t
- always
- go
- to
- the
- fastest,
- the
- strongest,
- the
- bravest
- or
- not
- even
- the
- best.
- So,
- how
- do
- you
- become
- genuinely
- happy?
- Every
- one
- has
- his
- own
- definition
- of
- ‘happiness’.
- Happiness
- for
- a
- writer
- may
- mean
- launching
- as
- much
- best
- selling
- books
- as
- possible.
- Happiness
- for
- a
- basketball
- rookie
- may
- mean
- getting
- the
- rookie
- of
- the
- year
- award.
- Happiness
- for
- a
- beggar
- may
- mean
- a
- lot
- of
- money.
- Happiness
- for
- a
- business
- man
- may
- mean
- success.
- So,
- really
- now,
- how
- do
- we
- become
- genuinely
- happy?
- Simple.
- You
- don’t
- have
- to
- have
- the
- best
- things
- in
- this
- world.
- Its
- about
- doing
- and
- making
- the
- best
- out
- of
- every
- single
- thing.
- When
- you
- find
- yourself
- smiling
- at
- your
- own
- mistake
- and
- telling
- your
- self
- “Oh,
- I’ll
- do
- better
- next
- time”,
- you
- carry
- with
- you
- a
- flame
- of
- strong
- will
- power
- to
- persevere
- that
- may
- spread
- out
- like
- a
- brush
- fire.
- You
- possess
- a
- willingness
- to
- stand
- up
- again
- and
- try
- that
- will
- make
- you
- a
- genuinely
- happy
- person.
- When
- you
- learn
- to
- accept
- yourself
- and
- your
- own
- faults.
- You
- pass
- step
- 1
- in
- the
- project
- “how
- to
- become
- genuinely
- happy”.For
- as
- long
- as
- you
- know
- how
- to
- accept
- others,
- you
- will
- also
- be
- accepted.
- For
- as
- long
- as
- you
- love
- and
- know
- how
- to
- love,
- you
- will
- receive
- love
- ten
- folds
- back.
- Again,
- throw
- me
- that
- same
- question
- “how
- to
- become
- genuinely
- happy?”.
- I’ll
- refer
- you
- to
- a
- friend
- of
- mine
- who
- strongly
- quoted-
- “Most
- of
- us
- know
- that
- laughter
- is
- the
- best
- medicine
- to
- life’s
- aches
- and
- pain.
- But
- most
- of
- us
- don’t
- know
- that
- the
- best
- kind
- of
- laughter
- is
- laughter
- over
- self.
- Coz
- then
- you
- don’t
- just
- become
- happy
- you
- become
- free.”
.
