Spiritual Happiness-Oh my MIND

Its Saturday, the 26th Jan 2008 and I am planning to visit Livermore Vishnu temple. As usual waiting for friends while they are getting ready. Since morning these thoughts were keeping me occupied. These two days I was reading Sharon Janis on Spiritual happiness and thought of scribbling something which is going on my mind. Credit of course goes to Sharon.

Many things happened and still are happening to me in my life. Whenever I look back at those events, it only makes me believe that your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

I have a very strong relationship with failures and
disappointments :-) I am always accompanied by these two friends from beginning. I am sure those will be there till death do us apart. But one thing is for sure, everytime I was captivated by either of these friends, I witnessed emergence of a wise and strong person as compared to my former self. The reason, I play a lot with my MIND.

The mind is an amazing instrument. When we truly learn to make use of our mind's potential, it's like having a big power tool that is much faster, easier, and more efficient than doing the same work just by hand. We can struggle and struggle through life to barely get by and make it from one challenge to the next, one disappointment to the next, and one transitory victory to the next; or we can harness the tremendous power of our thoughts and intentions to inspire and empower all of our actions, and to create steady happiness in our lives.
Our minds affect the world around us because thoughts have energy, and this entire universe is made up of energy. Our minds affect the world through our thoughts, feelings, and actions, in obvious and subtle ways. To state it simply: Happy thoughts equal a happy world; sad thoughts equal a sad world. Fearful thoughts equal a fearsome world; angry thoughts equal an angry world. Benevolent thoughts equal a benevolent world; generous thoughts equal a generous world.
What we think literally reflects in the world around us -- not just in some airy-fairy, new-agey way, but because of certain logical, scientific, and philosophical connections that may not be fully described or studied in today's public school classrooms, but which are nevertheless primary elements of this experience called human life.

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends more on the way we meet the events of life, the way we look at those events than on the nature of those events themselves.
Ultimately, our happiness depends not on what we have, but on how we think and feel about what we have. Although this is an obvious fact of life, few people truly harness the power of their minds to practice intentional happiness. Problems in life are unavoidable part of your living. I believe avoiding problems is not a path to happiness, but acknowleding and accepting problems and working your ways throught it with postive attitude is the key which can lead you to a happy and contented life. It will surely enrich a person's life. Once you understand that your mind is the source of happiness, you have an opportunity to consciously take back the reins of your experience of life. You can look at anything that happens, and think, "How can I grow from this? How can I interpret this in a positive way? How can I love, embrace, and make the best of this situation?" You can enjoy the many benefits that come from intelligent, intentional optimism, including the bright and refreshing sun shower of spiritual happiness. With the blessing of your mind, you'll approach life with willingness, inspiration, and joyful ease. Happiness will follow you like a cute little puppy.
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We are good to go now. These ppl are waiting for me and I am going to experince peace, love and happiness at the feet of my BALASAAB, aka Balaji. Livermore, im coming.

Love u all and happiness always.