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EIGHT CLUES TO HAPPINESS
By- KHUSHWANT SINGH
Having lived a reasonably contented life, I was musing over what a person
should strive for to achieve happiness. I drew up a list of a few
essentials which I put forward for the readers' appraisal.
1. First and foremost is GOOD HEALTH. If you do not enjoy
good health you can never be happy. Any ailment, however trivial, will
deduct from your happiness.
2. Second, a HEALTHY BANK BALANCE. It need not run into
crores but should be enough to provide for creature comforts and something
to spare for recreation, like eating out, going to the pictures, travelling
or going on holidays on the hills or by the sea. Shortage of money can be
only demoralizing. Living on credit or borrowing is demeaning and lowers
one in one's own eyes.
3. Third, a HOME OF YOUR OWN. Rented premises can never give
you the snug feeling of a nest which is yours for keeps that a home
provides: if it has a garden space, all the better. Plant your own trees
and flowers, see them grow and blossom, cultivate a sense of kinship with
them.
4. Fourth, an UNDERSTANDING COMPANION, be it your spouse or
a friend. If there are too many misunderstandings, they will rob you of
your peace of mind. It is better to be divorced than to bicker all the time.
5. Fifth, LACK OF ENVY towards those who have done better
than you in life; risen higher, made more money, or earned more fame. Envy
can be very corroding; avoid comparing yourself with others.
6. Sixth, DO NOT ALLOW OTHER PEOPLE to descend on you for
gup-shup. By the time you get rid of them, you will feel exhausted and
poisoned by their gossip-mongering.
7. Seventh, CULTIVATE SOME HOBBIES which can bring you a
sense of fulfilment, such as gardening, reading, writing, painting, playing
or listening to music. Going to clubs or parties to get free drinks or to
meet celebrities is criminal waste of time.
8. Eighth, every morning and evening, devote 15 minutes to
INTROSPECTION. In the morning, 10 minutes should be spent on stilling the
mind and then five in listing things you have to do that day. In the
evening, five minutes to still the mind again, and ten to go over what you
had undertaken to do.
Nathaniel Cotton (1721-1788) summed up my views on the subject in one verse:
If solid happiness we prize
Within our breast this jewel lies
And they are fools who roam
The world has nothing to bestow
>From our own selves our joys must flow
And that dear hut, our home.
Colonel Nirmal Mahajan, EME
Tel: 0135-2735134, 9358128573
What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little
consequence. The only consequence is what we do..."
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Subject: [fightingfifth] EIGHT CLUES TO HAPPINESS
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Date: Thursday, 7 January, 2010, 3:04 PM
EIGHT CLUES TO HAPPINESS
By- KHUSHWANT SINGH
Having lived a reasonably contented life, I was musing over what a person
should strive for to achieve happiness. I drew up a list of a few
essentials which I put forward for the readers' appraisal.
1. First and foremost is GOOD HEALTH. If you do not enjoy
good health you can never be happy. Any ailment, however trivial, will
deduct from your happiness.
2. Second, a HEALTHY BANK BALANCE. It need not run into
crores but should be enough to provide for creature comforts and something
to spare for recreation, like eating out, going to the pictures, travelling
or going on holidays on the hills or by the sea. Shortage of money can be
only demoralizing. Living on credit or borrowing is demeaning and lowers
one in one's own eyes.
3. Third, a HOME OF YOUR OWN. Rented premises can never give
you the snug feeling of a nest which is yours for keeps that a home
provides: if it has a garden space, all the better. Plant your own trees
and flowers, see them grow and blossom, cultivate a sense of kinship with
them.
4. Fourth, an UNDERSTANDING COMPANION, be it your spouse or
a friend. If there are too many misunderstandings, they will rob you of
your peace of mind. It is better to be divorced than to bicker all the time.
5. Fifth, LACK OF ENVY towards those who have done better
than you in life; risen higher, made more money, or earned more fame. Envy
can be very corroding; avoid comparing yourself with others.
6. Sixth, DO NOT ALLOW OTHER PEOPLE to descend on you for
gup-shup. By the time you get rid of them, you will feel exhausted and
poisoned by their gossip-mongering.
7. Seventh, CULTIVATE SOME HOBBIES which can bring you a
sense of fulfilment, such as gardening, reading, writing, painting, playing
or listening to music. Going to clubs or parties to get free drinks or to
meet celebrities is criminal waste of time.
8. Eighth, every morning and evening, devote 15 minutes to
INTROSPECTION. In the morning, 10 minutes should be spent on stilling the
mind and then five in listing things you have to do that day. In the
evening, five minutes to still the mind again, and ten to go over what you
had undertaken to do.
Nathaniel Cotton (1721-1788) summed up my views on the subject in one verse:
If solid happiness we prize
Within our breast this jewel lies
And they are fools who roam
The world has nothing to bestow
>From our own selves our joys must flow
And that dear hut, our home.
Colonel Nirmal Mahajan, EME
Tel: 0135-2735134, 9358128573
What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little
consequence. The only consequence is what we do..."
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