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the guide to a happy life?

Article Summary by: theWarden    

Original Author: mr. shemesh fo you
This abstract was translated from המדריך לחיים מאושרים?
not a few people search their minds in hope of finding the path to a happy life.
one of the reasons for that is gelousy,
why is that?
starting from a young age we start to measure our happines on a materialistic standart, who has the coolest toy? the most up to fation clothes and whose dad has the best car?
as much materialistic we come to be we become more and more materialistic, what we dont understand is that this competivity is what makes us doubt the truth about our happiness.
most of us accept with this truth, that we could be more happy, but what about the rest?
the rest of us believe that  it''s anough for us to get up in the morning alive and support our families in dignity, but is that all? that what life has got to offer us?
there are people for whom freedom is the indicatior for a happy life, the freedom to decide when we get up at morning, what would we eat for breakfast or were we hangt out at night, but is that the truth? can we really decide about those things? are we like inmates in jail who their scedule is written in advance?
few are the people that can realy decide when to get up, most of us has jobs school or other obligations. even the food we eat on breakfast depend on our economic situation or our mood when we made shopping the other day, so i guess we have to settle with whatever is in the fridge. there''s also a minimal choice regarding to which club we will hang out tonight, sometimes our friends or girlfriends decide for us.
we talked about inmates, well it''s true the we are somehow dedicated to out lives ant to our will to satisfy others but we can change all that, we could alternate our work place if we are too lasy to get up at 6 a.m. and though food is only for the body and not for the soul we can decide which food we like and buy it the same morning we want it.
about night clubs, well why not go alone sometime? it''s a great opportunity to meet other people to hang out with and talk to.
so, why not act like that?
maybe the reason is that we like it that way, we feel good in that frame that we have built for us over the years and any chage we make can cost us our happiness, so to you i say: if you feel safe and good even if sometimes it''s difficult, think of all of those inmates that can''t change their habbits, their scedule and can not take their own decisions, think about them and you will find out you are happy!
Published: November 05, 2007
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