"If the house of happiness were to be built, the largest room would be the waiting room ...".

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Some time ago I read a text that for some reason remained in my memory. It sounds like this: "If the house of happiness were built, the biggest room would be the waiting room ...". Is that so? Today everyone is looking to be happy. Everyone is trying to do as many things in life as to give them the right to say they are happy. Most are not happy with what they have, they want more, they complain they do not have enough money, they do not have the comfort, the job or the opportunities they would like to have. Nothing is enough for them. They struggle to be happy, to find that wave of pleasure that they can give to fulfillment, to get to where they no longer need anything and happiness would fill the atmosphere with its fragrant atoms. That's how all these people believe in happiness, I want it with all the hearts of their soul, and if they find it, if they have the chance to touch it, they would crush it in a blink without realizing it That they have destroyed her in the crazy and unforgiving pursuit of happiness. This word exists in the dictionary of every language on the globe, but in none of these dictionaries is its true meaning specified.

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I understand that happiness is not really a destination, something to which you must aspire, something that you have to get at any cost in life. Happiness is the way you live your life, in what you do day by day, in the people you love, in your attitude to everything that surrounds you, in how often you smile in how often You look up to heaven and you say it's a beautiful day although it's cloudy, how often do you see a crying child and wonder what you can do to erase tears, how often do you see a friend with problems and you immediately In mind the desire to help him out of the stumbling block, in how often you allow yourself to go for a walk just to admire the wonders given by God in this world, how often do you say and think you are happy no matter how much trouble ... This would be the definition of happiness that I think deserves to appear in all the dictionaries of our lives.

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Hello @marius19 thanks for sharing your beautiful colored art !
You have all my favorite colors in there :)
I agree with you, happiness is not a goal, it is partly a mindset.
It also has to do with insight in to life and humanity.
If you take the time to search yourself and others which is an ongoing process.
You never fully know yourself.
There are days that I surprise myself with thoughts or actions I never knew I had in me.
I find that process very interesting even if it shows a darker side of my self.

Through the years I noticed, the more I let go of material stuff, the better I feel :)
I live on a minimum income but I have every thing I need.
A roof over my head, a humble meal each day.
Not always healthy I must admit :)
My 3 lovely cats and just a few very dear friends whom I have known since being a teenager.
My health could be way better but that is not getting me down, I wont let it :)

Happiness for me is also trying to bring it to others.
Not everybody is open to that and that is OK.
It will happen someday or in a next life :)

Have a great day !

Happiness a mindset? I like that.

kind words with beautifull pictures , it seems like paintings.Did you made these paintings ?
@marius

Hmmm. .words for the wise

the more more you want the more suffer... yes i know that you need to have goals, needs etc.. but sometimes being happy what you get is more satisfying than searching for things that you cannot get.

Great words man!

First: I absolutely agree with you! Worst thing in peoples life are complaining about everything without any gratitude for what they have!
Second: beautiful drawing :)

Hi Marius, great artwork! how much time did you take to do it? COngratz!

Happiness is in you, not possesion.

Thanks mate
I agree fully with you
Have a great Saturday

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