“People have faced death laughing and happy, but you sit with long faces, sad and miserable even as you face life. This is a wrong way. A person who is full of enmity cannot go on the spiritual journey. For the spiritual journey cheerfulness is needed; for the spiritual journey you need a spirit full of bliss.
So be cheerful all the time. These are just habits, sadness is just a habit that you have formed. Cheerfulness is also a habit that you can form. To support cheerfulness you have to look at the aspects of life, which are full of light, not darkness.
If I tell you that I have a friend who sings very beautifully or plays the flute very beautifully, you will say, “Maybe, but how can this man play the flute when we have seen him drinking in the pub?”, if I tell you that this friend plays the flute very beautifully, you will say to me, “How can this be when we have seen him drinking alcohol in the pub?” this is supporting darkness. If I tell you, “This is my friend, he drinks alcohol, “ and you say to me, “Maybe so, but he also plays the flute very beautifully!”, this is looking on the bright side of life.
Someone who wants to be happy will look on the bright side, someone who wants to be happy will see that there is one night between two days, and someone who wants to feel miserable will see that there is one day between two nights.
The way we look at life has a direct affect on what develops inside us. So don’t look at the dark side of life, look at the bright side of life.”
OSHO
#5, Understanding Emotions
From Book: The Path Of Meditation: A Step by Step Guide To Meditation
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