Know Where True Happiness
Comes From
No, I’m not about to reveal the secret people have sought since
the beginning of time—where true happiness comes from. But
I do know where it isn’t to be found. And I do have an inkling
where it might be. Let’s take a scenario. You go out to buy a
new car/house/suit/computer/whatever turns you on. You have
the money (no, I have no idea where you get it from; this is
just an example) and you buy whatever it is, and it makes you
feel incredible/happy/excited/fantastic. Now imagine whoever
it was who built/made/created whatever it is you bought.
When that person made it, where did he fit that feeling in? I
think you might have brought that feeling with you.
Now imagine you fall in love. It is incredible. You feel fantas-
tic, happy, excited. You go to meet your new love, and when
you see him, that feeling spills out in all directions. You feel
amazing because you are with him and he is generating that
feeling. Right? Wrong. Again, you brought it all with you. You
may look to him to trigger it, but even if he went to the other
end of the planet, you’ll still have that feeling.
Yo u g e t f i r e d. G h a s t l y. Yo u a r e g i v e n y o u r p a p e r s. Yo u w a l k
away devastated. You feel like nothing. Now where in that
documentation is that feeling you now have? Nowhere, that’s
right. Again, you brought it all with you. We all go to work
every day with the potential to have that “I’ve just been fired”
feeling. We all meet new people with the “I’ve fallen head over
heels in love” feeling.
But no amount of falling in love, buying new stuff, or getting
sacked is going to keep that feeling going for longer than it