The Five Pillars of Happiness

THAI HAPPINESS

I can tell a happy person by their eyes. Because they have a certain look. It’s a mix of light and deep knowledge and inner peace and purpose and mischief. Like the lady in the picture, I met in Khanom, Thailand. She was friendly, warm, open, had a gorgeous smile and even let me try her yellow hat.

During my existence, I found out that the foundation of happiness is made of:

* HARMONY – harmony between my thoughts, my feelings and my actions. It happened to me, it happened to you, too. The heart said something, the mind disagreed and the actions followed neither of them. This is the moment when happiness is miles away.

* LOVE – self love otherwise how could I love others or ever enjoy life. Until I accepted myself, light and shadows, as I am, I had only moments of joy. The lack of self-love was lurking somewhere deep down, shadowing everything other were doing to please me.

* SELF AWARENESS – ‘know yourself and you will know the world, know yourself and you will be happy’ . What do you like? The sea or the mountain? Are you a party girl or just going with the flow? Is writing my true calling or an idea planted in my head by my father when I was a little girl?  I was never happy until I sat down with myself and discovered who I really was. Which led me to finding my…

* PURPOSE – knowing my life purpose and living it. Wise men we are born with a gift. A unique one. We excel at it. The world needs it. It is this gift that ads meaning and purpose to my life.

 *  GIVING – making other people happy – without betraying myself, feels like my natural state of being. Human beings are built to function like the cells in the body. Work together, help each other, sustain life. We are interconnected with invisible wires so bringing joy into other people lives will only ad up more to ours. I decided to give my gift – a smile, an object, some help, a book, no matter how other will react and stay true to myself.

Happy International Happiness Day! May your eyes shine all the time! Even when you sleep!

Happiness disguised as a palm tree