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The Five Secrets to Being Happy

If you want to be a happier person, follow these five simple steps.

Have you ever met people who seem to be happy all the time, and wonder what their secrets are? These people are contented, easy going, generous, and always have a positive outlook in life.

Now, if you are conducting a research by asking "What make you a happy person"; they will reveal at least one or two of these five things below.

  1. Have a Sense of Humor

    Life is short, so put a little sense of humor in a stressful situation will keep your blood level maintained. Laugh about it, and suddenly you will lessen the burden.
    Happiness is contagious! If you are happy, the people around you will be happy. If you have a light sense of humor, your family will have a light sense of humor. Happiness is not a build-in mechanism when you were born; it is something you have to cultivate to exceed.
  2. Appreciate Your Environment

    Find positive things around you instead what are bad or missing. Appreciate your surrounding will make you a happier person.
    If you look for positive attributes in everything and everywhere you go, you develop an appreciation for the world you live in.
  3. Be Inspired

    Allow other people to inspire you by listening to their stories, or simply just watch them. Let inspiration guides your life to a deeper meaning. If you are open, every single person you meet can be a motivation force in some ways.
    You can also be an inspirational figure by simply carrying a big smile on your face. Sometimes, turning a bad experience into something positive brings on a different effect.
  4. Give Yourself

    Physically give yourself in doing such as cooking, or serving, or cleaning at a shelter or any other places, will fulfill the higher purpose in your life. When you give, you also receive. By putting yourself out there to do good for others make the meaning of giving more rewarding. There are a lot of things you can do in your community: cleaning a stretch of the road, or highway, or planning flowers in your city can help you feel belonged and hopeful.
  5. Count Your Blessings

    The blessings do not have to be big to count. Sometimes, the littlest thing can really mean more than winning a lottery, such as holding your child in your arms and receive a kiss. Sure, it is nice to have a million dollars in your bank account, but if you come home to an empty house without warm greetings; it is very sad. Count your tiniest blessings daily. It does wonder to your mind!

Being a happy person takes work, and it is attainable. We might unable to be cheerful all the time, but with the right attitude and positive frame of mind, we can be one of the happy people, and we will inspire others to have a pleasant outlook in life.

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Comments (21)
#1 by Lucy Lockett, Apr 6, 2008
All these tools are within each and every one of us, great article.
#2 by b. radley, Apr 6, 2008
great article, great advice!!
#3 by lanne, Apr 6, 2008
Great article Icy.
#4 by nobert bermosa, Apr 6, 2008
this is another good article,,all of these will certainly make person happier,, thanks IC,
#5 by Judy Sheldon, Apr 6, 2008
Icy, this is truly inspirational, and of course, you are right. Happiness needs to be strived for, cultivated and nurtured, and found in every day places, such as our loved ones. Thank you for this uplifting reminder.
#6 by Alexa Gates, Apr 6, 2008
Great advice Icy!
#7 by Francie, Apr 6, 2008
*Super article Icy! It's these reminders that help keep one
positive!
#8 by Anne Lyken-Garner, Apr 6, 2008
Icy you wouldn't believe this! I write for an online magazine and this month my article was called 'how to take responsibility of your own happiness' I cited 5 ways and they were more or less exactly the five you've cited here. WE do think so alike! Well done.
#9 by Ruby Hawk, Apr 6, 2008
These are good reminders that it is up to us to be happy or not.
#10 by KathySpring, Apr 6, 2008
Yes, we may not always be able to control everything around us. we can control how we react, and our attitude
Great Job Icy..Keep up the great work
KathySpring
#11 by Dee Huff, Apr 6, 2008
Five simple steps that really work. Nice article Icy.
#12 by valli, Apr 7, 2008
Great ideas, Icy.
#13 by Josey, Apr 7, 2008
I was having a bad day, but now I'm going to try your advice and snap out of it. Thanks,
Josey
#14 by Tarra B., Apr 7, 2008
excellent list of 5 ways to be happier!
#15 by IcyCucky, Apr 9, 2008
Thank you everybody for your comments..
#16 by Joe Poniatowski, Apr 9, 2008
Great advice, Icy, and right in line with most psychological and spiritual teaching.
#17 by Melinda, Apr 12, 2008
Hard to remember sometimes.
Thanks for the reminder.
#18 by quiet voice, Apr 14, 2008
...hi IC, fantastic article,
great advice, you start with
the mental attitude. Well said.
#19 by Ruby Hawk, Apr 27, 2008
You have it right. We should try our darnest to be happy.
#20 by MysLykeMeeh, May 2, 2008
I totally agree...., :-) My friends keep asking me what makes me happy and so outgoing person even though things are so tough....., I said.., all of the above discription. Nice work, Icy. YOU GOT IT.

Keep writing, your work are inspiration.
#21 by Nick Kenney, May 2, 2008
Thank you Icy...it's all great advice and I'll try it.
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