Happiness by degree?

Assalammualaikum,

The Degree of Happiness by Bertrand Russell tells about the things that make oneself happy can be vary depending on the person itself. It is true, because human beings are differ from one another. For example, one might say without money, he or she cannot be happy. I am definitely not agree with that as money does not own the market of my happiness. For me, to be happy, it starts within ourselves which is from our way of life. 

So here, three steps that I think is needed in order for one to be happy. First, express your gratitude on what you have, even just to a simple thing like food. Convey your gratitude and appreciation to one or more individuals whom you've never properly thanked. Second, practice acts of kindness which is doing good things for others: whether friends or strangers, either directly or anonymously, either spontaneously or planned and be sincere doing it. Third, learn to forgive those who have hurt or wronged you, or maybe you can write a diary in order to letting go your anger and resentment. Remember, everyday may not be good but there is always something good in everyday.

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Everybody wants happiness, Nobody wants pain,
But you can't have a rainbow, Without a little rain.

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ღ As we getting older, we will realize that money cannot buy health or happiness. We will realize that much of what we get is what we want, not what we need, and what we want will usually remain in the memory for a very short time. Then, we will realize that actually what we need is just being with our loved one. So don’t be too late to realize,readers!

The Steve Jobs Nobody Knew

Assalammualaikum,

Steve Jobs, the man who made the world technology what it is today and former CEO of Apple has died on 5^th October 2011 at the age of 56 due to years-long battle with pancreatic cancer. As for the people who knew him, Jobs is known as the man who like to talks about death. Why is it so?

It is because, when Jobs was 17, he read a quote which went something like: 

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If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right

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The quote has made a big impression on him and since then, for the past 33 years, every morning he will asked himself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?”. So by remembering that he’ll be dead soon, Jobs knew he must change something in his life, which he started to made decisions according to his heart and he never allowed the opinions of others to drown out his "inner voice". 

One of the stories of him is about the moment when the Apple design team presented him with the first version of the iPod where he looked at it for a while, turned it over and over, weighed it in his hand and then said: "It's too big". The engineers protested that it was already in a perfect size where 1,000 songs can packed into that tiny gadget. Then, Jobs walked over to the fish tank in the corner of his office and dropped the prototype into the water. He then pointed to the bubbles that floated from it to the surface and said: "That means there's still some space in it. It's too big. End of conversation".

ღ So readers, as our time is limited, don’t waste it living in other people’s thinking. Have the courage to follow your intuition and don't let others' opinions bring you down.