While the value of entertainment is priceless, however, before we put a price tag on any term, we must know what the object of appreciation all about is. What is entertainment? Is it relative, meaning what constitutes entertainment for some may be a bane for others? It may happen that those people who suffered at the hands of imperialistic or theocratic states may laugh at the demise of such states, however, one must not forget before getting entertained that a ‘state’ is constituted by the people, and whenever any state collapse, people are bound to suffer, it is another story whether they supported the change or favored status quo. Hence, the question that arises in the mind is what then is entertainment and if the term is relative is there no entertainment that comes at the cost of others? The answer to this question is yes, and we as people should not forget that one can only be entertained if one is happy. This is very important because one may have tons of money, a youthful life, a lot of authority, however if one is not happy then automatically there is no value of entertainment and one doesn’t want to get entertained and if one is forced to get entertained, it is like forcing someone to have sex without his or her own will, considering that sex has its dimension of entertainment as well.

This leads us to the question that why are always the happy people only entitled to entertainment and why others cannot feel the people the real entertained people feel because they are happy? The answer to this question is simple. It happens because the happy people have earned their moments of entertainment and as one cannot truly enjoy something that one does not deserve, in the same manner, when one forces oneself to feel happy and get entertained, only thing that results in such type of artificial efforts is frustration, anger and sadness. It is then imperative to understand that entertainment is like a gold standard of happiness, and its value can only be measured by what sort of happiness the person who is getting entertained is enjoying. If the entertainment is getting on the nerves of someone, or if the entertainment is at the peril of someone else, then the gold standard of happiness is getting corrupted and the person is bound to face testing times ahead in the negative sense.

Hence, it is important to understand the fact that happiness comes from the self and by selfless service to contribute in the happiness of others. It is by this that true happiness can be achieved and only true happiness and its attainment can lead to a situation where one can become truly entertained without hurting the sentiments of other or without any other moral corruption. When such a kind of state has been attained by man, he will realize without fail that heaven and hell are the same place on earth and it is by the prism of his mind that deciphers whether man is in either place. That’s all. Stay happy and may everyone be staying entertained!

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