A Quote by Ayya Khema
A truly happy person is someone who is joyfully independent of outer conditions.
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The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs.
The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy. They are more: they are the best basis of public liberty, and the strongest bulwark of public safety. It follows, that the greater the proportion of this class to the whole society, the more free, the more independent, and the more happy must be the society itself.
They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.
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Confusion conditions activity, which conditions consciousness, which conditions embodied personality, which conditions sensory experiences, which conditions impact, which conditions mood, which conditions craving, which conditions clinging, which conditions becoming, which conditions birth, which conditions aging and death.
Who is ready to be a truly independent representative of Minnesota? Who is free of entangling alliances and big money that allows them to represent? What do we need -- that sort of person who can truly independently represent Minnesota, or something else?.
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There is little sense in attempting to change external conditions, you must first change inner beliefs, then outer conditions will change accordingly.
Be independent and don't try to think someone is going to save you or look to someone else to make you happy or look to someone else to complete you.
There is only one person who can ever know exactly what you want and truly make you happy - that person is you!
What would you be like if you were the only person in the world? If you want to be truly happy you must be that person.
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I am sorry about the person who is not truly excited about his job. He will not only never truly be happy there, but he won't achieve anything great.
Back in the '80s, if someone's happy, someone's doing well, someone's getting hardships, you cheered for that person.
***Three Conditions of Happiness*** If you have work to do If you have someone you love If You have hope Then You are Happy now!
