Pleasure vs Happiness

I am reading one of the books of Robin Sharma - The Greatness Guide. I thought of sharing something from the book that I liked.

pleasure is great - but it doesn't last. Pleasure comes from your five senses. From a great meal, a nice glass of wine and a new car or a new scooter ( Currently bought one.. so ). Nothing wrong with these things- they make the experience of life better. But they are fleeting.

Hmmm..

Happiness, hehe, well, that's a different story. Happiness is the DNA of pleasure. My point is simply this : Pleasure comes from something on the outside. Happiness comes from within. It's a state you create by choice. It's a decision. It's an act of will. I get happiness when I write something on my Blog for example.

People can be happy when they are going through great pain and adversity. There is no pleasure evident in their external lives and yet they are content on the inside. And, conversely, tons of people are surrounded by pleasure (fast cars, nice homes, great cloths)but there is no joy within. So choose to be happy. Do what comes from within. Do listen to heart. You can't control life on the outside. Hard stuff will happen. But you can control what goes on inside.

As I said earlier, I am almost a regular reader of Amitabh's Blog. He has described what happiness means to him when thrown a question upon him by the author of the book " bachchanalia", Bhawana Somaaya. I have reproduced it below.

What does happiness means to you?

It’s a difficult question to answer but I would say happiness is seeing the welfare of the people who depend upon you. To be able to see your children prosper…To be able to wake up in the morning and see your loved ones healthy. I think one reaches a stage in life when all these things are of prime importance because it’s the worry of those you care for that really bogs you down.



Cheers ! Smile - truly - One sign of happiness.

Love,

Rakesh. . .