Does Happiness Come in Threes

I got to read this somewhere as when i was searching for the meaningful life. When we think our life is on a downward slope we often regard ourselves as a victim of it. We act as if happiness is somewhere out there, and react as if we are at the mercy of our circumstances.With this perspective we experience one rough spot after another. Some of us manage to deflect despair by employing the old belief that things come in 'threes' Our solution is that if we can maneuver through the succession of mishaps, our luck is sure to turn around.There is little truth to this superstition. However there may be some value in the theory of 'threes' that can be applied to durable happiness and help us to be more than merely a victim of our circumstances.

There are three facets to happiness:

1. The Pleasurable Life - Happiness and positive emotion derived from material things and conveniences.

Although these types of pleasures are enjoyable, alone they offer a sense of fulfillment that is often fleeting, leaving us wanting more.

2. The Good Life - Happiness generated by a sense of engagement, passion, and flow inspiring us to work hard for a particular cause that leads us to deep satisfaction from a hard-earned goal.

3. The Meaningful Life - Happiness built upon positive core values and a sense of purpose that supports the common good and where joy is accessible regardless of circumstances.

Durable happiness is ours when we balance these facets. The keys that assist us in creating this balance come in another set of 'threes':

1. Choice

The first key is to know that we are not victims of life and can choose where we place our focus. We may not always be able control our circumstances, but we always have control over how we view them.

2. Accountability

The second key is to be accountable by having our words, actions and intentions match. This means that we must get clear about our own definition for success, our own values, and our own self-worth before we balance them with the expectations of others.

3. Response - ability

The third key is one's ability to respond rather than react to life's challenges. It is our responsibility to develop

compassion, patience, forgiveness, and acceptance to live a more meaningful life.

Simple reminders come in 'threes', also, to help us apply what we have discovered about authentic happiness:
1. Focus on what's working in your life rather than what is not, empowered by knowing you have a choice.

2. Make it a point to love yourself as much as you love others, knowing that to be authentic you cannot give from an empty cup.

3. Use gratitude as your antidote for worry as you count your blessings often, trusting that love is the answer to every question.

Life is not by luck or by chance, you are not a victim of your circumstances and the best things in life aren't things. Happiness is yours not only when you reach a specific destination or goal.

It is durable through a three-fold journey of pleasure, flow and meaning. The choice is yours to savor it every step of the way.

लोकतंत्र का मज़ाक

भारत एक लोकतान्त्रिक देश है, सुना तो यही है और पढ़ा भी यही है, लेकिन अब यहाँ तानाशाह राज करते हैं जो की सिर्फ अपना एक छत्र राज चलाना चाहते हैं, आज वो कहते हैं की हमारी सुनो और वही करो जो हम कहते हैं और अगर किसी ने भी हमारे खिलाफ कुछ भी बोलने की या लिखने की कोशिश की तो या तो हम उनको रात को डंडे मारेंगे या फिर उन पर इनकम टॅक्स वालों को छोड़ देंगे, ओर इनकम टॅक्स तो हमारे पास वो हथियार है की अगर उसका नोटीस किसी पेड़ पेर लगा दिया जाए तो वो भी सूख जाए, लोग वही हैं पेर अब वो सरकार के लिए काँटा हो गये हैं, आज अचानक उनके खिलाफ भरस्ताचार के मामले भी अचानक ढूँडने पड़ गये ओर इनकम टॅक्स के भी, अभी तो शायद सरकार को कुछ ओर भी याद आ जाए, शायद सरकार अभी उन सभी लोगों के खिलाफ भी कुछ ढूंदेगी जो लाखों की संख्या मैं राम लीला मैदान मैं आए थे एक अकचे भविष्या की कामना से ओर जो चाहते थे एक सुखद भविष्या ओर समरध भारत, सरकार के पास कुछ जोकर हैं जिनको वो आगे कर देते हैं ताकि अगर उनके कहे किसी बयान पर कोई आपत्ति हो तो वो भी हंस कर टाल दिया जाए ओर अगर उनका कहा चल जाए तो वही जोकर तुरुप का पत्ता बन जाए, आज अन्ना की टीम का हेर वो सदस्या जो किसी भी प्रकार से सामने था आज किसी ना किसी क़ानूनी प्रक्रिया का सामना कर रहा है, ओर ये सब किसी अच्छे तानाशाह की तरह हेर वो दाव अपना रहे हैं जो उनके पास है, लेकिन आज हमने सीखा है की कैसे अहिंसा से किसी भी बड़ी से बड़ी तानाशाही से लड़ा जा सकता है, आज हम एक सुंदर भविष्या की कल्पना कर रहे हैं ओर अपने बचों को एक अछा भारत देना चाहते हैं ओर उसके लिए हम दिन रात इतनी मेहनत करते हैं तो ये अहिंसा का रास्ता अपना कर भी हम उसी भविष्या को साकार कर सकते हैं, सरकार को सोचना चाहिए की वो भी इस्मे अपना योगदान दे ये सभी के हित मैं हैं... 

Interesting Facts about Anna Hazare's Life History and Campaigns / Movements

After all this drama going on the lokpal and janlokpal by the government to befool the people of this country now they are trying to be a dictator who is by our mistake had been choosen by us not to represent the voice of the people of this country but to rule this country as a dictator, yes i agree it was our own mistake to choose such idiots who themselves dont know the constitution and asks team Anna for the provisions for the amendments, they dont even care for the dignity of the sansad themselves and expecting us to respect them, The law minister Mr salman Khurshid even during the pak time of ramzaan is telling lies and befooling the people n trying to show his ignorance, neglecting this national issue. 

Gandhi, after the freedom of india had said that we should dessolve the congress party for the benefit of this nation now, otherwise we wont be having the future of india as we want.

These leaders are so pathetic that they just for the sake of themselves and as they just dont want to loose the opportunity to eat this country are trying to avoid this law. the joint meeting of all the parties was just an eyewash otherwise they all the same, why should a man hit an axe on his own foot? the law has been amended so may times for the sake of big corporate houses, the bill to raise the saleries of the mp's was passed in seconds, but they have the objection on this bill. if the prime minister and the judiciery comes under the Income tax departments and the cbi then why not under lokpal? and if the lower administration will not be under lokpal then where would a common man go, as we as the mass society is hit by the corruption, they raised the questions about team Anna's qualifications, did any of them can compare to them, they put on alegations on Anna, did they know the facts about him? but everybody knows about them and what they want.

I'll tell you something about anna here...

From a tenacious soldier to a social reformer, and a right to information crusader, Anna Hazare’s journey of four decades has been unprecedented in terms of a non-violent yet effective campaign of resurrecting a barren village into an `ideal village model and empowering the faceless citizen through pioneering work on Right to Information. His efforts to empower grampanchayats, protect efficient government officers from frequent transfers and fight against the red tapism in government offices have also received accolades.
Anna Hazare started a new venture in 1991 called Bhrashtachar Virodhi Jan Aandolan (BVJA) or public movement against corruption. It was found that some 42 forest officers had duped the state government for crores of rupees through corruption in confederacy. Hazare submitted the evidences to the government but the latter was reluctant to take action against all these officers as one of the ministers of the ruling party was involved in the scam. A distressed Hazare returned the Padmashree Award to the President of India and also returned the Vriksha Mitra Award given by then prime minister of India Rajiv Gandhi. He further went on an indefinite hunger strike in Alandi on the same issue. Finally, the government woke up from deep slumber and took action against the culprits. Hazare’s sustained campaign on this issue had a great effect - six of the ministers were forced to resign and more than 400 officers from different government offices were sent back to home.Hazare realized that it was not enough to merely take action against fraudulent ministers or officers but to change the entire system that was studded with loopholes. Hence, he campaigned for the Right to Information Act. The state government turned a blind eye towards the pleas in this regard and so he first agitated in the historical Azad Maidan in Mumbai in the year 1997. To create mass public awareness about RTI amongst the youth, Hazare traveled extensively throughout the state. The government kept promising that RTI Act would be made but never raised this issue in the house or the state assembly. Hazare did not relent ?he agitated at least ten times.Finally, again he went on an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan in the last week of July 2003. At last, the President of India signed the draft of the Right to Information Act after his 12-day-long hunger strike and ordered the state government to implement it with effect from 2002. The same draft was considered as the base document for the making of the National Right to Information Act-2005.
After the implementation of the RTI Act-2005, Hazare travelled for more than 12,000 Kms across the state creating awareness about the Act. In the second phase, he interacted with more than one lakh college students and also conducted mass public meetings across 24 districts of the state. The third phase included daily 2-3 public meetings in more than 155 tehsil places. In this massive campaign, posters, banners were displayed and more than one lakh booklets of the provisions of the Act were distributed at a nominal price.
This created enough of awareness and people were educated on the issue of rights of citizens.
Hazare deservedly won the coveted Padmashree and then Padmabhushan. Care International of the USA, Transparency International, Seoul (South Korea) also felicitated him. Apart from this, he received awards worth Rs 25 lakh and donated the entire amount for the Swami Vivekananda Kritadnyata Nidhi (social gratitude fund). Out of the two lakh rupees received from the above amount, mass marriages are carried of at least 25-30 poor couples every year.The state government promoted opening of cooperative societies, credit societies & urban banks. Believing in the principles of cooperative sector, the utmost lower class of the society invested their savings with such cooperative societies. However, the directors of such societies devoured the money and failed to pay back the basic amount to the members of the societies. This created havoc and people were duped for crores of rupees and did not have money for the marriages of their daughters or for medical treatment. Hazare agitated for over eight months. The result was that more than Rs 125 crore was recovered from defaulters and the members of such societies heaved a sigh of relief. Recovery of around Rs. 400 crores is in the pipeline.He once contemplated suicide and even wrote a two-page essay on why he wanted to end his life. Anna Hazare was not driven to such a pass by circumstances. He wanted to live no more because he was frustrated with life and wanted an answer to the purpose of human existence.The story goes that one day at the New Delhi Railway Station, he chanced upon a book on Swami Vivekananda. Drawn by Vivekananda's photograph, he is quoted as saying that he read the book and found his answer - that the motive of his life lay in service to his fellow humans.
Anna Hazare has has fought quite a number of battles, including some as a soldier for 15 years in Indian Army. He enlisted after the 1962 Indo-China war when the government exhorted young men to join the Army.In 1978, he took voluntary retirement from the 9th Maratha Battalion and returned home to Ralegaon Siddhi, a village in Maharashtra's drought-prone Ahmadnagar. He was 39 years old.
Maharashtra stalwarts like Sharad Pawar and Bal Thackeray have often called his style of agitation nothing short of "blackmail".In 1995-96, he forced the Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra to drop two corrupt Cabinet Ministers. In 2003, he forced the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) state government to set up an investigation against four ministers.
In April this year, four days of fasting brought thousands of people out in support of his crusade against corruption. They also made the government realise it could not be dismissive about Anna Hazare and his mass appeal.  The truce of April was short-lived. An exercise to set up a joint committee made up of equal numbers of government representatives and civil society activists, including Anna Hazare came to naught when the two sides failed to agree and drafted two different Lok Pal Bills. The government has brought its version in Parliament and Team Anna is livid. 
He fought from the front to have Right to Information (RTI) implemented. He is now fighting for the implementation of the Jan Lokpal Bill, the anti-corruption bill drafted by his team of crusaders.
This year, more than 30 years after Anna Hazare started his crusade, as the 74-year-old plans a second hunger strike in Delhi against large-scale corruption at the national level. Nothing really has changed except the scale of his battle.

did anybody from Kapil sibbal, manish tiwari, salman khurshid, pranab mukharjee, sandep dixhit, chidambaram have the guts to do this for civil societies...

GOD SAVE THE NATION AND ANNA

Original Full National Anthem Jana Gana Mana in 39 voices

Anna's Pre Arrest speech