Kenneth Maswabi
World Happiness Report
It is a beautiful world
Everyone in the world is happy about
their well being
That is the World Happiness Report today
This version of the report will never see
the light of day
As long as humanity is surrounded by
selfishness, greed and hatred
Earth is a big and beautiful place that
can feed, dress and make us all merry
But the mind of Man is a hostile place
with competing interests
On one lobe, we have the ethical
boundaries that guide us to do good
And on the other, we have socioeconomic
forces that make us clash with each other
It is almost impossible to find common
ground
Individualism, competition and capitalism
are some of the forces of unhappiness
That have driven humanity to the verge of
depression and suicidal ideations (nuclear holocaust)
Expectations, timelines and busy
schedules are all sources of unhappiness
The narrow definition of success has
truly pushed us into a corner
The need to acquire material possessions
has been put on top of the list of our priorities
Resulting in a life of toil, turmoil and
distress (uncertainty)
What really went wrong in our formula for
success and happiness?
Did our mathematicians get it all wrong?
Happiness is not a physical state
It is a spiritual state of being that is
not governed by any physical laws
It is neither material possessions nor
poverty that drives the sense of happiness
Happiness is an element of consciousness
To be truly happy one needs to undress
their consciousness
And address the elephant in the room
We need to awaken the spirit within
In order to liberate ourselves from a
life of unhappiness
We need to reject the world of
uncertainty
And dress ourselves with the particles of
the illuminated Light (faith, hope and Love)
We need to submit ourselves to the wisdom
within
And be filled with the everlasting
awareness
True and lasting happiness stems from the
bowl of nothingness
A life of surrender (emptiness) and
unconditional Love
One for all, and all for one
©Kenneth Maswabi
