About 10 years back I had a conversation with one of my friends about what gives happiness. She was saying that happiness is in very small everyday things, I was saying that happiness comes with understanding the purpose and meaning of life. Now after 10 years I tend to agree that happiness is indeed in the everyday small things. There is a certain joy in giving and making a difference to someone's life.
There is a certain amount of joy in knowing that you have made a difference to this world. It is a great feeling. One of the senior execs in one of the companies I worked for use to emphasize the need for providing meaningful work. Management books all over make a strong case for connecting each employees work to the mission/vision of the company. Last week I felt the joy of being part of something. I had donated some money to build a home for the under privileged kids and I was there for the opening of the building. The joy it gives to be part of something that made a difference. It made me ponder about how we spend our entire life on things that hardly make any difference to any one.
There is a certain amount of joy in knowing that you have made a difference to this world. It is a great feeling. One of the senior execs in one of the companies I worked for use to emphasize the need for providing meaningful work. Management books all over make a strong case for connecting each employees work to the mission/vision of the company. Last week I felt the joy of being part of something. I had donated some money to build a home for the under privileged kids and I was there for the opening of the building. The joy it gives to be part of something that made a difference. It made me ponder about how we spend our entire life on things that hardly make any difference to any one.
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