What is the secret of happiness? We all want to be happy. Sometimes we try to pretend our-self happy, do things that make us happy. But the real question is are we happy? You will find the secret of happiness in this beautiful story.
There was an old man. He was one of the unhappiest men in the world. The whole village was tired because he was always grumpy and complaining and always in a bad mood, always sour. And the more he advanced in age, the more acidic he became, the more poisonous his words.
People avoided him because he was so unhappy that he became infectious. To not be unhappy with him would have been offensive to him. He created unhappiness in others also. But one day, his eightieth birthday, suddenly the whole village could not believe it – a rumor spread like fire: ’The old man is happy today, not complaining, even smiling, and his whole face has changed.’
The whole village gathered and they asked: ’What is the secret? What has happened to you?’
The old man said: ’Nothing. I tried to be happy for eighty years and I could not be – so I thought it is better to go without happiness. I tried hard to be happy and I could not be happy so I said that now it is enough – eighty years wasted – now I will do without happiness. That’s why I’m happy.’
This happens. This is what is happening all over the world. Try hard and you become unhappy. The more you try, the more frustration it brings.
