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Happiness poems




All poetry by Sri Chinmoy.

The majority of these poems have been taken from Sri Chinmoy's poetry series Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees and Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants.



HAPPINESS

May our heart's
Morning happiness
Brighten our entire day.


Try with your heart's smile-power
To change the world.
You will succeed.


Be happy!
Be happy in the morning with what
You have.
Be happy in the evening with what
You are.


If I have just one aim,
And if that aim is to be myself,
Then I am bound to discover joy,
True joy, eternal joy.


True inner joy is self-created.
It does not depend on outer circumstances
Or outer achievements.


Do you want to be happy?
Learn the beautiful art
Of self-encouragement.


There is no magical power
As beautiful, powerful and inspiring
As our smiling eyes.


Just one smile
Immensely increases the beauty
Of the universe.


It is impossible for me to separate
My heart's happiness
From my life's progress.


Happiness is
The heart's great contribution
To life.


My heart's inner happiness
Can easily dispel the heaviness
Of my life's outer burdens.


Do not compare
If you want to be happy.
Do not blame
If you want to be happy.


If you cannot carry
Your inner happiness everywhere,
Your outer life will remain
Terribly unbalanced.


Happiness is not
A matter of chance.
We must cultivate happiness
By virtue of our prayers
And meditations.


Judge nothing
You will be happy.
Forgive everything
You will be happier.
Love everything
You will be the happiest.


Happiness
Is of supreme importance.
When I am really happy,
I have no time
To find fault in others.


You are not happy
And you will never be happy
Because you do not lose yourself,
Enough to find yourself,
I mean your true Self.


Happiness
Will follow you
If your heart remains
Undisturbed by trifles.


You can be aware of
Your inner progress
By observing the happiness
Inside you.


Happiness is our birthright
We just have to believe it.


Happiness
Is our heart's perpetual journey,
And not a remote destination.


Do you want to know
Something incredible
But absolutely true?
The heart of the universe
Is your soulful smile.


Do you want to be happy?
The give your life a new chance.


Be happy!
You will get what you like most.
You will be what you like best.


A cheerful mind
Has always been a perfect guide
To a healthy body.


Wherever you go,
Carry happiness with you.


He is happy,
Because every day he tries to do
And actually does
A little more than he thinks he can.


If you want to choose happiness
In life,
Then choose willingness first.
Happiness will automatically follow.


My cheerful mind
Can elevate and even transform
Other's lives.


Happiness in cheerful self-giving
Is beyond compare.


Perfect happiness
Is
Enthusiasm minus
Expectation.


Man can be happy and safe
Only when the heart feels faster
Than the mind thinks.


When we are cheerfulness within,
We are willingness without.


Every day
There is only one thing to learn,
How to be honestly happy.


Just give a little smile
It will enrich you
And not hurt you.


May my life be
An ever-flowing
Enthusiasm-river.


No other joy
Is as meaningful and powerful
As self-giving joy.


Every day
You can inspire others
Through your sincere concern
For humanity's happiness
And progress.


Since the beginning of creation
Self-giving and happiness
Have been oneness-friends.


Do you want to be happy,
Learn the beautiful art
Of self-encouragement.


Just one smile
From my gratitude-heart
Immensely increases
The beauty of the universe.


True humility means
Giving joy to others.


Enthusiasm
Rules the inner world.
Determination
Rules the outer world.
Therefore
Happiness has become
His real name.


The source of our smile
Is
God's signature.


Be soulful, be cheerful
And always say, "yes"
To your heart's inner life.
Then yours will be
The joy unparalleled


Sleepless happiness
Brightens and enlightens
My earth-journey.


I smile
Because my heart
Secretly whispers.


Of all the medicines
In the inner life,
A smile is by far
The best medicine.


It is always better
To enjoy mighty laughter
Than to burst into
Helpless tears.


Each human being must realise
That this world needs only smiles
And not frowns from him.


Happiness
Is an inner journey
From one world to another.


My smiles conceal
The human in me.
My tears reveal
The divine in me.


The soul's philosophy is:
Give happiness constantly,
Give happiness unreservedly,
Give happiness unconditionally.


The beauty of my outer smile
Entirely depends on
The fragrance of my inner faith.


I have made my life
Happy and peaceful
By expecting the unexpected.


Selflessness means
That the breath of happiness
Is here
And the life of happiness
Is now.


How can you be happy?
Only give and give and give,
Lovingly, soulfully, sleeplessly
And breathlessly.


May my life's last smile
Be as pure
As my life's first cry was.


Do you want to be happy,
Really happy?
The just think
Of your outer life less,
A little less,
And live more,
A little more,
In your inner life.


If you want to remain happy,
Always follow the starlit footsteps
Of your soul.


The day I forget to smile,
I deplorably fail in everything
That I do and say.


The happiness of the soul
Eventually conquers
And transforms
The sadness of the heart.


Each good thought
Can be not only the beginning
But also the continuation of joy.


How to achieve happiness?
Not by giving, not by talking,
But by being.


The joy
A self-giving heart embodies
Can never be matched.


Have a heart-smile!
Your smile is the power
Of your outer success.
Your smile is the Light
Of your inner progress.


If happiness exists on earth
Then it will be found
Only in one divine virtue;
Forgiveness.


What I need
Is an outer rainbow-smile
Of inner delight.


We need the peace-happiness
That defies all the divisions
Of our mind.

How can anybody be happy
Without having
A progress-dream-life.


Each happy day
I take wholeheartedly
As the happiest day in my life
Until I am blessed
With another happy day.


Bring your heart's inner happiness
Into your mind,
In the twinkling of an eye
You will be inundated
With inspiration.


When you feel inside
A kind of cheerful joy,
That joy is the expression
Of your heart's gratitude.


My heart's gratitude-smile
Is the only thing that Heaven
Smilingly allows me to take with me
On my way to the higher worlds.


Where is my happiness?
It is inside my peace
And nowhere else.


You can generate joy
Only through
Your heart's openness
And your soul's oneness.


Because he is his heart's
Ceaseless silence,
He is also his life's
Endless joy.


Smile!
It will bring you out of the prison
Of wasted thoughts.


To keep your inner newness
And freshness,
You need only one quality:
Cheerfulness.


~ Sri Chinmoy



See also: Sri Chinmoy's Happiness book



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