The Art of Happiness

"Be happy with what you have until you pursue what you want" said by the legend, Jim Rohn.

I was in a convention at Anaheim last month when I heard the news that Mr. Rohn passed away 2 hours ago.  I was surrounded by thousands of people who admired the growth they have achieved through his work, and we were all in complete awe when we heard the news.  Rest In Peace to Jim Rohn, and my condolence go out to his entire family.  He has taught me a lot of things over the years and today I am going to share one of them to you.

The feeling of happiness is separate from economics, traveling or money.  Happiness is an art that can be mastered by anyone that wants to study and practice it.  Happiness must be woven and can't be just left to chance.  When you  are having a Happy Birthday, you need to weave the day to make it happy, and not just expect it to be accidental.

I went to Detroit (last September) for an event and had one of the greatest weekends of my life.  The host for the weekend wove the events so well that I am certain that anyone that was involved will remember it for the rest of their lives, because it was woven so well.  So if you want a fantastic weekend, you need to weave a fantastic weekend.

Fortunately, anyone can weave a happy life if they are truly interested, and they can do it all with their present resources.  Money can buy you a supersonic airliner like the Concord, which can take you to places faster, but it doesn't make you any happier.  Henry Kissinger (noble prize winner) makes the most of his journeys when flying on the Concord, as he shares an interesting day he had: having breakfast in Paris, lunch in London, and dinner in New York.  Isn't that just an exciting day being able to have a meal in three different countries over one day? He even got to see two sunsets that day: one in London, and one in New York! Wow!

Jim Rohn puts it best: be happy with what you got until you pursue what you want.  You don't need to postpone your happiness until you fulfill your desires.  Don't miss the experience or the extravaganza that you can have every single day.

You will have happiness for a lifestyle if you take this as seriously as you take anything else.

Happy days!

Mr. RT