Do you still rely upon the externals for your happiness?

Question: Do you still rely upon the externals for your happiness!?

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When I lose my mother,
I’m Happy that she had ended her suffering from cancer!.
When my car break-down,
I’m Happy to take a bus-ride!.
When the elevator is out of order,
I’m Happy to do some leg exercise!.
When I trip and fall,
I’m Happy to feel the pain, which tell me that I’m still alive!.

I use to be a hater of many things and that was a living Hell!.
Presently I’ve learned to live a heavenly life loving most of things!.

I can’t change the ugliest stuff,
But still I can enjoy it as a piece of art!.
Happiness is nowhere to be found but here,
See it, Handle it and Take it!.

Comparing war and peace, peace is definitely more comfortable!.
But even at the place where peace presents, if one is still greedy, quick-temper and self-centered, He or she is still living in wartime!.
When I go to war,
I’m happy that I’m fighting for sake of my love ones’ freedom!.

The last sentence is going the be crude:
“If there’s a choice for me to choose, I told myself,
I would rather see my love ones die naturally before me, for I don’t want them to grief and suffer loneliness when I go!.
I’m happy to suffer loneliness alone!.”

If there’s a reason for sadness, there’s sure a reason for happiness!.
The Tree falls with a reason!. To fertilize the soil for the next plant’s blossom!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Happiness is a spiritual condition!.

Abd'ul'Bahà followed his Father into life imprisonment, and spent his teenage years in an abandoned out-building that had once been a morgue and a storage shed!. It was there that he enjoyed the opportunity to read the entire Qur'an and the Gospels!. He says that there, He was happy!.

Happiness is a spiritual condition!. Happiness seems easy enough when your wife's child-like laughter comes ringing through the cool breeze, the children are fed and playing merrily, you know, as the song goes, 'Fish are jumping and cotton's high'!.

Untested happiness!.

If you are happy with nothing but a raincoat laid out on the floor of an old shed to sleep on, you must be 'happier' than 'satisfied'!.
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Sometimes we have to experience the boredom of pointless external living to realize how much happier we are on our internals!. I rely completely upon my internal strength in life but unfortunately I have felt very afraid of people and life in general because I have been awakening to knowledge I haven't learnt to cope with yet!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

through the course of a life, i believe most people eventually find that there is no contentment without peace of mind!. we give everything ((physical and nonphysical)) its value by our attitudes!. if we havent come to an acceptance of the universe as it exists each moment, we will continue to cling to the material realm, which ultimately will always prove fleeting in the end!. all which is immortal is the soul ((whatever you define as such))!. those who awaken to that will be perpetually blessed, despite their position in the external world!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You can't depend on things or other people to make you happy!. You have to have the resources inside to make your own happiness!. Knowing God helps there!. He is the only One who can feel your pain like you do and share your joy fully!. He is the only One who is fully dependable and will always be there!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

ALL happiness & unhappiness comes from inside!. It's purely about your mind, whether you want it or not!.

Externals are just winds that nudge the mind to perceive them in a certain direction, for better or for worse!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Happiness is 100% subjective and personal - which means it can't be *based* on externals, but rather on the way we interpret external facts and signs!. So, I don't think we can rely on externals for happiness!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

A man can have materialistic ambitions and spiritual ambitions!. All happiness from external source is materialistic happiness!. Inner happiness pertains to spiritual side!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

I disagree with most!. If you were drafted in a war, you wouldn't be happy!. But if you were in a secure place- enough food and shelter, happiness can exist!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

There is no happiness in objective reality!.
Self is the only source of happiness!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

inner happiness is just as fleeting and meaningless as external, this will make people sad and confused to knowWww@QuestionHome@Com

Happiness is constant!. Externals are transitory!. So externals can't bring happiness!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I really like "smiling's" answer! I could not answer it better than this!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes, but I'm working on it!. Www@QuestionHome@Com