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Happiness set point

 The realisation in my life is to have  Gratitude to be happy . "Success is getting what you want and Happiness is wanting what you get."   The wanting what you get is expression of gratitude.  “Mother of all virtue is Gratitude”. I acknowledge this statement with my personal experiences. Always our body carries a basic level of happiness as predetermined point and strives to maintain it.  The Happiness drops momentarily when s omething bad event happens and set back to predetermined point after a while.   Similarly if something positive events will rises our happiness and returns to our predetermined set point. This can be called “Happiness set point”.   The   practice of Gratitude can keep you continues events of happiness and   maintains the "Happiness set point" always higher in your life. Continuous practice of this can raise your “Happiness set point”    to next higher level. So we can remain at a higher level of happiness in spite of any circumstan

Live and let Live

  Charity begins at hom e. Is it selfish? The flight safety demonstration says, you should wear the air mask before you help somebody or even children. The clear  message is , Help yourself   before you help others. Y ou must put on your own mask before you can help others. Typically, the scenario given is of an adult and a child, which I would assume is a parent-child situation in traveling circumstances. This has always seemed mind-boggling to me. It seems selfish and unnatural to put your own mask on first, ignoring the child  for a few minutes while you effectively "save yourself.  By not helping yourself first, you both suffer. Jesus said “Live and let live” it is not reverse. You should live to help other. Oxygen is more required to you before you try for others. If you are healthy you can make other healthy, If you are wealthy , you can make others wealthy, If   you have studied well you can teach other. This is not about   selfish.   This is about law of life.