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For years I kept pursuing happiness. If I get good grades will I become happy? If I get a good job will I become happy? If I get promoted? If I get married? If I own my business? If I get rich?
The moment I achieved my goal, it was not happiness but emptiness that crept on me.
“Today we are seeking happiness so vigorously that the very life of the planet is being threatened. All those people, who depend on external situations to be happy, will never know true joy in their lives.
Sadhguru
The quote above hit me hard. It had me redefine happiness 180 degrees.
Happiness is not to be pursued, but to be realized. Ever since I encountered the quote above, Every morning, I tell myself to be happy. I might face a tough negotiation that day. The stock market might have crashed the day before. I might have lost a person who is dear to me.
Regardless of the outside situations, I start the day with happiness in me. At least I try every morning, to remind myself that happiness is not a goal but the foundation of life.