Greatest Tip Ever: Albert Einstein’s Theory Of Happiness
Advice given to a bellboy in 1922 on how to be happy in life.
Were you to ask three random people on the street what happiness was for them, you would likely get four different answers. For this concept is elusive, changing based on the person, circumstances, or even time of day. It’s something people strive for, yet often can’t quite reach.
If told they could get the secret to happiness, most people would pay thousands or even millions of dollars to get it. And some actually did just that. A few years ago, a small auction was held in Jerusalem. On the selling block were two ordinary pieces of paper. One of them fetched a price of 1.56 million US dollars. The other went for 240 thousand.
What was so special about these two papers that people were willing to forgo a fortune to get them? It was none other than the secret to happiness, as devised by Albert Einstein, the man synonymous with genius.
The Choice of Achilles
In one of the most poignant scene of “The Illiad”, as retold by the ancient bard Homer, Achilles mentions the choice that had been given to him at birth by his mother, the goddess Thetis. Live a short, unhappy, but glorious life, and be remembered for all eternity. Or, live a…
