ATTITUDE AND HAPPINESS

|| MDHUMANME-NISHKRAMANAM ||
|| MADHUMANME-PAARAAYANM ||

|| VAACHA-VAADAAMI MADHUMADHU ||
|| BHUYAANSU MADHU SADRUSHA ||


LET THERE BE HONEY-LIKE SWEETNESS IN OUR LIVES. LET OUR FRIENDLY BEHAVIOUR FILL OTHERS LIVES WITH HAPPINESS.

LET OUR SPEECH BE SWEETENED WITH AFFECTION FOR OTHERS. LET US CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF HARMONY ALL AROUND US.

-----Atharvaveda 1-34-3

ATTITUDE AND HAPPINESS

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The man who thinks that he is receiving response to his prayers for happiness does not know that, the fulfilment comes from his own nature,that he has suceeded by the mental attitude of prayer in waking up a bit of this infinite power,which is coiled up within himself,what thus men ignorently worship under various names,though fear and tribulation. The simple truth is that happiness is not determined so much by our actual circumstances, as it is by our mental attitude to those circumstances.

The mistake so many people make about happiness is that, they expect to find it by paying considerable attention to themselves, their comfort, their security, their future, their rights and so on. It is rather that our moral failures stare at the heart of our charecter and self-respect. Their influence may some times not be visible, but they are always unpleasant and an enemy of happiness.

True happiness lies in doing things we feel to be right. There is never any solid satisfaction in doing things for which our conscience warn us. There is validity in the old saying "there is no rest for the wicked". To have moral standards, to believe in them, adhere to them, to strive continually after what we feel to be best and holiest and most worth-while in life. This is the surest gurantee of happiness.

The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in 'what direction we are moving '. To reach the port of our destination we must sail some times with the wind and some times against it,but we must sail and not drift nor lie at anchor.

We must remember that 'there are no permanent enemy's & 'permanent friends' and 'permanent relatives' in this world. In the mirror of circumstances our mind reflects friend as enemy and enemy as friend and relations will strain it's all depends on our mental attitude in that circumustances and to those persons. Hostility today is a fact, but it is not a ruling law, the supreme reality of our time is our indivisiblity as children of god and our common vulnerability on this planet.

We all have possibilities we do not know about. We can do things we do not not even dream we can do.it is only when necessity faces us that we rise to the occasion and actually do the things that hitherto have seemed impossible all of it is depends on our mental attitude and strength at that time and on those circumestances.

Courtesy:
Sri B Sravan Kumar, Hyderabad