Happiness Is The Art of Sacrifice
Being happy is your choice. You just have to say NO.
“There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.” — Gautama Buddha
Many years ago, I wrote a short post: Strategy is the art of sacrifice.
It’s a timely reminder as I’m sitting in front of my computer, past midnight. I struggled a lot this week. It’s been one full of exciting opportunities -my energy and creativity levels have been at their peaks- yet I feel overwhelmed.
Am I trying to do too many things? Have I lost clarity to make the right choices?
Or am I simply not feeling happy?
Why Happiness Is an Art
Happiness is not what we do, but how we feel about what we do. Happiness is an internal emotion. The same applies to what we don’t do.
Being happy is a personal choice.
Sacrificing — saying no to something — is critical to feeling (and being) happy.
When we think about life and the pursue of happiness, we think in terms of “additions”. We tend to associate happiness with getting more things, like a car, a better-paying…
