Ways to Spread Happiness

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Friday, 10 Oct '08

“There are two ways to spread happiness; either be the light who shines it or be the mirror who reflects it.”

--Edith Wharton

My Thoughts:
Happiness and sorrow, both are contagious. You look at a person and give him a smile, and you get a wonderful smile in return. Same is with sadness and anger.

However in the above quote, spreading happiness is divided into two ways. Either you create ways to make yourself and others happy. Or else you can choose to share the happiness you received with others. And both the ways work really well.

Share to prosper

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Sunday, 31 Aug '08

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

--anonymous

My Thoughts:
Many a times we think that if we share with others what we know, or what we have, we might be at some loss. But this is a known fact that this is not true.

Yes of course, you may argue that there could be some material loss when you share your belongings with others, but the fact is that what you get in return is a of much greater value. What you get in return is a personal satisfaction, Love, trust and good relationships which are far more valuable than what you give.

What do you think?

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Monday, 18 Aug '08

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that"

--Martin Luther King, Jr. 

My Thoughts:
Another gem from Martin Luther King, Jr., It requires no extraordinary talent to understand this quote but surely it requires great patience to follow this one. We have the tendency to balance out things, we return Love for Love, Hate for Hate, Abuse for Abuse.

But we have to understand it’s good to return a Virtue for a Virtue but returning evil for an evil will not destroy the evil. Returning evil for an evil will certainly spread and elevate it. Like what Mahatma Gandhi says “An eye for an eye makes the world blind”

But here I want to make one thing clear -- always Justice should take precedence over your decisions. For example you would not let go a Murderer for his crime, he should be punished for his crime and the victim should get justice.

This was what I think. Share with me your thoughts.