The Wonder of Happiness
by Brian Barolo
The wonder of happiness is easy enough to find.
According to society, happiness is the ultimate feeling that most humans strive to achieve in their own lives. If there is no happiness in a person’s life, why do they exist? To live and enjoy life is so satisfying to the human body, mind, and spirit. Physically, the brain releases a chemical throughout the body, which brings that euphoric feeling that is considered happiness. When someone tells a joke, we tend to chuckle. That is a direct connection to the dopamine distribution within ourselves. There are so many ways in which our bodies feel good. When taking a shower, hot water running all over our body and getting clean is very satisfying. I am usually happy every time I get a shower. When playing sports, one is generally happy. Physical activity brings many emotions, especially when playing team sports, but typically, people play because it brings them happiness. People usually play team sports because that decision ultimately brings joy and happiness. Playing with others does work well for most. Do what helps keep you happy. It works great.
One may be more mentally happy than physically or spiritually when striving to find the wonder of happiness
happiness. Usually, when a person chooses specific ways to become happy, it is due to their lack of ability to find happiness in other ways or methods. Take, for example, a person who may be very overweight and is unable to join in on physical activities like sports. How do they achieve happiness? Well, maybe they watch sports on TV and gain more mental happiness and satisfaction, which works best for them. What about people who are disabled and disabled? How do they achieve happiness? They cannot get the same physical satisfaction as those playing the sports. Therefore, happiness must be more mental and spiritual. Physical activities, whether playing sports, working, laboring, or even going for a walk, affect our bodies. That simple effect on our body not only finds satisfaction from exertion and being physical but also directly affects the mind’s happiness. Mind and body directly affect each other.
Choosing to be spiritually happy should come pretty quickly to most. Believing is a powerful word. It is even a much more powerful emotion or feeling. Believing is ‘to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.’ If you believe you are happy, you most likely have achieved spiritual happiness. As people, we crave and desire to have a higher power outside of ourselves. Believing in a higher power different from our physical and mental capabilities brings in the 3rd dimension most humans recognize: spirituality. To become spiritually happy may be to achieve the highest happiness possible.
The physical body is a challenging but tender, complex organic structure. It must be constantly maintained to achieve incredible feats of strength. The mind is infinite with thought. It is responsible for one’s thoughts and feelings and the seat of the faculty of reason. The mind is going 24/7 and needs recharging every so often, just as the body does.
In most cases, the mind wears down before the body. After all, the mind instructs the body what to do. We cannot perform a task when young and unknowing without our minds containing instructions. Education is for the mind, and training is for the body.
Spirituality has to do with the spirit, not as in ghosts, but in the essence of being human — your soul or inner life. Spirituality often involves religion, but it doesn’t have to. You might say, “I’m not religious, but I have a strong sense of spirituality,” meaning that you practice yoga or meditation, pray with a group, or nurture your spirit by spending time in nature. Spirituality is more individual. However, you handle your spirituality, and whatever methods you use in reaching your higher power should be constant to become peaceful. If you can attain peace in your spirit, then nothing else matters. The ultimate in a human being’s life is striving for and reaching as much happiness as possible in all three categories: physical, mental, and spiritual.
To indeed find the wonder of happiness does not have to be a struggle!
So go now and search for your peace of mind. Achieve the ultimate goal in life: HAPPINESS!
