{"id":428,"date":"2010-11-15T02:11:37","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T02:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inspireme.net\/blog\/?p=428"},"modified":"2010-11-15T02:12:20","modified_gmt":"2010-11-15T02:12:20","slug":"what-is-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspireme.net\/blog\/what-is-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"

How do you define Happiness<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nI am in desperate need of help — or I’ll go crazy. We’re living in a single room — my wife, my children and my in-laws. So our nerves are on edge, we yell and scream at one another. The room is a hell.”<\/p>\n

\n“Do you promise to do whatever I tell you?” said the Master gravely.<\/p>\n

\n“I swear I shall do anything.”<\/p>\n

\n“Very well. How many animals do you have?”<\/p>\n

\n“A cow, a goat and six chickens.”<\/p>\n

\n“Take them all into the room with you. Then come back after a week.”<\/p>\n

\nThe disciple was appalled. But he had promised to obey! So he took the animals in. A week later he came back, a pitiable figure, moaning, “I’m a nervous wreck. The dirt! The stench! The noise! We’re all on the verge of madness!”<\/p>\n

\n“Go back,” said the Master, “and put the animals out.”<\/p>\n

\nThe man ran all the way home. And came back the following day, his eyes sparkling with joy. “How sweet life is! The animals are out. The home is a Paradise, so quiet and clean and roomy!”<\/p>\n

\nAuthor : Anthony de Mello, SJ<\/strong><\/p>\n

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