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You have often noticed that rich people are often not happy with their lives.While there are some people having not much money with them but still they are very happy.According to me happiness is not bound by external body comforts achieved through money.You may think money in the bank,a great love life and proffessional success are the keys to a happy and fulfilled life.But I read an article in newspaper according to which,as said by scientists,the only path to real satisfaction and happiness is hard work.Working hard, without any desire to get results, get you closer to your soul.Soul is the source where all happiness comes from.There is a cosmetic energy inside every human being which is the energy of soul.When you work hard with full concentration,your thoughs come at rest.Once you are thoughtless,the cosmetic energy inside you grow which in turn grow happiness inside you. According to the article which I read in the newspaper, Academics at Gothenburg University in Sweden spent three years trying to discover what puts a smile on peoples' faces.They concluded that working hard to reach a goal often brings more self-satisfaction than the goal itself. Research leader Dr Bengt Bruelde claims money,love and success bring only temporary joy."You get used to it-then the happiness is over",he said."Striving to achieve something by work gives a purpose to life and this is the meaning of true happiness.Sitting in the sun with nothing to do is not a sure-fire receipe for a contented life." Dr Bruelde,46,admitted: "I know this may not sound very convincing when millions of people are just getting back to work after Christmas and New Year Holiday." "of course,a pay rise or a holiday in the sun are pleasant experiences,but the problem is the 'habituation effect' which usually occurs after a few weeks.You get used to the new situation and then the joy is over." He added: "To be happy is possible if one understands the mechanism which causes the feeling.Working hard to reach the goal is often a cause for more self-satisfication and joy than actually reaching the winning post itself." Dr Bruelde,who is writing a book called "Pain and Happiness",attacks the tourist industry for selling holidays as happiness.He said:"Tourist firms have made consumers believe that it is wonderful to sit in the sun,laze about and do nothing.But this is not a sure-fire recipe for being happy and anyway few people really enjoy their holiday as it's often not so perfect as they imagine." Dr Bruelde's research suggests many holidaymakers are happier working for their break than when they are actually fighting off the files on a hot beach. Author: Radha Kishan |