It’s a story about a king that want to feel sad, when he’s happy and to feel happy when he’s sad. All the wise men in that kingdom gathers in a meeting and agrees to make a simple gold ring for the king with a little saying engraved on it.

It says, “This will pass.”

When you are beaten and defeated, this will pass.
When you are victorious, this too will pass.
When you meet your lover for the first time and feel happy, this will pass.
When your heart is broken because your lover left, this too will pass.

You can use the ring only when you feel sad, and never to look at it when you’re happy, or you can keep yourself in balance by looking at that ring at both times.

It’s your choice.

I’ve read about happiness almost everywhere in blogosphere. It’s all positive, cheerful, and full of optimism. But is there any side effect when you’re constantly happy? I think so.

1. You cannot enjoy most of popular songs anymore, because basically artists are miserable people. Yeah, you hear about betrayals, goodbyes, unrequited love, and no matter that you do, you feel disconnected from that song. Your favorite song is now Macarena and you dance stupidly following that song.
2. You’ll be considered naïve. People will look at you and comment, “Get real. Don’t be naïve. The world is full of misery. You need stuffs. You need love. You can’t be happy when you’re not rich, etc.”
3. You’re not sincere. Although you’re aware and concern about the problems of the world, just because you’re happy (concern usually corelated with sadness), you don’t think of the problems seriously.
4. You’re guilty of making other people looks shallow. When you say that you’re happy and you don’t need any love and stuff, you make other people look bad and shallow from wanting those and not happy.

Be happy anyway.