Be Happy! Happiness is Just a Matter of Mind

Although one might be infinitely happy to simply enjoy nature and family and all things made by man, there are still millions of people who are not happy. In developed countries there is no circumstance very fortunate to have God-given things and man. However most people are unhappy. In developing countries, where millions that there is a real shortage of basic needs, people seem to be happy. There are some people who are engaged in difficult tasks, and war, and even incarcerated in prisons, and still happy! We just discussed the factors of happiness. Millions of people are still not happy. There are millions of others who do not, however, are happy! 

You would realize that the mere availability and abundance of God given and man-made things is not enough. There’s something else that must be right to be happy. Of course, it is our mind that should have the right attitude and ability to be happy. 

Milton in Paradise Lost, he says, 

“The mind is its own place and in itself 
You can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. “ 

You can give several examples of how the mind can influence our body: 

• Pavlov’s dog salivating begins with the sound of the bell with no food in sight. 
• If we are tense we often get headaches, back pain and spondylitis, etc. 
• Heart attacks are directly related to the worry and stress. 
• the right mental attitude helps in the healing of many physical illnesses. 
• On-talk, motivation and positive attitude that can become happy and successful. • Through hypnosis you can have control over another person’s mind and body. 

• Through meditation one can have a healthy body and extra sensory abilities. 

The mind has extraordinary powers and what happiness is concerned, has the last word. We therefore have a positive attitude towards life. Instead of focusing on the bad things in life and people, focus on positive aspects in them. We must not keep thinking about past mistakes and bad experiences, but is encouraged by past successes and good experiences. Similarly, we should not be overly concerned about the future of our anxiety is not going to have a positive effect, but we must plan and work hard for the future. 

In any event you are, you can never have a complete lack of God-given and man’s happiness. You can not remove completely the nature of someone, you can not remove all man-made things from someone. Even if everything is taken, the family and friends are there. The body beautiful there. And if someone in the chain securely in a dungeon, the mind is free. One is free to be happy in mind! Mind is difficult to master by itself, but it is impossible to be beaten by anyone, no authority, or whatever the conditions or situations. 

Abraham Lincoln has beautifully expressed it: “Most people are as happy as they make up their minds to be.” 

BE HAPPY!