Do you want to be happier? Now, many people think they want to be happy. Is it a good thing?

In university class, I often see pictures and videos of poor children. I always think they look positive and have shining eyes and good smiles although they are poor and donft have any toys. Some of them donft have parents. Why are their eyes shining? They look so happy.

After World War II, Japanese people looked for convenience. As a result, many goods and a lot of money were made. We always want things we can see, but we lost a big thing instead. When the Great Japan earthquake happened, I read an article. It said, "For example, French have desire for love. On the other hand, Japanese want money and goods. This earthquake is heaven's judgement from God." I couldn't forget this article. What is the difference between desire for love or money and goods? The difference is between things we can see and things we can't see. Poor children don't have many goods or much money, so they create trust, love, peace, and friendship instead. Things that can't be seen.

There is not one happiness. People have various ideas about happiness. There are many kinds of happiness, but I think many people want money and goods recently. When we seek things we can see, what can we get? When we want things we can see, we will get sadness and emptiness in the end. Things we can see are limited and break easily.

The hurried world makes us forget real happiness without noticing. When we are satisfied, we donft notice that we are happy. We want to be happier. It is difficult to remove goods and money easily. They reduce time to talk with people and hinder building trust, love, and friendship. We are threatened by things we can see and lose feeling. We have a mistaken idea about real happiness all too often.

I want you to think once more. What is real happiness? Now you are alive. You can study. You have friends. You are healthy. You can eat food, and so on. Everything is happy for us. Everyone already has happiness, but we donft realize it. We are blessed with happiness because real happiness is always in front of us. If you look around, there is much happiness. There should never be unhappy people because it is a happy thing to be born in the world. Please be thankful you are here now!!