A sense of contentment is crucial to being happy. Physical health, material wealth and friends contribute to this, but contentment governs our relations with them all.

Happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors.

On occasions when u feel most hopeless, u must take powerful effort. We must persist in face of failure.

We can benefit others through our actions by being warm and generous toward them, by being charitable, and by helping those in need.

If you shift your focus from yourself to others, extend your concern to others, and cultivate the thought of caring for the well being of others, then this will have the immediate effect of opening up your life and helping you to reach out.

Your own pain is involuntary; you feel overwhelmed and have no control. When feeling the pain of others, there is an element of discomfort, but there also is a level of stability because you are voluntarily accepting pain. It gives you a sense of confidence.

Warm-heartedne ss and concern for others’ well-being are a condition for happiness, whether you are religious or not.