A friend of mine was recently hospitalised as she was suffering from chronic depression. It kind of surprised me that doctors now have classified this as a mental disease. If you try to analyze the situation seriously, it clearly indicates that all these mental diseases, whether you call it depression, anxiety, panic attacks or acute nervousness all have the same reason, i.e. lack of happiness.

The biggest problem is that we have complicated the attitude towards our lives and living to such an extent that our lives have just gone out of our control. Life has become all about owning the largest television, like the giant Panasonic TH-65PZ800, or having the most expensive car, and other material aspects. And to top it all we expect complicated solutions for our problems. The main reason of the problems is our deviation from the simplicity towards complexity. Most of the people find it so difficult to practice the simplest thing on this earth, being happy.

Honesty and loyalty both mark the person’s character. People are just not true about their intentions, feelings or agendas only because they fear being judged or rejected. In today’s world there is no trust in personal and professional relationships. I seriously believe that getting rejected or judged based on your truth is always better than living a lie. Always try appreciating goodness. Appreciation is just an outflow of emotion or feeling which if genuine has boomerang effect; it always comes back multiplied.

You should treat every human being with grace, dignity respect that they deserve even if you have a different opinion about them. Never do to others that you would not have others do to you. Always treat yourself with love and you will find all the happiness in the world. The ultimate disrespect one can bear upon oneself is not finding oneself worthy of being treated well. One can get greatest joys by one’s own accomplishments and achievements. Be competent in your field of endeavor.

I totally believe that gratefulness is the key to greatness. It gives you the feeling of tolerance and acceptance. It is impossible that you are grateful and not happy. Be grateful for what you have in life. Always remember life is beautiful so be happy and a pinch of unhappiness means that you have deviated from the path of honesty, fairness and compromised on integrity.

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