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LIFE’S JOURNEYS BY MELODY GARCIA

THE HAPPINESS FORMULA

by Anil Gupta

ORLANDO, FLORIDA gave me hope. Hope in a way that would take me along a
more fulfilling journey.
e have been taught many formulas As I gave more, it was like a drug and it became addictive.
at school, (Newtons laws of motions Then another wonderful thing happened, as I gave and
, Pythagorean theorem, Einstein’s gave.. I became more grateful. I would look at my hands,
theory of relatively, and many and thank them for all the great things they have done for
Wothers… but we have never been me, the kindness they had given, the gentleness they had
given a formula for happiness. experienced, the children they had carried and the hugs
I stumbled upon this formula by accident, and through they had given. This feeling too, gave me hope… which
painful adversity that I experienced in 2008. As you know, compounded the feeling generated by the giving. This
this was the time of the Global Financial Crisis… All my awareness felt great and I realized that the awareness had
savings, investments, income, stocks and shares and equity brought some clarity, which in turn, had brought some focus,
in my house were decimated. To a point which led me to the which in turn, brought some action, which in turn, created
thoughts of suicide. It was a time that was very hard indeed results… Leading to momentum. I had not felt this way for
for myself and my family. The one thing that was immensely many years and I started to analyze why I was feeling this
helpful was the art of giving. What this means, there is a way. I knew I had given, I knew I was grateful… but there
way to give, and it is an art. And in the moment you give was something else. What am I missing.. It was then that
authentically, all the pains and suffering completely stops… I had realized I had grown. Emotionally… Physically…
and you are filled with a feeling of peace and joy. This feeling Spiritually and mentally…. That’s when I said to myself, what
was something i had not experienced in a long time and it a great formula. That stuck in my head for a few days. Then

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