We, at this blog like to wish all Muslims "Selamat Hari Raya" and Happy National Day to Malaysians.
In conjunction to this festive season, I am so please to receive an invaluable gift of lovely and inspiring article, from our Chief Editor, Mr. Loh Lawrence. I found it so uplifting and decided to share it with all of you, with the hope that you too have a feeling like I did. Please feel free to share out your feeling after you have read it.
As we always advocate that life is a choice. You can choose either to be happy or unhappy, very much depending on how you direct your thought to it. Without much delay, you may proceed to read the article appended below. For those who want to refresh themselves on my preceding article on this related article, please click the link below.
For those who find it ridiculous, please don't give it up but continue to read it because it is truth you ought to know. I must say that the article below have reaffirmed what we have said much earlier.
Subject: Happiness Is An Inside Job
Happiness Is An Inside Job
Author: Mac Anderson & BJ Gallagher
When I travel on business, I like to talk to the taxi drivers who take me from the airport to my hotel, or to a convention center, or to a restaurant. Taxi drivers are often immigrants with interesting personal histories and unusual cultural backgrounds. I ask them how long they've been in America, how they chose which city to live in, and what they like best about where they live.
Of course, I also ask them for advice on good local restaurants and any special attractions they'd recommend to a visitor. I've had some great experiences on my travels, thanks to the advice of taxi drivers.
On one trip about ten years ago, I was making conversation with the taxi driver, asking him my usual questions about how he came to live where he lived. Then I asked him a hypothetical question: "If you could live anywhere in the world --- and if money was no object - where would you live?"
Without hesitating even for a second, he replied, "I live in my heart.
So it really doesn't matter where my body lives. If I am happy inside, then I live in paradise, no matter where my residence is."
I felt humbled and a little foolish for my question. Of course he was right - happiness is an inside job. He had reminded me of something I already knew, but had forgotten. If you can't find happiness inside
yourself, you'll never find it in the outside world, no matter where you move. Wherever you go, there you are. You take yourself with you.
I am grateful for the wisdom of that taxi driver. And I'm grateful for all the wisdom others have shared with me about how to be happy.
By now we believe we have everything possible to ensure you also reap this fruits, as Valuable readers of this blog.
Stay tuned and more inspiring articles are in the pipeline for your benefits.
To our Success,
James Oh
For those who find it ridiculous, please don't give it up but continue to read it because it is truth you ought to know. I must say that the article below have reaffirmed what we have said much earlier.
Subject: Happiness Is An Inside Job
Happiness Is An Inside Job
Author: Mac Anderson & BJ Gallagher
When I travel on business, I like to talk to the taxi drivers who take me from the airport to my hotel, or to a convention center, or to a restaurant. Taxi drivers are often immigrants with interesting personal histories and unusual cultural backgrounds. I ask them how long they've been in America, how they chose which city to live in, and what they like best about where they live.
Of course, I also ask them for advice on good local restaurants and any special attractions they'd recommend to a visitor. I've had some great experiences on my travels, thanks to the advice of taxi drivers.
On one trip about ten years ago, I was making conversation with the taxi driver, asking him my usual questions about how he came to live where he lived. Then I asked him a hypothetical question: "If you could live anywhere in the world --- and if money was no object - where would you live?"
Without hesitating even for a second, he replied, "I live in my heart. So it really doesn't matter where my body lives. If I am happy inside, then I live in paradise, no matter where my residence is."
I felt humbled and a little foolish for my question. Of course he was right - happiness is an inside job. He had reminded me of something I already knew, but had forgotten. If you can't find happiness inside
yourself, you'll never find it in the outside world, no matter where you move. Wherever you go, there you are. You take yourself with you.
I am grateful for the wisdom of that taxi driver. And I'm grateful for all the wisdom others have shared with me about how to be happy.
By now we believe we have everything possible to ensure you also reap this fruits, as Valuable readers of this blog.
Stay tuned and more inspiring articles are in the pipeline for your benefits.
To our Success,
James Oh
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/oh-james/12/a11/29b
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