The Pursuit Of Happiness - How to Find it and Keep it

How happy are you?

How much has your company grossed this quarter?

Which question is more important to you? If you are more concerned about the latter, then one suspects the answer to the former is not going to be very positive.

Richard Branson wrote on linkedin " What’s the best measurement for success? Happiness", and he mentioned his delight to know  the Bhutanese have introduced a Minister for Happiness. 

"Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present." Jim Rohn.

 Happiness is a state of mind.

The following steps will help you on the road to being happy: 

• Be thankful for what you have.  Stop looking at what you don't have and start focusing on what you do have.  Constantly focusing on what you want or don't have is a recipe for depression and unhappiness.  There must be something in your life you are thankful for - good health; a roof over your head, no matter how small; food to eat; your children; your parents; your best friend; your pet - something or someone is there for your to give thanks.

• Always think positive.  You need to get rid of all the bitterness and hatred you have in your heart.  Regardless of what someone has done to you, you need to cleanse your mind of the negatives and start putting positive thoughts in there.  We may not have control over what happens to us all the time, it is how we deal with each situation that determines the outcome and how we feel at the end of it. 

• Help others.  We all have talents and using our talents for the good of others will bring us great satisfaction and joy.  This is especially true when we do it without looking for anything in return.

• Find your true purpose.  Finding what your true purpose in life is, is also critical to achieving happiness.  When you do something that you enjoy, along with helping others, you will never feel unhappy again.

Recommended books:  Happiness Book on Amazon.

Here's a little quote to think about:  "We're not put on this earth to see through each other, but to see each other through."

"To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him." Buddha 

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. "

Sources: http://www.trcb.com/self-improvement/happiness/how-to-find-true-happiness-and-keep-it-4741.htm