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Number 1 rule to be happy is to just "Stop Thinking About Being Happy."
Why?
Most of the time, we are not unhappy, we& #39;re not sad, but at the "neutral state."
That& #39;s the default state of being for most people.
Why?
Most of the time, we are not unhappy, we& #39;re not sad, but at the "neutral state."
That& #39;s the default state of being for most people.
We stress ourselves with the questions, like:
"Am I happy?"
I& #39;m not laughing, so I might be unhappy.
"Why am I not happy?"
"Why am I unhappy?"
"Why am I sad?"
"Am I stressed?"
"How can I be happy?"
"Why every damn thing happens to me?"
My life& #39;s so unfair...
(Stop it)
"Am I happy?"
I& #39;m not laughing, so I might be unhappy.
"Why am I not happy?"
"Why am I unhappy?"
"Why am I sad?"
"Am I stressed?"
"How can I be happy?"
"Why every damn thing happens to me?"
My life& #39;s so unfair...
(Stop it)
That& #39;s overthinking. And overthinking results in *stress.*
We overthink, we overstress, we burden our minds with useless and meaningless questions.
And when we don& #39;t get an answer, we feel stressed.
Don& #39;t think much.
We overthink, we overstress, we burden our minds with useless and meaningless questions.
And when we don& #39;t get an answer, we feel stressed.
Don& #39;t think much.
Happiness doesn& #39;t always mean laughing or smiling.
It just means that you& #39;re fine, you& #39;re doing good. Not just for saying, but actually. You mean it.
Being happy means that you& #39;re not sad, you& #39;re not stressed.
You might feel exhaustive at times, but that& #39;s not sadness.
It just means that you& #39;re fine, you& #39;re doing good. Not just for saying, but actually. You mean it.
Being happy means that you& #39;re not sad, you& #39;re not stressed.
You might feel exhaustive at times, but that& #39;s not sadness.
Rule Number 2 to be happy is to "Stop Living In Your Memories."
Sounds obvious, right?
We often think of our past and start collecting the happy times.
There& #39;s nothing wrong with that.
Sounds obvious, right?
We often think of our past and start collecting the happy times.
There& #39;s nothing wrong with that.
But when we start comparing the "happy times from the past" with the "bad times of the present," we tend to start hating our lives.
And that& #39;s obvious because we& #39;re biased towards collecting only the happy moments while comparing them with the present.
And that& #39;s obvious because we& #39;re biased towards collecting only the happy moments while comparing them with the present.
Life is a mixture of both:
- good and bad,
- love and hate,
- soft and harsh,
- ups and downs,
- pleasure and pain,
- happiness and sadness
(Sounds like poetry, HAHA)
That& #39;s a perspective of looking at it.
- good and bad,
- love and hate,
- soft and harsh,
- ups and downs,
- pleasure and pain,
- happiness and sadness
(Sounds like poetry, HAHA)
That& #39;s a perspective of looking at it.
Another perspective could be:
“There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.”
— Ryan Holiday
(That& #39;s simple, yet deep for many.)
“There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.”
— Ryan Holiday
(That& #39;s simple, yet deep for many.)
Rule Number 3 to be happy is to "Stop postponing things to the future and Start Living in the Moment"
The world is moving faster with technology, and so is our lives.
But oftentimes, we forget the fact the "We are going to die."
"We can die anytime."
(That& #39;s harsh truth)
The world is moving faster with technology, and so is our lives.
But oftentimes, we forget the fact the "We are going to die."
"We can die anytime."
(That& #39;s harsh truth)
We postponed our today for a better and happier tomorrow.
But that& #39;s not how it is supposed to be.
You can& #39;t be happy by postponing, but by declaring it Now.
But that& #39;s not how it is supposed to be.
You can& #39;t be happy by postponing, but by declaring it Now.
"I& #39;ll be happy once I get that"
- The Most BS statement ever.
That& #39;s the future, throw it out.
You can only be happy by being in the moment. Everything else is just a thought, distracting you from focusing on the only thing that matters — "this moment."
- The Most BS statement ever.
That& #39;s the future, throw it out.
You can only be happy by being in the moment. Everything else is just a thought, distracting you from focusing on the only thing that matters — "this moment."
"Life is an ongoing movie, and you are the hero."
Not just for saying, but actually.
Now think about this - "Would you like to see a movie with no pain, no struggles, no sadness, no harsh moments, just a happy guy roaming around?
NO. At least I won& #39;t.
Not just for saying, but actually.
Now think about this - "Would you like to see a movie with no pain, no struggles, no sadness, no harsh moments, just a happy guy roaming around?
NO. At least I won& #39;t.
So, why do you want a life filled with only happiness?
That& #39;s fantasy, come out of it. Reality is much more amazing.
That& #39;s fantasy, come out of it. Reality is much more amazing.
