Philosophy of Life and 3Cs of Happiness

Due to the circumstances that currently cricles this blog, I've decided that this blog will be my public blog, which means for everyone to read. The reason for this move will not be disclosed here. For those of you who are interested to know more, you can pm me at my MSN.

Now that this is gonna be my so-called public blog, what would I post in it? The materials here will be mainly and strictly about philosophy (not that previous posts didn't contain any elements of philosophy). I know this subject is kind of boring to many people, but I just find joy in learning more about philosophy


3Cs of Happiness

The first C: Counting Your Blessings. This C is possibly the most important element of being happy in our lives. To be more precise, this C signifies contentment. Happiness is not gauged by having what you want, but wanting what you have. It sounds paradoxical but when you think deeper into this, you'll find that there's a lot of truth to it. By wanting to have what you want, a person then becomes like the greedy dog that already has a bone but wants to have the bone of its own reflections. To say or even blog about this is easy to do, but to practise this is far harder than many think.

The second C: Character. The end result of education is character. We may see many people who are highly educated but morally poor. Don't believe me? Read about the current financial crisis and you will understand what I mean. I would rather people uphold the highest degree of integrity despite not being highly educated. Without a strong character, happiness is difficult to be achieved because of the more temporary nature of the happiness obtained. That is why character is one of the Cs of happiness

The third C: Comparison With Thyself. Comparison happens everyday. We always want to compare ourselves with the people who are best at something. The truth is: there is no point comparing ourselves with other people. The reason: we are all unique and different people have different capabilities. There is no point for us to try to live someone else's life. We'll ultimately end up wasting our time. Why compare ourselves with our own then? Comparing ourselves with our own helps us to continuously improve ourselves and be contented with what we have. Why cause heartache to yourself by comparing with others? We'll feel happier if we just compare ourselves with our own. After all, the ultimate goal is to be a better person than we were yesterday

As for me, I'm still trying hard to practice the 3Cs of Happiness. Wish you all good luck!

P/S: I have to give credit for the 3Cs of Happiness to an elderly friend of mine, Sita Ram