Are you happy?
How many times have you been asked that? And what does it really mean? After all, you can be happy one minute, sad the next. Or happy with something in your personal life but not happy at work. And isn’t everyone’s happiness different? If so, how do we measure our own happiness?
One person seems to have nailed happiness more than anyone I know. Eddie Jaku, a 101-year-old Auschwitz survivor known as “The Happiest Man on Earth,” talks to about the secrets of living a life with kindness and gratitude. “People, society should not forget what happened,” he says, adding he hates “no one, not even the Germans.” Among his advice: “Friendship is priceless.”
He refused to let loss or hate consume him, in his words: “Hate is a disease which may destroy your enemy but will also destroy you in the process.”
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It reminds me of Nelson Mandela with his response if he hated his captors after being imprisoned for 27 years, he said:
“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. They must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
One of Nelson Mandela’s quote that struck me deeply:
“Forgiveness liberates the soul, it removes fear. That’s why it’s such a powerful weapon.”
Eddie believed his good health was 100 per cent a result of his positive and healthy attitude.
For all of us, Eddie has this advice: “Tomorrow will come but first enjoy today”.
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