Has your "Things to do list" run out of spaces? Do you complain each time your cell phone rings but still rushto answer it? Is your assigned task twice as large as the"finished" one? Have you failed to notice that your children hve surpassed their puberty? Is your life rugged and uneven, as is the smile upon your countenance? If these sounds like you, then you need to change the mode of your life -- learn how to "maximise happiness".

You may be richer than most of them; you alsowork harder, takeless vacation and take your life seriously. But are you happy? Remember, life is not only about maximising happiness. Up to a point money may be important, and then time becomes more important than money. Research has shown that even rats will "swim" more effecdtively and efficiently when given a brief break between stressors. So, as you begin your typical"rat race day", modify it to locate potential brief breaks which will add up to restful hours and a longer life.

Examine your life. Take a break from your busy schedule andask yourself, "Am I happy with my life?" If you are happy then carry onwith your life but if you are sad then change the course because the course you travel determines the happiness of your life. Explore your passion, discover your potentials, focus on your dreams and devote your time to make a differnece and stick with it like a limpet to the rock. And thinkthose thoughts that invigorate you and not those that drain you -- for what you think and how you act expands your boundary of happiness.

Create your own road, pave it with the labour and saunter on its path no matter how tough the road becomes becaue obstacles test the limits of our hart but the comfortable road compresses our core. Isn't it the valuor of our heart whch sows the seeds of happiness in our life?

You will fail from time to time no matter how hard you try. But be not afraid of the failure. Greet it wth a smile, and perceive in its face the scattered randiance of success. Join them one by one. and watch the wonder -- feel its charm and grace. Let courage and not luck determine the happiness of your life.

We strive to be happy but real happy are those who make other happy. Devote your life to the service of the humanity and march ahead with an underviating vision. The visionless people will perish but the people with vision will flourish because vision provides hope and hope provides dream and dream provides the joy of living.

Finally, live your life to the fullest. If you feel like smiling, by all means do -- but you don't want to. The most important things is the peace of mind; it loosens up those tight lines around the heart and makes you cool and composed. Is there any companion as salubrious as the peace of mind?