THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS

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Secret of happiness lies in the simplification of life. simple living encourages high thinking and it leads to contentment and happiness. Contentment imparts inner wealth, the wealth of the mind. A contented man is a ruthless lover of virtues like truth. beauty,love,goodness,charity and kindness.This love makes him attain Happiness. Our countless desires and aspirations are hard to be satisfied. And here lies the the secret of our sadness. 


Simplification of life does not mean that a man should live the life of an ascetic and renounce the world. In the womb of renunciation lies happiness. Renunciation means to give to others what you have. Kings remain unhappy in spite of their great riches because some of them are not good givers. 


There is a sense of happiness in doing one's work honestly and efficiently. pleasure of a man should be harmless. A drunkard feels pleasure in drinking,a gambler seeks pleasure and gets in the dice,a robber gets pleasure in looting etc....But this kind of pleasure brings real happiness neither to them nor to others. 


It is only by cultivating a spirit of renunciation, self sacrifice and sincere work that a man can be really happy. Happiness is spontaneous ."HAPPINESS is the  art of never holding in your mind the memory of any pleasant thing that has passed "

-Shahana

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