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    Henry Alec McLeod
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    So I’ve been happy all my life. It’s how I’ve always been and is all I really know. I view this is my only life and want to enjoy it.

    However, I always care for other people. If someone needed help I would always be there for them. I don’t insult anyone or hurt them and follow the Five Precepts, Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path.

    But there is something that is in the back of my mind that tells me that being happy is a bad thing. Right now, I view myself equal to other people, that ALL life is sacred. But am I supposed to hate myself and love other people more?

    #143215
    Seeker
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    In being happy, you’re filling the souls in your path with (the possibility of) happiness too, so it cannot be bad. You’re doing a selfless job in being happy. I think you should just go on being happy and radiate that out to the world 🙂

    #143341
    yongsua
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    Hi. Henry. Don’t be too hard to yourself. It is really not a sin to be happy.

    #143491
    Inky
    Participant

    Hi Henry Alec McLeod,

    When you are happy, people will “want what you have”. Then you can tell them about the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path, or anything else that helps you be in that good state.

    It is a blessing!

    Best,

    Inky

    #144705
    Malley
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    I believe that happiness shows much humility. I say this because my dad was happy. And he was humble. The reason these 2 attributes go together is because to be happy, we have to be able to accept that we are not in control and that we are under the direction of a greater power. In my life and in my father’s life, it was trust in God. I asked him one day how it is that he was always happy and at peace. He said that he prayed about everything and then let it go and trusted God in whatever it is.

    That kind of faith takes a tremendous amount of humility.

    To want to fix the world is noble but it is not our job. We want to be in control but we cannot. To acknowledge that we are not in control and to accept things takes faith and trust and humility.

    Things are not perfect, so why be so happy? Because it is not yours to fix and you are showing that you understand your role in life by being happy. You are accepting and forgiving.

    It is a wonderful thing.

    My dad was the greatest man I have ever known and this part of him was so precious.

    Being happy is such a blessing and testimony to having faith and trusting in good outcomes. Blessings to you!

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