16/5/05

Went out the whole day. Chatting in Coffee bean, walking around cineleisure, sitting at Pastamania, went to ktv, then macdonalds. After so many days of stress with work, I really need a rest. I haven't been sleeping well the past few days, so i hope i can sleep well tonight. I don't want to be stress up with work.

Met new friends today. Kinda interesting bunch of people. Anyway, one of my friends is going to Germany for a few weeks of lessons and fun. Bon voyage.

I'm just tired haha.

Slice of Life

Happiness Through Love

What is the thing you want the most? The thing that everybody wants the most?

To be happy!

No matter what other prizes you may have thought of - money, sex, your own apartment, to be Singapore Idol etc., they all share the same reason for your desire in them - they bring you joy. Some bring more lasting joy than others, but the bottomline is that life is the endless pursuit of happiness.

But what brings us the best kind of joy? The kind of happiness that enables us to relieve stress, transcend illness, act selflessly, hop on clouds and scale mountains?

Lester Levenson, creator of The Sedona Method, claims he discovered the key to happiness. He searched for 47 years and nearly died in the process but he found it. He spotted a common pattern, one that was present in every happy moment - whenever he was feeling love towards another person he felt happy. And whenever he felt any other feeling he was not happy.

Well, don't simply take his words for it; test it yourself! Think of a time when you were blissfully happy. Did you feel loving at that time? This kind of joy is even more powerful than the feeling of being loved. It is the kind of joy that gives you purpose, meaning, and banishes all doubt and fear from your mind - the conviction that there is someone or some people you can give happiness to, care for, fight for, and die for. Anyone who's ever truly loved someone would know. That's why they say that "one never questions the meaning of life when he's in love".

Spend some time asking yourself: Who do I love most in my life? Who can benefit from my love, my time, my energy, my abilities?

And I'm not just talking about your romantic partners or family members here. What about the less fortunate in society? How can you help their lives be a bit better? Acknowledging your capacity for love also makes you feel good about yourself because your value as a human being is clear.

What can you do today to bring joy to this person, to these people? How can you lessen the stress in their lives? What can you do that will put a smile on his or her face, or that delightful glint in their eyes when you tell them you love them?