Fwd: Fw: Nice one - something to follow in life

> Nice one – something to follow in life
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>  "The happiest
> people seem to be those who have no particular
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> cause for being happy except that they are
> so."
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> William Ralph Inge
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> Stop
> doing whatever you are doing right now, even reading this
> mail, and ask yourself this question: am I
> happy? If you are not happy for whatever reason, you
> have to believe that you have chosen to be that way.
> Happiness is a state of mind. It is an internal feeling.
> Since it is internal, no one can implant it. No one can make
> you happy except yourself. You may have everything which
> others may envy, yet be unhappy. Similarly you may not have
> anything, yet be happy!
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> If
> external things alone can make you happy, you are in for a
> big disappointment since happiness is not induced by the
> external material world. If you want something you yearn for
> and still not get, you can feel disappointed. But don't
> feel unhappy. In our life feelings play a very important and
> critical role. Take a paper and pencil and start writing all
> the feeling words such as joy, excitement, anger,
> disappointed etc, and you will feel amazed about the
> innumerable feelings that can occupy your
> mind.
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> Our
> mind is a container and contains many things such as
> feelings, emotions, ego, thoughts etc. If the mind is
> occupied by positive feelings, positive emotions, positive
> ego, positive thoughts, then we feel energetic. If our mind
> is occupied by negative feelings, it saps our energy and
> puts us in an un resourceful state of mind. In such a state,
> we will become stuck and will not be able to perform at our
> peak efficiency.
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> Whatever you have or you don't have,
> don't feel unhappy. Feel disappointed. Its ok to feel
> that way. A happy state of mind will put you in a
> resourceful state of mind and will give you the mental
> stamina to face life as it comes.
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> You
> have a choice. Exercise that choice and be happy with what
> you already have and take all your efforts to get those
> things which you yearn in life.
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