Wednesday 15th November 2017
Morning Vibes With Dr. Jerry - the First
Hello and welcome to
#MorningVibesWithDrJerryTheFirst-Episode 72
Title: Happiness
Is An Inside Job!!
I
have been in conversation with persons who say that they are unhappy with their
present circumstances and think that they will be happy when the situation
improves. I have met wives who think that their happiness lies in the ability
of their husbands to provide for their every whim and caprice. I have met
husbands who have the idea that for them to be happy with their wives, the
women must be fit and trendy and so on. A man who has a beetles car says he can
only be happy when he has a Mercedes S Class; the man who has Mercedes S Class
says he can only be happy when he has the 2018 Edition of Range Rover; the man
who has a 2017 edition of Range Rover says he can only be happy when he has a
Private Jet. Same applies to the Professions - the Law Student thinks that his
happiness will arrive when he becomes a SAN; the Medical Student thinks that
his happiness will be at its zenith when he becomes a Specialist and is
appointed a Consultant, e.t.c. and so men and women go on to be unhappy at
their present posts and positions expecting to be happy when certain higher
post or position is attained. Human beings are good at Postponing Happiness but
unfortunately happiness cannot be postponed and this is because, it is a state
that flows from within. When we allow acquisition of properties, titles,
certificates e.t.c determine our state of happiness, we have missed the mark.
That kind of happiness is ephemeral and unstable because man is a product of
insatiable appetite. We are all ambitious (though the degrees differ) but
nobody who has started climbing a ladder wants to stop until he gets to the top
of that ladder (even though that is the loneliest place to be at) and so the
happiness that accompanies each step of the ladder climbed is temporary and
even when he sits on top of the ladder, the happiness achieved is also
temporary because with time, he becomes dissatisfied and begins to seek new
adventures. The happiness that makes sense and which is durable and lasting is
the one that comes from the insides, the happiness that accompanies the simple
thought that without life, there would be no living. The happiness that
accompanies every single wake up moment and a reflection that out of the
thousands that would have died over the night, we are still around. That is the
type of happiness that makes better sense. If you don't yet have it, seek it,
pursue it until you get it; that way, you will stop struggling for happiness
and also stop postponing your happiness.
Until I come your way
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