Are You Happy Today?

Are you happy today?

We can talk all day about chasing our dreams or finding our passion to lead a meaningful and purposeful life. However, the ultimate guiding principle is very simple, are you happy today? Are you happy with what you have and what you are doing today? If your answer is "yes" today, tomorrow and for the rest of your life, then you would have lived a very meaningful life, don't need to worry about what is your passion, what is your purpose and so on.

A home is nothing more than a shelter filled with love, we don't need the most lavish mansion to create a home sweet home.

Experience is nothing more than learning/ trying out something new each day, we don't need to travel the world to enrich our life experience.

A job is nothing more than an income generating mechanism, we don't really need to get too stressed up over our work. It is not as if we will perish if we lose our jobs. I also strongly believe that no one is indispensible to any organisation.

Money is nothing more than a tool used to sustain our basic needs. If we work hard, be prudent and have good saving habits, there will be enough, even on rainy days. Don't let money fuel our desires to want more and more, which builds our insecurities when we think we do not have enough.

Lastly, changing the world starts from changing yourself and your perspective of the world, it is nothing more than acts of kindness, one act at a time, given by everyone. We don't need another Mother Theresa, you and I can be mini/ micro/ nano versions of Mother Theresa and be giving and loving.

To achieve big things, we think small and we think simple, one step at a time, just like a meaningful and well-lived life is nothing more than just living happily everyday.