Tips for
Happiness in Daily Life
By Remez
Sasson
You can make
your life happier. It is a matter of choice.
It is your
attitude that makes you feel happy or unhappy.
We meet
various situations every day, and some of them may not contribute to happiness.
However, we can choose to keep thinking about the unhappy events, and we can
choose to refuse to think about them, and instead, think about and relish the
happy moments.
All of us go
through various situations and circumstances, but we do not have to let them
influence our reactions and feelings.
If we let
outer events influence our moods, we become their slaves. We lose our freedom.
We let our happiness be determined by outer forces. On the other hand, we can
free ourselves from outer influences. We can choose to be happy, and we can do
a lot to add happiness to our lives.
What is
happiness?
It is a
feeling of inner peace and satisfaction. It is usually experienced, when there
are no worries, fears or obsessing thoughts. This usually happens, when we do
something we love to do, or when we get, win, gain, or achieve something that
we value. It seems to be the outcome of positive events, but it actually comes
from the inside, triggered by external events.
For most
people, happiness seems fleeting and temporary, because they allow external
circumstances to affect it. One of the best ways to keep it, is by gaining
inner peace through daily meditation. As the mind becomes more peaceful, it
becomes easier to choose the happiness habit.
Tips for
Happiness in Daily Life:
1) Endeavor
to change the way you look at things. Always look at the bright side. The mind
might drag you to think about negativity and difficulties. Don't let it. Look
at the good and positive side of every situation.
2) Think
about solutions, not about problems.
3) Listen to
relaxing, uplifting music.
4) Watch
funny comedies that make you laugh.
5) Each day,
devote some time to reading a few pages of an inspiring book or article.
6) Watch your
thoughts. Whenever you catch yourself thinking negative thoughts, start
thinking of pleasant things.
7) Always
look at what you have done and not at what you haven't.
Sometimes,
you begin the day with the desire to accomplish several objectives. At the end
of the day, you might feel frustrated and unhappy, because you haven't been
able to do all of those things.Look at what
you have done, not at what you have not been able to do. Often, even if you
have accomplished a lot during the day, you let yourself feel frustrated,
because of some minor tasks you didn't accomplish.Sometimes,
you spend all day successfully carrying out many plans, but instead of feeling
happy and satisfied, you look at what was not accomplished and feel unhappy. It
is unfair toward yourself.
8) Each day
do something good for yourself. It can be something small, such buying a book,
eating something you love, watching your favorite program on TV, going to a
movie, or just having a stroll on the beach.
9) Each day
do at least one act to make others happy.
This can be a
kind word, helping your colleagues, stopping your car at the crossroad to let
people cross, giving your seat in a bus to someone else, or giving a small
present to someone you love. The possibilities are infinite.
When you make
someone happy, you become happy, and then people try to make you happy.
10) Always
expect happiness.
11) Do not
envy people who are happy. On the contrary, be happy for their happiness.
12) Associate
with happy people, and try to learn from them to be happy. Remember, happiness
is contagious.
13) Do your
best to stay detached, when things do not proceed as intended and desired.
Detachment will help you stay calm and control your moods and reactions.
Detachment is not indifference. It is the acceptance of the good and the bad
and staying balanced. Detachment has much to do with inner peace, and inner
peace is conductive to happiness.
14) Smile
more often.
