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Pursue Meaning is Happier Than Pursue Happiness

When you pursue happiness for the sake of it, you will realize that your happiness does not last. Ask those who just bought the latest Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and you'll know what I am talking about. Even if your happiness last, you'll find that pursuing happiness by itself has no meaning. We should pursue meaning instead. Many people think that meeaning is very vague and difficult to achieve. If you read Vkttor Frankl's classic book "Man's Search for Meaning" you will learn that meaning is what keeps a person's alive and full of life. There are 9 ways that you too can find meaning in your life: Short term meaning . Instead of looking for lofty goals, look at what you can do in the next 7 days or even as short as next 7 hours or next 7 minutes Forge meaning in the moment . In our rush we miss out the meaning in every moment and if you can just stop or slow down, you will find meaning in every moment of your waking life Daily does of meaning - every d...

Don't Believe What You Were Told: The 7 Myths of Life

A myth is something that we think is true because most people believe or wish that it is true. In reality a myth is just a lie .  There is a market for myths because people like to have a better world. The following are the 7 Most Common Myths in Life:  Newspaper is about history and not about news at all .  A news is something that is very new and has not been over yet. So all newspapers should be renamed Historypapers because they report what has happened in the past. In fact they are not history but distorted history, for they reflect the views of the people controlling the media.  In Singapore, there is this free newspaper called "TODAY", and this 'newspaper' is definitely not about today and should be renamed 'YESTERDAY'.  On the other hand, what you do now is news because you are in the creation process of creating something new.   Your Bank Savings Account is Actually a Depleting Savings Account .  This is because the very low interest that...