Yes, I’d buy into the oft-quoted cliché that “happiness is relative.” This is true, because happiness is apportioned subjectively to everyone; because happiness isn’t found outside but from within; because happiness is a personal choice; because, like beauty which lies in the eyes of the beholder, happiness resides in the heart of the rejoicer
 


Being Happy Is Constantly Striving But Always Contented

The road to success requires vision, positive attitude, hard work and sacrifice. Dreams and positive thinking are not enough; without hard work and sacrifice, they are pointless.

Aim Not Just For Success But For Significance In What You Do

Not only that some modern thinkers and scientists are taking seriously the simulation theory, but also a good number of them truly believe that indeed we are all living inside a simulated reality and that everything around us is nothing more than lines of advanced computer codes.

Simulation And Consciousness Versus Free Will

Which comes first? Happiness or gratitude? Does happiness make us grateful? Or does gratitude make us happy?

Is happiness getting what we want? Or being grateful for what we have?

Here’s a quite poignant yet fascinating story I’ve stumbled on social media:

Our mom or dad is the only one we’ve got

Who doesn’t remember the highly-acclaimed 1999 blockbuster movie, “The Matrix?”  The movie depicts a dystopian future in which humanity is unknowingly trapped inside a simulated reality, called the Matrix, which intelligent machines have created to distract humans while using their bodies as an energy source. Computer programmer Thomas Anderson (played by actor Keanu Reeves), under hacker alias “Neo,” uncovers the truth and he is drawn into a rebellion against the machines.

Is Our Universe Simulated Or Fake?

The senior age benchmark is 60 – which I just reached some four months ago. Verily so, I’m just starting the second half of my life.

Being happier in the second half of life

Is there a way, somehow, to reconcile Nietzsche’s philosophy of suffering with the Christian theological perspective?

The Meaningfulness of Suffering

Can hope remain meaningful even in the seeming “absence” of God?

Marxist Ernst Bloch On The Meaningfulness Of Hope

            Yes, this May 9, I and my wife will cast our votes for our favored candidates of this year’s national elections.

I And My Wife To Vote For Each Other On May 9

The Inspired & Blessed column by OpinYon News columnnist, Bob Acebedo.

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