Do you have... guts?

Since the very begging of the world until now the human being has been looking for happiness although that word hasn't still been invented.

We all have been looking for happiness in every single aspect of life such as: work, studies, material stuff, health, family and love.

Today, I'd like to share a story with you: “The golf balls’ story”:

Once upon a time there was a Philosophy teacher who arrived at a class. He took a glass jar and, without saying a word he filled it with golf balls and asked his students:

-              -   Is the jar full?

-              -Yes- they answered.

Automatically the teacher put some marbles on the jar and asked again:

-              - Is the jar full now?

-              - Yes – they answered again.

Then, the teacher put some sand on the jar and asked again:

-              -  Is the jar full now?

-              - Yes-students answered again.

Finally the teacher dropped two cups of caffe into the jar, so that students began laughing.

Well, this jar could perfectly represent life as it is:

. Golf balls would be the most important things in life as family, love, health or friends.

. Marbles would be other less important things in life such as work, studies, house or car.

. And finally, the sand would be the rest, little things of life.

So that, If we filled the jar with sand, we wouldn’t have any place left to put the golf balls. In the real life it would mean that if we waste all our time worrying about little things we wouldn’t have any time left to spend in the really important things like our family, our couple or our health.

According to this, we should be aware of what the most important stuff of life is: staying with your family, go to the doctor, doing your favourite sport, going out with your couple, etc.

You’ll always have time to clean your house or save the grass. You have to establish your preferences in life, the golf balls because the rest is just sand.

After the explanation, one of the students asked for the caffe, what the teacher hadn't explained yet.

- I’m happy you ask for that, it’s just to show you that it doesn’t mind how busy you are, there should always be time to have a caffe with a friend.-

With this story I want to make you reflect about what happiness is, about what “being happy” means.

We spend a lot of time looking for happiness. Sometimes we try to find it focusing our life on our career, or maybe focusing on material things, and usually we try to find it focusing on love.

In short, we always look for things to fell completely happy although we know that it’s almost impossible, because there will always exist something you would change to be better.

Starting from this point, I have reached a conclusion; I've already found happiness’ secret, and I am gonna tell you today, right now.

The secret of happiness is not to get the perfect life working in the perfect job, having the perfect family and friends and loving and being loved by the perfect person.

Happiness doesn’t mean your life to be perfect. On the contrary, it means to love your life as it is, although you would change some aspects if you were able to do it.

So, if you want a good advice, do not waste your time looking for happiness, just enjoy your moment, enjoy your life as it is, and then, you would have found happiness.