The Inherently Happy Rule - Ep. 406

Always Aim for Balance and Growth.
For when you reach for dynamic sustainability,
It helps you achieve not just one but both.

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Ep. 406 - The Inherently Happy Rule

We begin as always 
with the Happy Creed.

We believe in Happy, 
in Balance and Growth, 
of being Mindful and Grateful,
Compassionate and Understanding.

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My Happy Friends!

There’s lots of rules out there describing good behavior and proper conduct,
There’s the Silver Rule, the Golden Rule and even the Platinum Rule too,
But there’s still exceptions to those rules--allow me to deconstruct:
Let’s start with the Golden Rule: Treat others as you want them to treat you.

Sounds good--at first, but what if I don’t want to be treated the same way that you do?
Maybe you like brutal honesty, so you decide to attack someone while they’re down,
You’re just following the Golden Rule--so how can that plan possibly fall through?
It’s because not everyone needs the same things, overwatering can make you drown.

A cousin to that is the Silver Rule: Don’t treat others how you don’t want them to treat you.
That’s fine, right? Well, what if you hate it when people ask you for help when they need it? 
So, you, in turn, never ask for help either, even when you could really use it too, 
So, you just create a situation where nobody helps anybody and we all lose bit by bit.

Then there’s the Platinum Rule--well, that’s got to be the best one, right?
Treat others the way they want to be treated. What could go wrong with that?
Well, what if they want to be mistreated because they feel they deserve spite,
And the reason they feel bad is because they are bad--when they are not a doormat!

The problem is--all those rules are relative, They depend on who likes to be treated how.
Except one, of course, The Inherently Happy Rule: Always Aim for Balance and Growth.
Now you could say that’s relative too--Balance and Growth depends on what’s happening now,
But when you reach for dynamic sustainability it helps you achieve not just one but both.

Let say you’re overwhelmed, things are getting frantic and you’re getting stressed,
You want to give up, but you can't because you haven't finished your work yet,
But if, instead, you stop trying to fight everything, which is only making you more obsessed,
You’ll see that treating things as connected challenges--not hardships may be your best bet.

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