I hope you dont mind @Clawde , but I love this new thread of yours and would like to add something more to the discussion.
Firstly ... What is happiness?
By definition, happiness is a feeling of pleasure and positivity. When someone feels good, proud, excited, relieved or satisfied about something ... that person is said to be "happy". Feeling happy often helps people to relax and smile.
Happiness is generally considered to be the opposite of sadness. However, it is possible to feel both at once, often about different things, or sometimes even about the same thing.
Many philosophers have said that people in the world go back and forth between times of happiness and sadness, but there is nobody who is always happy or always sad. Happiness is an emotion, and sometimes people cry when they laugh because the emotion takes control of them.
Now that we know what happiness is, how do we go about achieving more of it in our lives?
Scientific studies have determined that most of the happiest people live by the following habits or guidelines:
- In relationships ... express your heart - Express genuine interest in what people say, and respond encouragingly.
- Perform acts of kindness - Cultivate kindness and caring on regular basis, and reach out to others who need it.
- Exercise and physical wellbeing - Keep moving and eat well. The old adage of 'sound mind, sound body' is true.
- Find your flow - Flow is motivation, where you do what you’re doing primarily because you like what you’re doing.
- Spiritual engagement and meaning - Spirituality is closely related to the discovery of greater meaning in our lives, and through a meaningful life we discover a deeper happiness.
- Strengths and virtues - Discover where your strengths lay, and use those strengths to the greater good.
- Positive mindset - Treasure gratitude, mindfulness, optimism and hope.
If you consistently follow the guidelines above, you will likely have a much lower incidence of depression, anxiety and stress. Besides being of benefit to our mental health, the above points are also good sound life strategies, and will result in greater overall happiness in our lives.
Again, I thank you @Clawde for starting this thread.
Tagging a few other contributors to this thread who may be interested in reading.
@TAB @Anastasia @greenpea @HenryX @Shaz51 @Bow @Eve7 @BlueBay @Snowie @MDT @pinklollipop15 @Meowmy @Faith-and-Hope
Emelia 💕
