Only Happiness and Peace | In Pursuit

One's happiness must be obtained from a sufficiency. then from this sufficiency we will get a happiness. the type of sufficiency of a person can vary, one of them is money, a good and healthy life, a good relationship with our Creator and getting everything we want. I really believe and believe, we will definitely pursue all of this. however, if we have got it all, without happiness and serenity, we will not enjoy anything from what we pursue and we get. For example, we are chasing wealth and if that wealth is without happiness and peace, we can be sure that the wealth we get will be ready and useless. like the second topic this week which discusses In Pursuit, if our pursuit is without happiness and serenity then we can be sure it will all be in vain and useless.

In our lives there must be something that we always pursue, whether it's money, rank, position, good relationship with the creator, good relationship with family and friends and so on whose core and purpose is only for the sake of a need in our lives. most of what we pursue in this life is a necessity of life. besides the time we use to rest. However, if we already have everything will we be satisfied with what we are pursuing? definitely not. because all the passions we pursue have no limits. For example, if we used to just walk, we would want to have a bicycle. if we already have a bicycle, of course we want to have a motorcycle. if we already have a motorcycle, of course we want a car and we will continue to want to have something without limits and without stopping. but that's the passion in our life. if we pursue a lust we will certainly not get the end of our will. I remembered a word from my teacher, namely (a person who pursues lust is like a person who is drying up the ocean. And a drained ocean will not dry up forever) but that is the parable of a lust. the more we chase the more we have no end.

But how to be calm with what we are pursuing in a life? the answer is to be grateful, enough of something, and calm about the results we get. Why is that ? because a lust must be controlled with a sufficiency and in the hands of sure happiness will come by itself. such as an example of a family that already has a mini bus that is comfortable to drive. if the family is grateful for the car and enjoys driving the car, they will definitely feel enough and don't want to buy another luxury car and he feels happy about the sufficiency that he has. but if he wants a luxury car then he will always feel uncomfortable with the car he has and happiness will escape him because he is not grateful to have something even though that is what he needs. like another example of a rich person who has a lot of money. if the money is the result of corruption or debt and deceiving others, it is certain that every day he will be haunted by the money, property, and wealth that he has. but if we have a lot of money from hard work and comes from clean wealth, then hands and happiness will surely come by itself.

the point is to be grateful, enough of something, and calm about the results we get. then it can be believed that true true happiness will come naturally in our lives both now and in the future