Dont chase happiness, Embrace It
August 20, 2008 by leetseyew
I was reading a column by Leow Ju-Len in MyPaper August 20, 2008. Find it quite interesting and hence here’s my summary of it :
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"The simple secret to being happy is not to have everything you want, but to want everything you have."
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How to some, an LV would make them happy, but to others, its just a branded bag…
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The answer is that nothing has the power to make us happy by itself.
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The things bring us joy only by the fact we treasure them (not take them for granted) and find them joyful 
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HAPPINESS COMES FROM WITHIN.
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Different things, objects, experiences give different people, different levels of happiness.
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Therefore the different things make us happy according to how much we let them.
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Aka nothing external to ourselves has the ability to make us happy …. unless WE LET IT !!
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And i will quote his last few paragraphs:
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Why is there a high value in a diamond or rolex, other than what we bestow upon them?
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We believe these things will bring us happiness, failing which we alone can and should control what we wish to be our sources of bliss.
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We should stop letting other people decide what makes us happy, we would then derive joy from whatever strikes our fancy. Be it just a simple toy at a $1.99 shop.. or a smile from a stranger…
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Ultimately HAPPINESS NEED NOT BE PURSUED.
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IT MERELY HAS TO BE EMBRACED
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