No matter how rough and unwelcomed a situation is, sadness cannot turn it around, rather it may even make it worse because sadness brings negative vibes. Of course, you know that negatives cannot be used to solve another negative. This is the reason you need to have a merry heart, so as to be able to go through the hustles and bustles of life. It is true that you cannot determine how and what life will throw at you, but you can definitely decide how you want to react to it - either you will be saddened by it and further complicate the already complex situation or to employ positivity into it.
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When life throws tomatoes at you, you have a choice to become sad or to happily gather the tomatoes and make a nice tasty sauce with them. To be sad for someone else's offence is just like punishing yourself for the offence that another person has committed. Your joy should be among your greatest assets. Even in life's most challenging situations, you can still choose to focus on the positive side and then you will flow ceaselessly in joy.
There is a radiation of beauty and attraction that you have when you are joyful than when you are sad. If you observe closely, you will realize that people tend to be attracted to and love more of the person that has a merry heart. This is because people's countenance are often contagious. That is, if you stay around happy people, it will not be long and you will become happy too. In the same way, if you stay around sad people, you have the propensity of picking up their sadness. People normally keep off from people that are always of a sad countenance, so that their own countenance will not be compromised by their sadness.
When someone comes to you with a frowny face and a sad countenance to demand for a favour to be granted him, and someone else comes to you with a joyful soul, happy and smiley face to request for the same favour, who will you be attracted to show the favour? Obviously the person with a happy soul. The truth is that anyone can be joyful if they choose to. It is true that the world may not be treating you fairly, but you still have many reasons to be joyful. There are many good things that you are privileged to have (including the gift of life), and this is more than enough to make one joyful.
You have to know that your joy is not in the hands of anyone but in your own hands. Also, you do not have to wait until you have the entire possessions in heaven and earth before you become joyful. You actually need contentment to be joyful. Right from where you are and in your current position, you can point out to many reasons why you should be joyful. You only need to be able to think well - think about your blessings and not on your wants, then you will be joyful.
If you are able to afford the basic amenities of life (like food, clothing, and shelter), then you are already blessed and you are even among the top elites. If you cannot be happy at the level you are now, there are chances that you may not also be happy when you get to a higher level. This is because each higher level will definitely come with higher responsibility and bigger challenge. So you see, being of a happy soul is more of a state of mind than a result of attainment in life.
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Why many people do not feel the need to be happy is because they always feel dissatisfied with what they have, or they compare themselves with others and of course, comparison can trigger the feeling of sadness especially when you feel that everyone else is doing better than you. Most times, you are far better than the people you tend to compare yourself with, but you only judge with what your senses can perceive or what they just want you to know. One thing to know is that life is not about competition. So focus on yourself and not on others, and you will build up your joy level.
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