One of the biggest myths on the planet is: When I get what I want, I’ll be happy. This implies that happiness is a destination which can only be reached by focusing on yourself and once you’ve reached this destination, you can sit down, relax and enjoy the good life for the rest of your days. In reality, the opposite is true. You can only achieve true happiness by making others happy. Think of those times when you wanted something very badly and finally got it. It may have made you feel happy for a day, a week, or even a month, but eventually the novelty wore off, and it was back to business as usual. Now think of those times when you did something that made someone else happy. You felt happy as a result and each time you recall one of these incidents, you feel happy all over again. This means that happiness is a journey and the more that journey is filled with incidents where you make other people happy, the happier your life is going to be.

One Sentence Wisdom

• “The journey, not the arrival, matters.” — Virginia Woolf
• “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein

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