On Monday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak made an announcement that the Government needs to work at not only increasing the people's earning capacity, but also on making sure that they are happy.
So, what is happiness to you???
To a hawker selling 'keropok' - happiness is being able to sell all his produce daily while to an ant - happiness is having enough sugar for a lifetime and not getting squashed by a shoe.
Happiness does not have much to do with material goods or high achievement, but it boils down to our outlook in life, and the quality of our relationship with the people around us.
Real happiness is overcoming our negativity and beginning to count our blessing so we can experience the mysterious beauty of life. It is about learning to surrender, release the need to control and allow our lives to unfold in its own unique and organic way. It is about becoming fully human. Solomon tells us that God grants happiness to us as a privilege (Ecclesiastes. 3:12, 7:14; 11:9)
God's Word tells us that true happiness comes by keeping God's law.
Proverbs 16:20 tells us "Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is the one who trust in the Lord".
Pleasure or happiness is dependent on circumstances, but joy is inward and is not disturbed by one's environment.
Pleasure is built on self-seeking, but joy is based on self-sacrifice.
The world offers "passing pleasures" (Hebrews 11:25), but the Lord Jesus offers to give us full and lasting joy (John 15:11).
HAPPINESS DEPENDS ON HAPPENINGS; JOY DEPENDS ON JESUS!
HAPPINESS IS SOMETHING YOU CHOOSE.
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