FROM MY BOOK re: Happiness:
:In his book, Long Time No See, Dr. No-Yong Park
writes, "It is not difficult to find the way to happiness. If you
want to enjoy sunshine, first suffer some rain or snow. If you
want to enjoy a mild spring, first suffer a cold, bleak winter.
If you want to enjoy a good vacation, study and work hard...
and earn it. If you want to enjoy a hearty meal, first work
hard and burn up your energy and grow hungry...."
On the subject of happiness, Dr. Park writes, "Here's a
statement of what a Korean boy thought happiness meant
to him. It appeared in one of Abigail Van Buren's columns.
`Happiness is no longer having to roam the streets of Seoul,
begging for food, sleeping in doorways and under bridges
or being cold, hungry or dirty. Happiness is having an
American believe in me enough to take me in, give me
my first real meal in years, buy my first pair of socks, and
leather shoes, and underwear, and give me a bed where I
could sleep between sheets, let me see my first TV and give
me the first security I have ever known. Happiness means
being adopted and coming to the United States. Happiness
is the opportunity to attend school again for the first time
in three years. Happiness is becoming an American citizen
and making my new parents proud of me.'"
A Positive Daily Attitude
Tomorrow, bright and early, I want you to celebrate this
theme: "It's A Great Day To Be Alive." No matter your age,
think about how great it is to be alive. Think about all the
good things you want to do today.
There's a story about a young man who was deeply
disturbed by the fact that he was not successful. He felt that
his life was worthless, that he was useless and might as well
give up on life now. Someone heard the man's story and
it is said that he asked the man, "If your life is worthless
would you sell your eyesight, while alive, for one million
dollars?" Of course, the man refused and finally realized
that he had so much to be thankful for, that his eyesight
alone was priceless, and that many others were blind. This
man realized through this scenario that he had no right
feeling pity for himself, not with all he had going for him.
I was in Atlantic City a few years ago walking along the
famous boardwalk, breathing in the fresh ocean air. While
walking past all the stores, I came across a woman playing
an electric piano.
She did it in an extraordinary way, without having arms
or legs. She was lying flat on a type of hospital bed and
playing the electric piano with her tongue. Her tongue of
all things!
If I hadn't seen her with my own eyes, I would have
thought she was playing with all ten fingers. I respected her
for her accomplishments, but I felt, too, a sense of guilt for
having ever felt sorry for myself.
Here was a woman with disabilities, confronting me,
with all my latent abilities, and making me question when I
would start applying myself better in life. As people tossed
money in her bucket next to her rolling bed, I thought about
how she faced life and how it was time for me to face life
even better with my arms, legs, and brain intact.
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