Happiness is something that is being sought by everyone. Some people would do some crazy things in an effort to be happy. However, it may not be too difficult to be happy if you know that you have the choice to be happy.
Yes, it may sounds a little unbelievable, but it’s true. Your happiness depends on you and you only. No one else can make you happy, not a boyfriend, a fiancée, or even a best friend. You’re the only one who’s in charge of your happiness, until you realize that I’m sorry to say it, but you may be unhappy for awhile. Do you know why? It’s because happiness is a choice.
From an entry written by Tom Valeo and reviewed by Doctor Louise Chang,
“Psychologists who study happiness ― including Lykken ― believe we can pursue happiness. We can do this by thwarting negative emotions such as pessimism, resentment, and anger. And we can foster positive emotions, such as empathy, serenity, and especially gratitude.”
But how can you actually choose happiness over unhappiness?
There are so many ways to use to choose happiness over sadness, but I won’t be able to share all of them with you in this post. However, the very few ways to choose happiness that I’m sharing with you here can make a big difference as you’re pursuing happiness.
Let’s get started…
Be around positive and happy people: Believe me, an unhappy person can affect you and make you be unhappy as well. This person can transfer his or her energy to you and cause you to be as miserable as he or she is. Luckily, you can choose who you want to be around. Choosing the right persons to be around can be of benefit to you.
Smiling is a great medicine: Since the 1980’s smiling has been known as something that can affect the brain to release endorphins to make the body feels good. Once the body is feeling good the person gets happy. In this sense, smiling more often can actually help you to be happy, and a nice beautiful smile won’t cost you a thing, while it has so much importance.
Care about others: Like they say “Caring is loving” and with love comes happiness. Caring about others means that you’re always ready to help them when needed. If you can put a smile on someone else’s face by giving a hand, you’ll feel the same way just because you were able to make some else smile. By making someone who’s in need smile you’re also making yourself happy.
Don’t worry too much about what people think of you: Others can break your happiness if you don’t control your emotions. Controlling your emotions is one factor that’s very important when it comes to happiness. Don’t listen to the negativeness that others are associating with you. The only person who really knows yourself is you. You may be living with someone in the same house for all of your life; this person will never know you the way you know yourself. So, when someone is putting you down, raise yourself, don’t let this person win over you. You should always be in charge of your emotions.
In conclusion
Too many people are looking to be happy but don’t know how to be happy. Happiness isn’t found in any other way than for you to choose it. We’re happy by choice and if we don’t choose it we won’t be happy. It’s just as simple as that.
However, to choose happiness you’ll need to know how. From this post I’ve shared with you a few number of tips that can help you to choose happiness. Follow them and see if they work for you, they’ve been working successfully for many others.
If you know some of the best ways to find happiness, please share with us in the comment section bellow.