Do you know that the World Health Organization morbidly predicted that by the year 2020, the second most common cause of death in the world is depression?

Scary isn’t?

I am wondering how can depression kill. Suicide, I assume. Why is it that the feeling of intense sadness has the capacity to end one’s life? That’s too bad.

People can choose to be happy. Although sometimes, unfortunate events or situations happens and cannot be avoided.

A path to happiness has been debated for time immemorial. Philosophers like Epicurus and Aristotle argued how happiness can be attained. Epicurus said that the cause of happiness is pleasure and therefore should be prioritized but Aristotle said otherwise. He believed that pleasure should never be equated with happiness because if it is nothing more than pleasure, we will be slaves to our desires. He got a point there but it is still confusing.

Anyway, Buddha, got a different point of view. For him, happiness can be gained if we realize we are miserable; that we suffer. He want to pinpoint the problem first before applying the solution. Wonderful.

Choosing to be happy is a easy choice but very hard to accomplish. It is not just a pill we need to take but a lot of things need to be changed: attitude, view in life, personality.

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Have a nice day!