Mastering the art of contentment and positivity goes a great length in shaping our lives and our general wellbeing. The mere fact that worrying about a situation doesn’t change anything must be the reason for us to worry less and be content with what we have.
In a phone conversation with my friend, I tried to tell her to always stay positive and worry less. Her response to this was, I cannot be like you. You worry less because you have everything you want in this world. I laughed because that sounded funny on so many levels.
There is no single person in this world who has it all. We have seen the richest people in the world face the most problems. Problems such as depression, divorce, sicknesses, and some are in therapy for years just to hear someone tell them they are enough so they can have a sound sleep. Some rich people upon all they have, are simply not happy.
American author and speaker Tony Robbins contends that, Success without fulfillment is the ultimate failure and that is why it is important we learn to make the best out of what life gives and work towards improving it for the better. Imagine having all the money in the world and not able to find happiness?
The number one recipe of living happy is contentment. If you are content with what you have, your, worries moves further away from you.
Isn’t it a wonder that, we are mostly certain that, there is this one thing that we need, and that thing is the means to the end of all our sufferings. For that matter we tend to focus all our energies and resources on it and make promises to our helpers that, they will never have to help us again once they do this one thing we want, sometimes we go the extra mile to even make a deal with the devil and make countless promises. But once we finally get it, that is where we realize that our troubles are just beginning. It is about time we realized we are doing great and appreciate our own efforts as our wants never end.
Here are Some of the Quick Ways to Live Happy
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- To live happy is to recognize the little achievements and wins on every step of the journey. Celebrate the little gains as we forge ahead toward the greater goal. Did you just passed your learner’s test, celebrate it. Did you just get your first job even if it isn’t your dream job, the fact that, you were chosen out of the many applicants is something worth celebrating. Enjoy this while it last, gather the experience and build new relationship to push you towards your future endeavors.
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- Desist from comparison. If we can recognize the fact that, we have different journeys and life is not a competition, then we are on the first step of becoming content. We have seen celebrities showing off on social media with their assets and sometimes going above and beyond to proof to us how much their spouses love them and how many gifts they receive from them only to later come back in their own words to tell us the truth. Many have shown us houses, business and cars that were never theirs and that probably might have made you feel inadequate, but they came back to tell us the truth with no guns to their heads. Are you going to pressure yourself into stress over lies spewed by people you might not even know? When you see this, there is your sign to go easy on yourself and live your life.
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- Give yourself credit because you are doing well. you have no idea what others are going through. Don’t go looking at the lifestyle’s others are portraying into feeling hopeless. All you must do is to measure the progress in your own life. Progress as little as seeing a little joy in your life. Maybe you can enjoy life now as the things that used to stress you no longer does and you are laughing more. That is progress. Were you able to fulfil the goals you set for yourself? That is what you can celebrate. Not feeling sad over someone else’s progress.
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- Don’t worry about others. Putting undue stress on ourselves for what other people are doing or not doing is not a healthy life. It is not in our place to worry or be upset about how people are living their lives. If you have a great religious lifestyle, enjoy it. Don’t go criticizing others on how they are living theirs.
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- Be responsible for your own happiness. Make yourself happy. For you to think it is someone’s responsibility to make you happy is the first step of a disappointing unfulfilled life. At the end of the day, you will come home to your family or to yourself. Should you focus on all the beautiful things you are surrounded with, the amazing things such as the beautiful children, spouse, job, home and pat yourself and be grateful for where you are, then you will be more content, you will get more energy and be motivated to push on. Like this article? Comment below or kindly share your thoughts and contributions to akuasita23@gmail.com