The popular phrase of “no rain, no rainbow” may imply that we must suffer to feel happy. It also may imply that rain is bad. The Veda states that both are simply not true. In the modern world, we have come to accept the concept that suffering is a part of life. That if we do not know suffering, we will not know joy, but according to the Veda, suffering is a choice. Suffering only occurs when we resist what is happening in life. It is a sign that we are unable or unwilling to move on and to flow with what God has given us.
“Happiness has been and always will be inside of us.”
Many people suffer because society, television, parents, friends, education, or religion send the message that things should be a certain way and if our lives are not going that way, we suffer. We are made to think that happiness is something we have to get or something we have to accomplish. However once we get the things we thought would make us happy, like buying that house, launching a company, finding a partner, etc. (whatever our idea of happiness is), we realize that happiness cannot be found in these things. Happiness has been and always will be inside of us. It may have just been covered by a learned perspective.
In order to choose happiness over suffering, we must choose to live in the present moment and never speculate. When we do this, we realize that we are exactly who and what we are meant to be. We do not have to change a thing. Things are happening in every given moment, not only for A reason, but for ALL reasons. Everything affects everything else. Without exception. We need rain just as much as we need rainbows. It is up to us to accept this. Once we accept this, we align ourselves with Nature, God, or a higher Self and we are able to notice the support we are given to choose happiness over suffering.
