Being Happy

@else34 If you keep on sad and worry on the problem then will there any solution? No way, we have to change our mind and accept the reality first. Then we have to think what can be done to move out and how to get the happiness back.

@Sreekala I agree.But sometimes it becomes very difficult to smile,especially when you are feeling helpless while facing the toughness of life.That's why I think Shaw is too simplistic here.You can be happy,but not so effortlessly as he says.

@Nawsheen But how can you be happy when you are struggling with harsh realities of life? Shaw says that being happy is as easy as you have a cup of tea.Do you think it is so easy.I don't say the great writer is wrong,but....you know it is not easy for ordinary persons like us,is it?

@else34 I wish for you to experience it jaishankar..no one more deserving for I know you work diligently and take care of your body and mind, walking and not wasting your life..so I know you should feel it at least once.

@TiarasOceanView Thanks a lot,my dear friend.I'll try it,and I'll start trying it from today.Thanks again.....and again.

@TiarasOceanView When I came upon the quote for the first time, I tried to forget all my problems and troubles and feel happiness,but in vain.Nothing happened.May be it was possible for the great writer, but not for me.My parents often say that true happiness is spontaneous and without any reason,but I have yet to experience this true happiness.

@else34 I agree, we are disturbed on situations. But we have to change ourselves for moving from that situation. Sometimes reading about some good things, or a good story may motivate us greatly.

@Sreekala You are right.But sometimes you get so .Uchida depressed that you can't even think of picking a book and start reading it.On such occasions we need to resist negativity.And it is not that easy.

@Sreekala But is it so easy to bring the feeling of happiness in mind? My parents say true happiness does not have a reason, it is spontaneous,but I have yet to experience this ' true happiness.'

@quantum2020 You are right.But my experience has been that sometimes thinking of good and pleasurable things also becomes very difficult,especially when you are utterly depressed.

@Marilynda1225 You are absolutely right,but it is extremely difficult to adopt a positive attitude when you feel yourself helpless while struggling with unending problems.

@Nana2016 Absolutely right.But sometimes what happens is that you keep negative people at bay,but fail to maintain a safe distance from their negativity.They keep affecting you and making your life complicated.That's what had happened with my father.