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How to Find Happiness Within : zen habits
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"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking."
Marcus Aurelius
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Where Happiness Comes From
Phenomena that happen outside of us don’t cause happiness. They might be correlated with happiness but it’s not a cause-and-effect relationship.
The most important part is what happe...
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"We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have."
Frederick Keonig
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Finding Happiness Within
Things within us that to appreciate - they can make us happy, no matter what’s going on outside:
- Being generous
- Being loving and kind
- Feeling compassion and empathy
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Appreciating All That’s Around Us
The key skill is to learn to notice, accept and appreciate everything around us, and everyone we see and interact with.
Often if we fail to see good in things or people around us (or o...
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"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking."
Marcus Aurelius
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give."
How to brighten your day
- Reflect on what you appreciate and love about your partner, friends, or family members.
- Express your appreciation to them.
- Take the time to see how you can help someone out.
- Slow down for 3 minutes. Let your thoughts and body also slow down while you pay attention to life around you.
- Smile towards the people you meet.
- Make someone else happy. Give him or her a gift of some kind.
- Take fewer things for granted, like your food, the weather, or small gestures. It will inspire and motivate you.
- Take action and create the day you wish to have.
- Say yes to something new.
- Say no to a should that isn't that important.
- Take a 2-minute laugh-break.
- Do what you deep down think is the right thing.
- Stand still for a minute, close your eyes and simply enjoy the sun.
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Joy
It's the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of succeeding. It’s a simple and light-hearted spark that transcends through your body and leaves fee...
Happiness
It's a pleasurable emotion brought by a state of well-being and contentment. It’s usually accompanied by an attachment to an idea, a destination or experience. It often weighs profoundly heavier on our subconscious.
Happiness Is a Destination; Joy An Attitude
The vision of the life you desire is a destination you shouldn’t ignore as it’s key to understanding your happy place.
If happiness is the destination, joy is the milestone that leads there. Joy comes and passes through without the heaviness of it being a “final destination” because joy is an attitude.
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Good relationships
Having good, supportive friendships, a strong marriage or close and loving relationships with our family members will make us much more likely to be happy.
Action steps: T...
Optimism and self-esteem
These are some of the best indicators of people who lead happy lives. Happy people feel empowered, in control of their lives, and have a positive outlook on life.
Action steps: Get into the habit of squashing all negative thoughts and replacing them with positive ones.
Flow
People find greatest enjoyment not when they’re passively mindless, but when they’re absorbed in a mindful challenge. This is flow, when we're so immersed in our task that we lose track of time.
Action steps: Find work and hobbies that you’re passionate about and that fully engage you.