One Secret to Happiness; Learning to Want What You Already Have

The one thought that scares me more than losing my own life is the thought of losing someone close to me. Yet, that is precisely the frightening reality I confronted when my wife of thirty years was diagnosed with a life-threatening heart condition. And it may be one of the best things that ever happened to me. Why? Because it taught me an important lesson about how to live a happy life; the importance of wanting what you already have rather than getting what you want. <h1>My Story</h1> I woke in the middle of the night to the cold realization that my wife might no longer be breathing. Earlier that day, she had undergone a routine medical exam and testing. Afterward, she handed me a piece of paper and asked what I thought. That piece of paper was the tracing from her electrocardiogram (ECG). I’m a general surgeon and not a cardiologist or even an internal medicine doctor, so when I recognized this was dangerously abnormal, that should tell you it wasn’t subtle. I could see that although her heart was generating a regular electrical signal to beat, it responded inconsistently. <a href="https://betterhumans.pub/one-secret-to-happiness-learning-to-want-what-you-already-have-ac973f83372b">Click Here</a>