is there a secret to being happy?
By weemam
@weemam (13372)
March 3, 2007 12:22pm CST
The Secret
One day, one friend asked another,
"How is it that you are always so happy?
You have so much energy,
and you never seem to get down."
With her eyes smiling, she said,
"I know the Secret!"
"What secret is that?"
To which she replied,
"I'll tell you all about it,
but you have to promise to
share the Secret with others."
"The Secret is this:
I have learned there is little I can do
in my life that will make me truly happy.
I must depend on God to make
me happy and to meet my needs.
When a need arises in my life,
I have to trust God to supply
according to HIS riches.
I have learned most of the time
I don't need half of what I think I do.
He has never let me down.
Since I learned that 'Secret', I am happy."
The questioner's first thought was,
"That's too simple!"
But upon reflecting over her own life
she recalled how she thought a bigger house
would make her happy, but it didn't!
She thought a better paying job
would make her happy, but it hadn't.
When did she realize her greatest happiness?
Sitting on the floor with her grandchildren,
playing games, eating pizza or reading a story,
a simple gift from God.
Now you know it too!
We can't depend on people to make us happy.
Only GOD in His infinite wisdom can do that.
Trust HIM!
And now I pass the Secret on to you!
So once you get it, what will you do?
YOU have to tell someone the Secret, too!
That GOD in His wisdom will take care of YOU!
But it's not really a secret...
We just have to believe it and do it...
Really trust God!
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12 responses
@catch_me (930)
• India
4 Mar 07
A young man once came to meet me in Jerusalem. He had an unusually happy disposition, so I asked him what's his secret. He told me:
"When I was 11 years old, I received a gift of happiness from God.
"I was riding my bicycle when a strong gust of wind blew me onto the ground into the path of an oncoming truck. The truck ran over me and cut off my leg.
"As I lay there bleeding, I realized that I might have to live the rest of my life without a leg. How depressing! But then I realized that being depressed won't get my leg back. So I decided right then and there not to waste my life despairing.
"When my parents arrived at the hospital they were shocked and grieving. So I told them: 'I've already adapted. Now you also have to get used to this.'
"Ever since then, I see my friends getting upset over little things: their bus came late, they got a bad grade on a test, somebody insulted them. But I just enjoy life."
Sounds simple, doesn't it? So why are so many people unhappy?
At age 11, this young man attained the clarity that it is a waste of energy to focus on what you are missing. And that the key to happiness is to take pleasure in what you have. Sounds simple, doesn't it? So why are so many people unhappy?
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@crickethear (1417)
• United States
3 Mar 07
Thank you for posting that. Every now and then I need a reminder of that. That is so true. God planned it that way. When we live and exist in him, then we can be truly happy. God's plan is really so simple, but hard to follow with so many of the distractions, you listed above. While reading that, I realized how true that is. "That is the secret"
thank you again.
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@kathy77 (7486)
• Australia
3 Mar 07
How wonderful it would be to be happy all the time but we do have to have those days when we are feeling sad so that we appreciate these great happy days. Yes it is true that we do not need the amount of things that we really think we do. Trust in God as he will supply all your needs you require in your life. I do trust in God and tell my family and friends to do the same.
@emiliano75 (680)
• Italy
4 Mar 07
For me the secret is live your life day per day
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
4 Mar 07
have always known/felt that but didn't know how to put it in words, so I thank you for doing it for me. xxx
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@jelaichie (475)
• Philippines
4 Mar 07
nice my friend., right there no such thing as having a recipe for being happy., but with God in our hearts and in our lives.,. we surely could be happy... even if many trials and problems may come our way!!!
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@ironstruck (2298)
• Canada
4 Mar 07
I believe it is true. We sometimes think we need 'things' to make our lives better. Often when we do get those things nothing seems to change.
True happiness seems to be in many small things that cost nothing.
A child's smile. An amazing sunrise. Big fluffy snowflakes.
A beautiful white sand beach. Time alone with your deepest thoughts.
All these things have a few things in common. They are free and they are all gifts from God.
