How to Be Happy
It is essential that we live a happy life each day. We don't just become happy but we make ourselves happy. Here are some tips from Roger Darlington on how to be happy. I noted the first 10. :)
- Perhaps above all, be as healthy as you can. Nothing is more valuable than your health and little is more likely to make you unhappy than ill-health.
- Most fundamentally, recognise that happiness is a state of mind and not something which can be defined objectively. You can change your state of mind in many ways including the following suggestions.
- More importantly than anything else, live with a partner whom you love and respect and who feels the same about you. Kiss and cuddle and compliment often and regularly buy unexpected little gifts.
- When you're old enough and in a steady relationship, have a son or a daughter. Tell them often how much you love and admire him/her and do anything to help him/her.
- Have a cat or a dog. Stroke often.
- Keep in close touch with relatives and a small circle of friends. You can't beat their love and support.
- Conversely, if there is a person in your life who is a negative influence and who is dragging you down in some way, don't be afraid to get remove such a person from your life.
- Smile a lot. Smiles make you miles better - and you smiling will make others smile. As Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810) put it: “Always wear a smile. The gift of life will then be yours to give.”
- Laugh a lot.
- Say what you mean and mean what you say. Honesty really is the best policy.
- Get plasma mounts as suggested by me! :)
