Colours of My Inner Sky

"The very purpose of our life is to seek happiness...the very motion of our life is towards happiness." ~His Holiness the Dalai Lama “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer “Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.” ~Victor Hugo “If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap. If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing. If you want happiness for a month -- get married. If you want happiness for a year -- inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime -- help someone else.” ~Chinese proverb “Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” ~Abraham Lincoln “Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some fut...

Are you excited to live every moment of life? Or, are you merely dragging along with life -like a leaf floating in a slow stream - without knowing where you are going? Are you motivated and energetic to work towards your dreams? Or, do you lack motivation to put your plans into action?  People who have enough love in their life find living life an exciting experience. They are clear about their dreams. They have plenty of energy to make every day of life special for them and for their loved ones. How much love is enough? That depends on how empty is your heart and mind! The emptier is your life, the more love you need. Love is not necessarily only the romantic love. Life can be empty in many ways. You have enough love in life when you have least amount of emptiness in life. You can only judge when you have enough love in your life, because you can only decide when the emptiness in your life is at its least. "Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, some...

Give yourself a score for how happy you are in life at present. The scale is between 0 (miserably unhappy) and 10 (ecstatically happy). If you have given yourself 8 or above, probably you do not need to read this blog any further. If you have given yourself 7 or below, you should read further very carefully to improve your happiness. When you have bumpy ride, either the road is not smooth or the wheels are not in good shape. This applies to life’s journey as well. When the road in life’s journey is not smooth, most likely you have chosen a path that does not align your heart with your head. I will deal with that topic in another blog. In this blog, I will discuss how to check the wheel of life to find unbalanced areas of your life. It is wise to check the wheels before blaming the road for a bumpy ride. “Everyone is a house with four rooms: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Unless we go into every room every day, even if to keep it aired, we are not a complete perso...

You become what you think most of the time. Every action has its origin in thought. To be happy, you have to think happy and positive thoughts as much as possible. Happiness has to exist in your imagination first before it becomes reality in your life. It is not possible to have happy thoughts most of the time until you fill your heart with love and empty your mind of fear. Happiness cannot coexist with hate and fear. The following lines by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore describe such an empowering state: "Where the mind is without fear and the head held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; Where words come out from the depth of truth; Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection; Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit; Where the mind is led forward by Thee into ever-widening thought and action; Into th...

As I hold the Firefly up the Sun Wanted to see the Sun, A firefly landed on my palm. Wanted to listen the music of stars, heard rustles of the road. Wished to climb mountains, Climbed only concrete stairs. Longed to chase my dreams, Bread and butter worried me. Desired to walk thousand miles, Got discouraged by the hole in my shoe. Wanted to love and be loved, Never had time to see beyond the kids. Waited for life to happen the way I want, once all the trivialities are attended. ... it never happened! As I hold the firefly up the Sun it dawned on me... perhaps Life is mainly these little moments, small acts that bring glory and greatness to ordinary people should they see the rainbow in a droplet of love.

Most people think success will make them happy, but we come across lots of people who are unhappy despite being highly successful. What makes successful people unhappy? This is a complex question, and can’t be answered in a brief note. Moreover, while trying to give a simple answer one runs the risk of being simplistic . I discuss below three main characteristics of all happy people. Whenever we ignore these traits in our mad rush for success, we end up being unhappy because essentially we are going fast nowhere ! 1.    Learn to live Good health is the solid foundation on which the mansion of happiness stands. This fact hits most people hard soon after they reach 40 years when they get glimpses of the mortality of their body. Good health does not mean mere absence of diseases; it means presence of abundant energy to live life to the fullest. Happy people have lots of physical energy, and they take extreme care of body and mind to maintain this high energy le...