Tips to be happy!!!

Happiness is what everyone wants! It is the ultimate pleasure for which everybody struggle the entire life and try to find it in money, power and fame. But happiness needs no struggling. It is determined more by our minds than by our circumstances and can be achieved by everyone. Therefore, here are some tips to achieve happiness:

·        Do things that make you happy: Although this sounds obvious, many people simple forget to do things from which they gain pleasure. And do them as often as possible.

·       Play and have fun: Don’t take life too seriously. Although we all have responsibilities there’s no reason why we can’t approach much of our lives in a playful manner. In fact, those who do so will undoubtedly be happier.

·     Learn to like and ideally to love yourself: We must love before we can be loved. To love others and to be loved by others is a key component of happiness.

·       Identify where your strengths lie: Know where your faults and weaknesses are to avoid problems. Know where your strengths lie to be really happy and to succeed in life.

·         Invest time and energy in to your key relationships: Happy people spend more time working on and in their relationships. Happy people tend to be more supportive of other people in their life. Happy people are more generous and altruistic.

·     Plant happier, optimistic thoughts: There are two parts to developing helpful, optimistic thinking. The first is to weed out unhelpful negative thoughts and the second is to plant more positive, optimistic ones. This is essentially a skill, and like any other skill becomes easier and more effective with practice.

·       Control what you can control: Accept what you can’t control. And learn to be wise enough to know the difference. Control what you can control. Accept what you can’t control. And learn to be wise enough to know the difference.

·       Live in the present moment: The only moment in which we can truly be happy is the present moment. The only moment over which we have control is the present moment. So be happy now! Because if not now, then when?

·      Make happiness an integral part of your life: Develop happiness routines and make them a part of your everyday living. Remind yourself however you can to do what you need to do and reward yourself as often as possible for doing what you've done.