What are the most important things needed to live a good life?
To live a good life, all you need is the ability to cultivate happiness wherever you are.
Easier said than done. Also, I’m not going to argue that money can’t buy happiness. I think it can to an extent. What I argue is that it isn’t necessary, although it sure makes it easier to focus on nurturing our little happy plants sometimes.
Let me tell you, we have been going through it recently. Just one thing after another. I am not rich. In fact, I am fairly poor. Recently, my family took several huge financial hits. Then, my husband was out making money to help us catch up, and he was robbed of what he had earned. After that, someone broke into my car.
It would be very easy for me to neglect my happiness and allow myself to slip into a state of despair. However, I remain happy.
You see, I’ve been homeless. I’ve slept in the rain. I’ve eaten food out of trash cans. I’ve been looked down upon, treated like garbage by society. I learned how to be happy then, too.
I was happy when I had nothing because I was grateful. I was grateful that I had any food at all. I was grateful when people were kind. And at my lowest, sleeping in the rain, I was grateful because I knew how warm the sunshine would feel the next morning.
Everyday Immortal 