Cause and Effect - a simple formula for happiness

What you plant, is what you harvest.

Until some years ago, I was not really aware of how much the mechanism of cause and effect is into play in our lives.

What does it come down to?

Are you planting seeds of joy, kindness, gratitude, appreciation, love, care, compassion, contentment, ...?

Or rather seeds of stress, frustration, ego, jealousy, resentment, power, discontentment, anger, seeking happiness outside of yourself, ...?

For me, it's definitely a mix.

But it’s such a powerful, simple truth: what you plant is what you harvest. You cannot plant lemon seeds all the time and expect sweet mango fruit. Focus on planting mango seeds if you want to have sweet mangos in the future.

Life is simple. The law of nature is always there. We sometimes forget, or at least I do. Of course that doesn't mean it's always easy to plant sweet mango seeds, especially when the world around us is driving us to individualism, status, always more never enough, and superficial pleasures.

But you don't have to follow that pattern! You can focus on your peace of mind, on kindness, on happiness, on compassion and lay a foundation for a happier, more fulfilling life.

And if you think that means you have to go live in a cave, there's good news:

You can integrate these traits and virtues in any life, also in our high demanding society. Being a monk is cool and all but not the reality for most of us. I believe that developing these traits is actually a major contributor for sustainable success and high-performance. Get that foundation of good traits right, planting your sweet mango seeds, and success will come much easier.

If you are also seeking for a different way to go through life, with less tension, with less effort, while performing and feeling better, drop a 👍 in the comments.

And are you aware of the seeds you are planting?

When you start planting more sweet mango seeds, you will notice changes happening in your life.

You’re bound to become happier.