Happiness is…

Happiness is…

Happiness is the desire of most people but some people, instead of living in the sunshine of happiness, are dwelling under the cloud of gloom. The road they follow leads to the swamp of despair instead of the garden of happiness. There are a few simple rules to happiness:

1.Keep your mind stored with constructive thoughts.

2.Look for the beautiful and pleasant things in life.

3.Adjust yourself to whatever happens in life so as to make the best of it.

4.Have no regrets — live in the present instead of the past.

5.Give every man a square deal, whether he be prince or pauper.

6.Do your job, no matter how humble it may be, with the best efforts you can give.

7.Do something for someone every day.

8.Have faith in yourself, your fellows and God.

—Unknown

Unconditional Love

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Franciso.

"Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend I'd like to bring home with me"

"Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him." "There's something you should know the son continued, "he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mine and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us."

"I'm sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live."

"No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us." "Son," said the father, "you don't know what you're asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live, and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live his own."

At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few a days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police.

Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told. The police believed it was suicide.

The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son.

They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn't know.

Their son had only one hand and one leg.

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