Aristotle once said,
“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of
human existence." The question then is why are people not happy or at
least why not always? What has gone wrong? The only viable answer to this
worrying trend is that people have lost their natural willingness to pursue
happiness. All is however not lost. You can still learn how to smile again
despite the high rates of depression and divorce. Let’s start with these simple
suggestions:
Think Happy Thoughts
Consider this quote:
"The happiness
of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard
accordingly and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue
and reasonable nature." Marcus Aurelius
You want to be happy,
and you don’t know how? Well, why not begin with having happy thoughts? Your
thoughts are extremely powerful. In fact, your decisions and actions in life
are determined by what goes on in your mind. You should therefore not
underestimate the power of the mind. The world has enough problems to last you
a lifetime. You don’t need to create any more problems by harboring negative
thoughts. Happy people tune their minds to generate only positive thoughts.
They have learned to sieve out any negative thought despite the hurdles in
their lives. You can also do the same. Positive thinking gives your confidence
and determination to face the world and to look forward to a better
tomorrow.
You don’t have to
search for happiness. In other words, don’t give yourself a target to achieve
so that you may be happy. Honestly, where does the search for happiness start?
Where are you likely to find this happiness? Pursuing the search for happiness
is a good example of an unending cycle that will only leave you exhausted and
downtrodden. Take, for instance, when you are happy because you’ve bought a new
car, a new house, or you’ve just graduated; how long will the bliss last? When
are you next going to achieve such a feat for you to be happy? The best way is
to allow happiness to find you. You might ask how this is possible. The truth
is happiness is always within you. You have it with you all the time. The only
this you’ve not done is to let it show.
Start by accepting
who you are, and happiness will find you.
You can learn to be
happy by regularly smiling. The more you work on your smile, the happier you’ll
become. You can try this at home. Smile at yourself in the mirror and hold the
smile for a few minutes. Within a short time, smiling will be part of your
lifestyle as well as extreme happiness.
The smile changes
your general outlook for better. It’s a very inexpensive natural beautifier
because it’s a known secret that people who smile a lot are beautiful. When you
smile, you relax the facial muscles. The muscles then lift your face, and, as a
result, you look younger than you were before the smile.
Please free to suggest any other ways we can
bring happiness back in our lives by commenting below.
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