Happiness Is A Habit

It takes a lot of soul searching to forgive those that have hurt you, however holding on to anger only brings you more pain .  Research clearly demonstrates the impact negative emotions, such as stress, can have on your overall health and happiness .  When you're holding on to anger, you punish yourself unnecessarily .

We are born and we die. But in between there is opportunity. That opportunity is for happiness and one of the ingredients in happiness is growth. Growth, or non-growth, is so pervasive in our society that one of the tenets of novel writing is that the characters must grow or change in some visible manner. One grows from a boy to man, another one grows from wicked to good, one grows from good to evil. The hero is flawed but his flaws are lessened or overcome as the story proceeds. But this not only the stuff of fiction. It is also the material of real life. If one is not growing in this life, then one is dying. Such is the way of the world and the nature of that world. Would you be happy? Then you must grow.

True happiness is a direct result of being grateful .  Now you understand that happiness is a choice . Happiness is the end result of certain thoughts and activities .  It releases a chemical reaction in your body and this reaction results in euphoria .  While this is elusive to some, it is completely under your control .  From now on, make your smile your calling card .  It is the strongest weapon in your arsenal. Your smile will break the ice, put others at ease and people will instantly warm to you and be drawn to your wonderful energy .  Use your smile constantly. Always smile first and you will let everyone you come into contact with know what you expect in return .

The year is 2013 and you are looking back on the past 10 years of your life... evaluating... reflecting... Did I make a difference?  When you know your life purpose and what you are here to do, your life has meaning. What was the meaning of the past 10 years of your life? Most people miss out on discovering their purpose, and this prevents them from being truly happy. We all want to know that we are unique, important, and special. But for people who are living self focused, and self absorbed lives happiness is elusive. Feelings of emptiness, or that something's missing is what fills the time that isn't occupied with meaningless to do lists, schedules, routines and busyness. Is most of this done just to keep the deep emotions away? To control every aspect of life in an attempt to control the feelings that they fear the most? Yet, these unwelcome feelings persist.

Happiness can be a habit . It is the result of a right living and thinking. It is also the result of a good physical and mental health. If people are contented and prayerful, then we will attain happiness. It is one of the best things in life that are free. You should live a well-balanced, well-moderated and well-planned life. Moderation is the keynote of contentment and happiness.We should develop simple but healthy habits. We should not cling to material things but we should learn how to live a simple life, how to give love to our families and friends, and how to surrender our problems to God.

Thinking that you have failed is very depressing; going through a breakup or losing someone close to you .  But while pain might strike you down, you should be able to withstand it to an extent and what does not break you only makes you stronger . If you look at the successful and happy people in your life, you'll see that they have gone through a lot of drama and pain and immediately. Faith is how they made it. Smiling at the next day and pretending that they know it's going to be better than the one before is how they made it .  While you might believe in what you can hold with your hands, they believe in something different .  They believe that happiness stems from inside the person and that is how they draw the smile on their faces .

When was the last moment you were truly happy, overcome with the feeling of delight, at peace with yourself, at peace with others ?  How many of those moments have you had this year, the past year, the year before.. .  ? It is human nature that all of us long for happiness; yet, we fail to attain it because we do not understand it .  We think: I will be happy once I finish school, I will be happy once I have money, I will be happy once I reach my goals, I will be happy once I lose weight, I will be happy once I find someone special, etc .

Without wasting any time let's jump straight to the three steps to achieve success and happiness in a rapid fashion: Be clear on the 'WHY' We really need to jump out from the how paradigm to the why paradigm .  This means we must train our mind to focus on the BIGGER picture, the true reason of our existence, why is that we want to be a success and why is it important for us to be happy .  This could be also defined as the sole purpose of our soul .

So much has been made of the attitude of gratitude .  I wholeheartedly concur. When I am in the place or state of gratitude, I have an actual warm feeling in the center of my being that it is almost palpable . In other words, this experience of appreciativeness can help you move toward happiness and greater and greater happiness .  It is like a pleasant adventure on a tread mill that your life-attitude keeps moving along .  But the exercise of using this treadmill is not tiring .  In fact, it is invigorating.

Happiness at work We can have a number of events which could make us happy at work and its our primary duty to find those events precisely .  It could be as small as selecting a desktop screen color of our choice or requesting the manager to assign a task of our choice . Following are a few examples at work, which could make us happy