Mar 24, 20202 min read

Discover Happiness Amongst Confusion

Updated: Mar 24, 2020

There is a saying - help others get what they want, and you'll get what you want.

Learning how to take care of others needs in order to find your own happiness is something we should practice daily. Do you agree? I don't see this as the true story. We do not want to give from an empty cup and what if we are encroaching another's space, do they actually want what we have to share? To understand just how taking care of others can benefit our own happiness, here is a short real-life story. This story is about some children at a school using balloons to show just how fast helping another can really benefit you as an individual when doing something for another.

How a Balloon Brings Happiness

A teacher brought balloons to school and asked the children to blow them all up and then each write their names on their balloon.

They tossed all the balloons into the hall while the teacher mixed them from one end to the other. The teacher then gave them 5 minutes to find the balloon with their name on it.

The children ran around, looking frantically, but as the time ran out - nobody had found their own balloon…

Then the teacher told them to take the balloon closest to them and give it to the person whose name was on it. In less than 2 minutes everyone had their own balloon.

Finally, the teacher said “Balloons are like happiness. No one will find it looking for theirs only. Instead, if everyone cares about each other’s they will find theirs as quickly as possible.”