I believe that, most of us aimlessly focusing on happiness rather than focusing on to find the meaning of life! There’s no doubt that, there are thousands of posts on social media about happiness and most of us think about it and say that’s it! That’s what I am looking for! One word answer: Happiness! In this blog post we will focus on the meaning of life!
Everyone one has to find meaning in their lives. Some people are lucky enough to find it early in their lives whereas, others just keep looking for it throughout their lives. One simple thing we all can do to find meaning in life is to be a good person. Now we need to understand the definition of being a good person. A person who’s rational, kind(not nice). A good person believes in courage to take actions to make his life better and all of those who are associated with him. I believe that, we don’t have to be perfect to be good. Little acts of kindness without asking for a favour in return is a humble characteristic of a good person.
I think that, society is teaching us all wrong about happiness. We are too much focused on happiness on surface level. we have forgotten to dig deep enough to find a fountain of goodness within us ever ready to flow if we just keep digging. People often say that when they drink & smoke, they find peace for a while. Well, that’s true alcohol and smoking help you to forget about the pain for a day and then what? We need to look for a concrete solution. The solution lies in finding meaning of life and that is becoming a good person. A genuine good person who promote common good by exercising self control, justice, honesty and kindness!
Another problem with chasing happiness is that, it comes and goes. For instance, if I was in a happy mood and Later on I found there’s too much of paper work on my work desk that needs my immediate attention, would I be happy? No! But if I change my paradigm from happiness to meaning I might find my paper work productive & meaningful. I might find my happiness along the path as long as I am focusing on the task.
If, you are in the journey of finding meaning of your life and if you encounter happiness along the way, welcome that happiness in your life with open arms. Just focusing on happiness is baseless. I believe that, it’s worthless cause, happiness is temporary whereas meaningful life has strong foundation. A foundation that can give you a right direction to your life. I’ll say one more time meaning of life is deeply embedded in taking care of your humble responsibilities in your life. If, you find happiness while stepping forward on the path of meaning consider yourself to be fortunate!