Happiness?

By: Methly Joy B. Moreno

"Living well and doing well in whatever one does" -- this is the ultimate source of happiness
accdg. to Aristotle's EUDAIMONIA.

The moment I read the lines above, I had reflected right away, and without saying a word,
fully agreed within those lines.

As for me, living well and doing well in whatever one does, is equivalent to living the life
with your own purpose. It's all about making your own story in the world. Story which ultimately
seeks for happiness in this world called life.

Knowing your purpose in life for me, is the foremost thing you must achieve in order to
gain happiness. It's about being free and directing yourself towards the path that you truly wanted.
Lucky are the people who had known their purpose at an early age, for at least they already
working on their life's masterpiece.

If you have known your purpose, the word living is the verb for it. Life's purpose is you're
ultimate reason of living. Having purpose in life is the fuel of living the life that you want,
consequently will gave you the genuine happiness in this world.

So if I will be ask what's my life's purpose which makes me happy?

Recently, a lot of changes happened in my life, there's a lot of realizations I acquired. And
they have something to do in living well and fully in this world. Loving my life, the people, and not
wasting my time I have on earth. We need to be rational, we will die, hence I've decided to change,
which in result, provided me the virtue of living everyday to the fullest, I will make my own life's
story the BEST, in accordance with my own life's purpose, my new mantra.

Thus, how I live my life now? Did I acquired happiness from living with it?

Education. Pursuing real education is one of my ultimate purpose in life. My target is a

learning experience, not any numerical equivalents, so I always make sure that I achieved every

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learning objectives of every subject that I am studying. I am studying for the purpose of it, not for
honor or awards, not for grades or title. I am studying for the sake of learning. So everytime that
I had applied my learnings, satisfaction rises. I started not to worry and not to be conscious with
my grades, not to compete with others and be true to myself, as a result, it gave my soul freedom
and happiness. I could enjoy studying more without those things I used to be, before.

Minimalism/Intentionalism. Being minimalist is removing the excess in your life, it's living
intentionally. And now, I am practicing it. I started to reduce the number of my clothes, my stuffs
and the like and it provided me additional time. I used to haul stationeries before, but now I reduce
it, and I never buy unless I need it, as a result I had saved money. Is having less possession give
me ultimate happiness? Yes, having less possession made me to appreciate the life
more, I do not give meaning or symbols towards tangible things now -- to have that branded
clothes and shoes, to have a collection of stuffs, to acquire the latest edition of gadgets -- just to
be "in" with the society, for the sake of impressing them. I do not care anymore with the status
symbol. It's not true happiness. Instead, being free from this idea of consumerism, and the Filipino
perception of "more is more" -- is a sense of freedom that makes me more happy.

With this mindset and lifestyle, I assessed myself and think about the things I should focus
on, and that's to focus on my personal growth, being healthy, making my family happy, to serve
God with all my heart and soul, to save and take care of our mother nature, to be mindful everyday,
to study accounting as a future wisdom for my future profession, , to enjoy every laughter and
moment with my friends and families. To quit social media. Posting less, Doing more. To
appreciate every morning and be grateful every night. To have a stronger bond with the people
that matters to me. To be positive in every situation, to share my knowledge and help those in
need. To experience and do more in this life well enough. To live fully, be peaceful and free --
that's my ultimate happiness in life.

Instead of impressing everyone with our valuables lets focus on impressing upon
the world values -- it's a purpose lead to happiness.

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PROF MARIBEL CRUZ.
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