There is an old proverb: “He who cannot ask cannot live.”
Human life is complex, and living
is complicated. In order to truly understand what life is all about, you must
distill life to one simple but difficult question: “Am I happy?”
This is a simple question, but the
answer may not be as simple and straightforward as you may think. This simple
question is about life, which is never simple; living for life may, indeed, be
very complicated, especially for those who are always unhappy.
If your life is getting more
complicated, you may have problems with life and living. If, on the other hand,
you never have problems with feelings of anger, fear, frustration, or
you never have felt that life is meaningless, you are probably not
human.
Generally speaking, the purpose of living is two-fold: to enjoy
life, and to expand happiness.
But how can one enjoy life
if one is not happy by nature, or how can one expand happiness if one
has no idea what happiness is all about? Indeed, living for life begins with
that simple question: “Am I happy?”
You may want to ask another
poignant question: “Why would one even bother to ask or answer that question if
one is already unhappy with life?”
So, if you wish to be happy, you
must ask yourself on a regular basis that one simple question: “Am I happy?”
Focusing on so-called goals in
life, many of us lose our true selves in the pursuit of our dreams. If you are
one of them, you must re-direct your life. If you wish to re-discover your
"new" self, or never want to go back to your "old" life, THE BOOK OF LIFE AND LIVING is right
for you.
Stephen Lau
Copyright© by Stephen
Lau
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