Happiness number 0

Not long ago, a video clip of actor Truong Giang's words at Puka - Gin Tuan Kiet's wedding went viral on social networks. He said:“Many people think happiness is having a house, a car, money, fame... But for me happiness lies in the word“Are not”.It is no disaster, no noise, no illness, no quarrel, no pain. The self“cohis for people to look at, but the words“Are not”belong to me. Truong Giang and many other brothers and sisters who have families sitting here, there are only 3 things to keep family happiness, which are listening, sharing and forgiving.”.

Truong Giang's statement received the agreement of many netizens. In the comment section on forums, there were people who expressed their appreciation for the male artist's concept of happiness, saying that not only Puka - Gin Tuan Kiet but anyone who heard this would feel "absorbed" in every word.

Happiness lies in the word “no”, it sounds light as a feather but to keep my mind believing in it, to practice it is not easy. For many years of my youth, I worked hard, from main job to side job, to earn money. The motivation and also the destination that kept me awake all night long, even when I went to the hospital to get an IV, I had one hand inserting a needle, the other typing on the keyboard, because I wanted to become rich. I believed that when I had money, a lot of money, I could get whatever I wanted, own everything I liked, live comfortably and freely, not depending on anyone. I worked hard like that for nearly ten years, but the numbers in my account, a house and a car were still not enough to make me feel secure, I kept feeling that it was still too little, too lacking, I needed more, more. But how much more was enough?

One day I realized that the desire to possess is an endless balloon, we inflate it with so many jealousies in life, and then when we look back, we are actually empty-handed. The house and car are under our name, but when we die, they belong to someone else; we cannot take money with us on the long journey to the other side of life. We think we own them but in fact we do not, what we truly own is just the feeling of owning them, but that feeling is illusory and unreal. We have them but we lose them, after all, what we have are the immaterial things, which cannot be touched or held but are the most stable in us. That is the spiritual experience in every moment we live: love, hate, anger, resentment, tolerance, forgiveness, happiness, gratitude...

Truong Giang is right. Happiness is “no disaster, no noise, no illness, no quarrels, no pain. What you “have” is for people to look at, but what you “don’t” belongs to you.” What you “have” is something external, something you display mainly for people to look at and admire; but what you “don’t” is what is truly necessary for your life.

Saying that does not mean living without needing money, on the contrary, it is very necessary, but that need is harmonized with the idea of ​​knowing enough, will not take over the whole body and mind. We are not slaves of money, but the masters of it. When we are the masters, we do not suffer, feel sad or feel inferior because we compare ourselves with others who have less money; nor do we go crazy to earn money to stuff ourselves with, but know how to use just enough money to live comfortably, accepting that sometimes there will be hardships and shortages, because how much is enough?

There are people who live their whole lives and still find it difficult to understand the words "yes" and "no". Sometimes "yes" becomes "no" in an unfathomable lightness, "no" becomes "yes" suddenly and unexpectedly. Money goes hand in hand with silver, as our ancestors taught us. No matter how much money you have, if you don't know how to balance it, when disaster strikes, it's like having nothing. Having money, lots of money, is really nice, but it easily takes us away, so that we think we own it, but in fact it owns us, controls us, we are completely dependent on it. We are happy or sad because of money, miserable and miserable because of money, losing ourselves and our families because of money. Therefore, "yes" is also necessary, but more necessary is "no" - as Truong Giang's concept, thinking carefully also has many good things.