Do you remember the perfect gift you bought for someone?
You give it to them and you can hardly wait for them to open it. Yet, when you were the recipient, you often felt embarrassed or uncomfortable. Giving, whether it be a material gift or a gift of the heart, makes us happy. Happiness is like a butterfly. If you try to catch it in your hands, it flies away. Yet if you turn your attention elsewhere, it will come and land on your shoulder. It is important o realize that happiness should not be our principal goal. In actuality, it is byproduct of our efforts to make other people happy. Happiness truly belongs to those who live or others. The more you focus on helping others, the more you will come to see that kindness is directly linked to happiness.
When people are asked what the goal of life is, a large percentage answer "to be happy." Yet when will make them happier, so many people focus on themselves and their needs. What you can become is much more important than what you can accumulate. By realizing that our focus should be directed toward others to become happy, we will see a radical shift in how we feel inside. There is no question that the best way to make yourself happy is to make someone else happy.
Always remember, the happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything, but they almost always make something good out of what happens. If you take this approach, you will see a marked difference in what the landscape of your life looks like. The most important thing we can do to improve the landscape of our life is to understand true happiness..