We all have different meaning for
happiness. We all can experience happiness
in different ways, according to everyone’s circumstances. I have met random
people in my life who didn’t help but leave me still confused on the clear
definition of happiness. We are struggling for it to the extent that some do
pretend to actually own it but wait is it so! Is that even happiness?
I thought happiness is guaranteed to the rich people until I met
Mr John. Why was he so sad? Was it that having plenty of money was not enough to
buy him happiness? And then I figured out that, regardless of the money he had,
but his life was full of commotions, no good relationship with his relatives, neighbors,
friends and even workmates.
I was further confused after
meeting Miss Candy, she was very intelligent and educated more than all
intellectual ladies that I’ve ever met. Well, she had an ability of assisting people’s
problems by bringing strategies on how to deal with them, but why then was she
always going to see a psychiatrist? Why did she seem to be so down and
depressed? Was her education and wisdom not enough for her to be happy? And
then I recalled, “THE MONK WHO SOLD HIS FERRARI”, was a type of person as Candy.
She was over working to the extent that no time was left to rest and enjoy the
little she had.
Maybe I was all wrong, and I
thought perhaps servants of God are the
happiest people. Through laughter, charming and joyful speeches in front of
congregation Pastor Kiyumbi seemed happy and enthusiast. He inspired me to be a
pastor . Unfortunately, one day I was passing near his home and find him in chaos
with his wife. I was in awe! After hearing that, the source of all that was
pastor’s wife tendency of cheating with little street boys, so presumably even
Pastor was not happy? Huh!
What about Mr Hamza, the wisest of
all old men in our village, advisor of the village committee, the guy who used
to gather youths and preach good manners. Among of top rich people in our
society with big herd of cattle and couple of flocks. I was shocked after
receiving the news that he was caught stealing other people’s properties in our
neighbor village. So, all those he had was not super enough for making him
happy?
‘Maybe sexual desires make us sad‘
was another thought that spiked in my mind. Yes, I was single and lonely and
worse enough I was in a peak of my adolescence. My hypothesis went to the
higher percentage of being true after meeting Alhaj Majogoro, Sheikh of
Regional Mosque with four wives. Whose life was fascinating and of anyone’s
dream, he seemed full of joy and I thought those four fat women in different
houses were the source of all that. Well, I personally caught him awith another
woman (concubine) in Maua Lodge and since then, I lost my hope as even four
women weren’t satisfactory for someone to be happy. Teeh! This reminded me of
Mwana Fa’s hit “Alikufa kwa Ngoma”.
Then, I recalled
from years back, when a person who was muscular and strong was the one who seemed
superior than others, think of Shaka of the Zulu Empire. We are now in the
world that a person with money and wealthy than others is most superior, think
of Bill Gates. I am trying to imagine where the world is heading, people are struggling
for personal happiness, so I get worried that it will come a season in which a
person with more happiness will be a superior of all people. (But, Bill Gate
aint the happiest person yet, or is he!)
There are
two things which most of us don’t understand. “We are struggling for happiness
and not for contentment”. You can fake happiness but not contentment, happiness
is granted but contentment is created within a person (him/herself).
Contentment means you are the source of your own happiness. You can create your
happiness and enjoy it. Be satisfactory of who you are, what you get and
plan for your better self and compete with your former self for happiness.
Thank you!
I will be pleased if you will leave a comment and a message as reading from you
always cheers my day.
4 Comments
Imagine Kiyumbi is a Pastor in here... The world has came to an end wallahi
ReplyDeleteHappiness is a choice
ReplyDeletehappiness is not only a choice,you can choose to be happy but some obstacles comes around and are inevitable
ReplyDeleteYou can have your own happiness when you stop comparing yourself with other people..
ReplyDelete