Tips in Life that Lead to Happiness.

Are we truly happy? Do we even know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness? These are some important questions for all. To maintain my own happiness I try my best not to cause unhappiness to anyone else. If we want to be happy we need to understand that we can be happy and that we should be happy. Some people believe that they don’t deserve happiness and accept their unhappy state as their destiny. The truth is that happiness, like anything else in life, needs to be nurtured.

“The best vitamin to be a happy person is B1.”

The following are a few tips that can be followed to create happiness in a life:

• Stay healthy: When one is not well, it is difficult to be happy. Problems with our health can be the cause of many worries in life. So we should take care of our body, eat healthy food and enjoy a good health.
  
• Make healthy relationships: Healthy marriage, great family and good friendships are good ways to attain happiness in life. Everything may not be perfect but we can always do something about it. Let us remember, happiness is a choice. We should surround ourselves with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when we are surrounded by people who think that way. Conversely, if we are around people who are happy their emotional state will be infectious.
• Do what you enjoy: We should spend time in doing what we enjoy. If our passion is writing, we should spend some time writing. If we love swimming or we enjoy teaching the children, we should find ways to enjoy our passion.
• Get out of debt: Finances should be managed. We should not spend more than what we can afford. At times it is observed; people have no choice when it comes to medical emergency. It is advisable to always take precautionary measures: mediclaims and small savings.
• Know how to deal with stress: These days stress has been a major part of our lives. Stress with family problems and stress from a demanding work - they are all around. As we all know happiness is a choice, do not let stress overrule our lives. Some creative ways are to be worked out to relieve stress. We should practice meditation and practice deep relaxation.
• Help others: One should volunteer to help others with their needs. When we do this, we realize that there are more people who need our attention than being too focused on our selfish goals in lives.
• Share: We know that sharing can make a big difference. We can give somebody a little joy by sharing our abilities and what we have - we will feel that happiness in us. One of the good ways to be happy is the joy of giving.
  
• Enjoy simple things: Happiness sometimes comes from simple things in life: a good time with our pet dog, a flower blooming in our garden or the joys of cooking our favorite recipe.
• Be Thankful: We should count our blessings. Focusing on what we have achieved is important. Instead of thinking what we want to have in life, let us make a list or even a mental list of what we already have and be thankful for it. Being appreciative of the blessing we have will tend to attract more of it.
• Sense of humour: Finding the humour in situations can also lead to happiness. At times it is required to be serious; however, when it is appropriate, we should find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make us unhappy.
  
• Look for a solution: When something goes wrong let us try to figure out a solution instead of wallowing in self pity. Truly happy people don’t allow set backs to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favour.