The key to true happiness
There are many people who are facing the same situation as you, but they live life fascinating and wonderful. How their lives become so adorably sweet? How do they manage to laugh and play despite their circumstances?
The key to maintaining a happy attitude, regardless of the circumstances, is simple. You've heard it said – "Love yourself, first." True enough, but this is not the answer our question. No, the answer is – "Like you, first." That's right – like you! Be your best friend.
Your real life best friend who loves you right now with all your imperfections, quirks, and the circumstances. For true happiness, you must become your best friend before you can start loving you. Loving you does not do things that will hurt you somehow. You'll never get me bungee jumping or sky diving because I love this body I live in!
You may have heard – "To love is to accept." Change this to – "taste accept it. "For you want, and others, how to realize that we are not perfect beings. You will never be perfect, no matter how time you walk this earth. Nobody lives today are perfect. Not everyone!
Loving you means developing an attitude of contentment Authentic. When you accept your present job, to accept how you look, take your family to accept your friends, your house, your car, and all material things, you now have – truly, you know what is true contentment. You began to love and be truly happy.
An unhappy person never accepts the good of their situation because they are always comparing themselves to someone which seems to have what they think they are linked. It is an exercise of "stinking think." They consider themselves lucky and as a failure in life. They do not love.
You'll never be like if you compare yourself to others. If you continue to us examine life as it has never done any good or you're a failure, you'll never be able to find true happiness. So. . .
1) get out!
2) Stop the comparisons! Others stop because they are better off than you or smarter than you are! You really have no idea of the details of their lives so that your comparison is flawed from the outset. You simply do not have enough information for comparison.
3) Stop the expectations! Stop putting unreasonable expectations on yourself and others on the basis of false information. Are you a glutton for self-punishment?
4) Get over yourself! You'll never be perfect, remember?
Life can be much. Jump to it with gusto. It is about finding information on the right and wrong, trying and failing, drinking and losing. These are things that occur as often as you inhale and exhale. They are as necessary as air is to life. These are your teachers. embrace them with enthusiasm.
Is anyone really happy in spite of trials and tribulations of life or are they simply doing what they are? Again, we make comparisons.
Is this what you have done if someone else is really happy? No, not at this point. You see, you must achieve compliance with life before worrying about others. You need to focus on YOU!
You must concentrate on improving what you think quality of life and you have your inner being. It begins and ends with you!
Here is a revealing exercise.
Start day with a sheet of paper divided into two columns. Label one column – "Good Stuff", label the other column – "Negative orders. "At the end of each day to note that many positive and negative elements that you felt that day. Note that those really cope. However, the study of your list.
This exercise will reveal the location should change your attitude towards all things of life that you face every day. As you review your list, ask yourself two questions:
1) "Why I feel it's positive? "
2) "Why do I feel that the negative?"
Now, examine your internal definitions of what is positive and what is negative. You have decided what is positive and the negative using your expectations of how you think you should have handled what the world throws at you that day, right? The key to finding contentment and true happiness is to change your definition, how you evaluate how you manage life. But how do you change your definitions and begin to become genuinely happy?
Everyone has a personal definition "happiness". Happiness for a writer may mean having a first novel published. Happiness for a basketball rookie may mean getting the rookie of the year. Happiness for a beggar may mean five dollars given to him by a generous way. Happiness for a business man may mean a profit of 5%. But those are temporary. All those who exist in a moment in time.
Would the writer be content to have only one article published? Would rookie simply just fun to play? Would the beggar just one dollar? Would-man business is satisfied with a margin of 2%? The satisfaction is knowing that the current circumstances change from minute to minute, day by day, knowing that "all day above ground is a good day! "Simple.
So, how does one become truly happy? Remember that your happiness does not depend on having the best things in this world. He is doing and make the best of everything you have. Smiling at his own mistakes and say – "Oh, I'll do better next time "- is a powerful tool that you can use mental at any time the situation requires. You will have to get up and try, will that will make you a person truly happy.
When you learn to accept your mistakes as you have begun the journey to become truly happy. When you first accept, you will be more accepting of others. You will see life as a very fun game in which play. You accept your earnings and losses with enthusiasm just as positive because it really makes no difference to your inner self.
Let me leave you with one more thought – Most of us know that laughter is the best remedy for the ills of life and pain. But most of us do not know that the best kind of laughter mocks its own mistakes and weaknesses. Laughing at yourself you really free to live in true joy.
Be successful!
Jim DeSantis
About the Author
Jim DeSantis is a retired broadcast journalist who edits the Health & Fitness website. Shape your future by applying the simple steps to a healthy lifestyle you will find at Jim’s Health & Fitness Guide or visit Jim’s Abundance blog.
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