QUOTE: "If you think you're going to have a bad day and be sad, or you think you're in for a happy day; trust these thoughts as your intuition is likely to be right." (A slight amendment to the next quote below)
QUOTE: "If you think you can do a thing, or you think you can't do a thing, you're always right." (Henry Ford 1863-1947)
What significance do you think those two quotes have on your happiness? They have a huge bearing on your happiness! Your attitude is a very important principle and thus should be treated with reverence.
QUOTE: "People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be." (Abraham Lincoln)
Finding true happiness is a very personal journey.
There isn't a simple set of guidelines to give you happiness, because every individual finds happiness in different things. What may trigger sadness in one person could trigger happiness in another. So rather than look at specific events we shall need to look at varying emotive subjects and explore their potential.
Amongst other things I shall introduce a few concepts about 'being happy' that you have forgotten existed...
I say forgotten deliberately because we all possess a happy spirit, but sometimes we forget how to trigger it into action.
Allow me to introduce out a few concepts that you may find yourself nodding to. If you do nod, then perhaps you knew them already?!
1. Happiness is our right and not just a possibility.
2. Happiness is a basic human disposition.
3. There is a natural tendency to consider that every problem is sent to drill us into the ground; but in actual fact it is sent to strengthen our spirit, we only need to recognise how to convert it.
4. Our greatest gain towards happiness is often during or after our greatest period of pain.
5. Any show of strength or any positive attitude can be transformed into a move towards happiness.
6. Our confidence, self-esteem and courage can grow with each difficulty we encounter, if we only can tune in to such awareness.
7. People who start with 'everything', are often the first to give up hope, but there are answers to how we can shrug off despair should we choose to look and see.
8. It seems so common that when we encounter something bad we trigger a response that makes us sad. This it would appear is something we cannot change, but nonetheless we can introduce through practice another trigger that prevents anxiety, stress and pain. We only need to know how to do it!
9. We need to understand the value of happiness! If we can do this and work out how to travel there under the direst of situations, we'll find answers that never arrive during negative moments.
10. We'll never be able to stop change or problems arising, but with the right attitude we can find the energy to move a mountain.
11. If we are angry with a specific person, we are so because of their attitude. Their way of behaving may be the result of some suffering. We cannot blame their attitude, this is a direct response to their anguish; we must therefore address the cause of their distress.
12. We need to address the challenges that adversity brings. Patience is a virtue and thus a major golden nugget in our attempts to return to a happier state of mind.
13. Tolerance is an important part to 'wisdom' and therefore becomes an essential ingredient in happiness.
14. Nature has endowed us with a large faculty called happiness, not every animal has this pleasure.
QUOTE: "The good news is that a GREAT LIFE is available to each and every one of us. Living well and making a difference do not require money, fame or power. Living well is about taking time to live your own life on your own terms. It's about caring and sharing, about loving and dancing, and sharing a meal with a friend, or with a stranger. Life is short - give it your very best, every day!" (Philip Humbert).
Happiness is an emotion... The only reason we are not in the emotion of happiness is because we are dwelling in a different emotion. What we need to do therefore is to understand this concept. In doing this we increase the chance of a swift return to happiness. If we refuse to accept our condition of sorrow then we are unlikely to escape its grip.
Of course that is easier said than done, but nonetheless it needs to be done to accomplish a happier persona.
When you suddenly have a moment of recognition, understanding, comprehension, insight, awareness and appreciation, you get a sublime feeling of 'knowing' that happiness is around you, a sort of healthier, brighter and more intellectual feeling.
We should never underestimate the power behind these instances, they move us forward. They remind us that no matter what occurs, there is an obvious positive answer should we choose to look for it.
You will never raise a smile when you're negative, but when you're positive you carry an aura that will sweep and swish around your body as you carry on your daily duties.
Be aware however that both happiness and love increase in intensity when shared.
