'We can travel a long way and do many things, but our deepest happiness is not born from accumulating new experiences. it is born from letting go of what is unnecessary, and knowing ourselves to be always at home.'
This morning I sat down and thought of all the things that I have learnt in the past four weeks. Besides patience, the one thing that kept coming back to me was happiness.
Cambodian people are the happiest people that I have ever met. Most of them wake up every day not knowing if they can afford to eat. They live in huts where families of eight sleep side by side on the floor. Besides arranged marriages, relationships rarely exist and touching each other in public is seen as highly inappropriate. Every meal consists of rice, fish and vegetables, every single day. The working week is Monday to Sunday, there's no such thing as a weekend or holiday. So what is it that makes them so happy?
It isn't about having new experiences, big houses, or lots of money. Happiness is knowing that where ever you are, you are home. Once you stop trying to find happiness, you will realise that you've already got it.
Happiness isn't a thing, happiness is you.
Happiness isn't a thing, happiness is you.
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