Everyone's definition of happiness may be different, for some it may mean everyday happiness, for others, it may be inner satisfaction. No matter how you define it, happiness always seems to be closely related to our lives, but we often ignore its existence. Some people always complain about the unsatisfactory in life, because they are always staring at the "bad beans" in life, and forget that there are still many "good beans" in life waiting for us to discover.
There was once a little monk whose daily job in the temple was to pick beans. Although this task seemed simple, the little monk was always depressed. He felt that there were always too many bad beans in the beans in the temple, which made him feel very unhappy. He complained to the old Zen master that he didn't want to do the job anymore.
The old Zen master smiled and said to him, "Bring a bowl of beans and pick out ten good beans." The little monk did so. Then, the old Zen master asked him to pick good beans thirty times in a row. In the end, there were only a few bad beans left in the bowl.
The old Zen master pointed to the beans in the bowl and said, "Look, there are always more good beans." ”
The little monk suddenly realized that the reason why he was unhappy was because he always stared at the bad beans and ignored the existence of good beans. Life may be like picking beans, and if we always complain about the unsatisfactory in life, then there will never be a bright day in our hearts. But if we can look at the good in life, we will find that there are always more good than bad.
Some people often feel that they are not so happy because they always feel that they have received too little blessing. But in reality, even when things don't go our way in life, we can find a lot to be grateful for. For example, there is a job, a warm home, the company of relatives, a healthy body, some friends, and even daily sunshine.
Happiness is all around us, it's just that we need to find it with a grateful heart. When we stop and think about it, we realize that we are actually quite blessed people. Let us learn to find happiness in life, smile with flowers, and treat everything in life with a grateful heart, then we will find that happiness is actually always around us.
We can start with the little things in our lives, such as the first rays of sunshine every morning, a meal every day, and a smile and greeting every day. These are the little blessings that life gives us. Even if there are things in life, we can find things to be grateful for. Just like a little monk picking beans, when we focus on the good side, we will find that there is actually much more happiness in life than we think.
We can look at life from a different perspective, no longer just staring at those "bad beans", but learning to discover the "good beans" in life. Perhaps, we can ask ourselves, what are some of the things that make us happy every day? Perhaps, we can try to look farther away, to appreciate the beauty of nature, to feel the love of relatives, to listen to the greetings of friends.
We can learn to be grateful, grateful for every good thing in life, grateful for those moments that once made us smile, grateful for those who once moved our hearts. When we learn to approach life with gratitude, we will find that happiness is always around us.
Happiness is in our hearts, as long as we are willing to treat life with a grateful heart, we will find that happiness is actually always around us. Let us learn to find happiness in life, smile with flowers, and treat everything in life with a grateful heart, then we will find that happiness is actually always around us.
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