About a year ago multi-billionaire
business man, David Koch passed away from cancer. According to an article posted at that time (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/david-koch-death-dead-billionaire-businessman-richest-a9076186.html
) “Twenty-seven years ago, David was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer
and given a grim prognosis of a few years to live”, the statement
continued. “David liked to say that a
combination of brilliant doctors, state-of-the art medications and his own
stubbornness kept the cancer at bay.” In
a statement his brother Charles said that “David has always been a fighter.” He said his brother was “dealing with this
challenge in the same way,” while discussing his declining health.
While this individual amassed a huge
fortune during his lifetime, how happy could his life truly have been for those
27 years of struggling with the decline of his health due to the cancer? True, he may have been able to avail himself of medical technologies and treatments that others perhaps would have not been
able to have, but in the end, he fell prey to death just as anyone else would
have done.
There are others who feel their life would
be better off and they would be happier if they lived in a different area. Perhaps they have a desire to immigrate to
another country to “make their life better.”
What they generally find out is where they go to is not the “paradise”
they thought it to be! According to The
UN Refugee Agency (https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/figures-at-a-glance.html
) at the end of 2019 “At least 79.5 million people around the world have been forced to flee their
homes. Among them are nearly 26 million
refugees, around half of whom are under the age of 18. There are also millions of stateless people,
who have been denied a nationality and lack access to basic rights such as
education, health care, employment and freedom of movement.”
This certainly shows that trying to make a
change in ones’ location for many has not led to a better life! This doesn’t include the fact that wherever
they go, crime, violence, hatred, health problems, and other circumstances have followed along with them.
Many young individuals feel that if they
have a “higher education” they will put themselves into a position of having a
better life and being happier. However, in the “real”
world today, there are many individuals with college degrees who are trying to
hold on to their jobs of flipping burgers or waiting tables in restaurants. There are no guarantees that any college
degree will get you that “dream” job you have been hoping for. And often, after you have finished your
education, you find that you are left paying a huge stack of college loans that
you had to get while trying to get that education!
So, what can make a person happier in his
life? That’s really a difficult question
because of several reasons. What is
making the person unhappy? Can anything be done under the current circumstances
to improve the outlook of ones’ future prospects? And probably many other questions. The problem usually comes down to the fact
that a person has to recognize that some things simply cannot be changed at the
present time and they are looking for happiness from outside sources when they
should be looking within. Real happiness
comes from an inner peace of mind that you cannot gain or change by some
outside influence. We generally want to
put blame on outside sources instead of facing the truth that at times our not
having happiness in our lives is because of us!
Then, again, we’re only human!
QUOTE TO CONSIDER
"Be happy on the inside
and let it shine through."
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