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On My Way to a Happy Life Free FREE ON MY WAY TO A HAPPY LIFE PDF Deepak Chopra,Kristina Tracy | 32 pages | 06 Dec 2010 | Hay House Inc | 9781401925758 | English | Carlsbad, United States 16 Tips for Living a Happy Life Starting Right Now Aristotle said this more than 2, years ago. And it still holds true today. What is the true purpose of life, if not to live a happy life until we die? Happiness is one of the most sought-after goals in life, yet for many it seems to be elusive. It's easy to delude ourselves into thinking, "When I just have that nice house and new car, then I can be On My Way to a Happy Life. A big house or a new car won't actually make you happier; it's the simple joys in life that bring true happiness. Read on to learn 15 simple ways that you can start living a happier life today. Do What You Love If your passion is playing soccer, writing poems, or teaching children how to swim, make time to do it. You'll find that when you're doing what you love, you're filled with joy. How much better does that sound than forcing yourself do something you don't like? Help Others Sometimes after we've achieved our own personal goals, we still feel empty inside because we haven't made a meaningful contribution to someone else's life. When we volunteer or help others, it feels good to just be of service to someone else. The impact we make feels fulfilling and is a big potential source for our own happiness. Be Thankful When you think of all the things that you have to be grateful for, you realize how blessed you already are. Without even realizing it, we take our basic necessities for granted -- a roof over your head and plenty of food to eat. By appreciating the things that you already haveyou'll begin to feel happier in your life. Share With Others When we share our thoughts, our time, and our abilities with others we feel better for it. A life lived without sharing can become lonely. When you share with others, they'll feel great towards you and help you to feel more joy in your own life. Smile More Practice smiling more and see how it affects you internally, as well as those around you. You can always afford to give a smile. Smiling can make you happier -- even if you have to force it, you'll still feel better. Exercise When was the last time you went to the gym or worked out? Exercise reduces stress and releases endorphinsalso known as a "runner's high. Seek Out a Life Coach A life coach will help you to evaluate your life and why you're not feeling happy in it. Maybe you're holding limiting beliefs or you have an emotional block without realizing it. By speaking to a life coachyou can uncover why you're actually unhappy and what you can do to feel better. Find Ways to Manage Stress On My Way to a Happy Life let stress rob you of your birthright to be happy. You deserve to be happy, and it wouldn't be right to let stress get in the way. Practices such as meditation can help you to manage stress better and feel great. Eat Healthy It's much more challenging to feel truly happy when you're sick. But when you eat right, you feel better both physically and mentally. And you'll avoid that guilty feeling that you just pigged out on junk On My Way to a Happy Life. We're social beings, even if you're an introvert or a loner. People love spending time with their friends and family for good conversation, bonding, and some laughs. Life's too short to live it completely alone. Dump Negative Thinking You already know that negative thinking will bring you down. So how do you stop it? Become more aware of it and try replacing your negative thoughts with some positive ones. Spend less time with negative people and more time with positive people. Give More Gifts You don't have to give expensive gifts; sometimes a poem, a quick note, or a thoughtful email will brighten someone else's day, and yours. Share what you can give to all the wonderful people in your life. Forgive and Forget Holding a grudge will harm you more than the person you're holding it against. Ask yourself, "What would it On My Way to a Happy Life for me to let go of the past? Focus instead on a bright future and On My Way to a Happy Life feel better for it. Take a Walk in Nature Spending time out in nature can be very refreshing and renewing, especially when you're living in an artificial, manmade world. Taking a walk in your local woods or park and getting some fresh air can allow you to appreciate the beauty of the natural world. Want to be happier? Click here to learn how you can live a happy life with life coaching. A life coach is a professional who helps you to be happier, reach your goals, and find your true purpose in life. See how a simple shift in your thinking and attitude towards life can make you feel a whole lot happier. News U. HuffPost Personal Video Horoscopes. Newsletters Coupons. Follow Us. Part On My Way to a Happy Life HuffPost Wellness. All rights reserved. Suggest a correction. Thanks, Zoom. Newsletter Sign Up. Successfully Subscribed! How to Live a Happy Life (for Teens) - Nemours KidsHealth On My Way to a Happy Life all want to discover how to live a happy life. We only get in our own way through the thoughts we believe, and the ideas we think we should follow. The choice to be happy has to come before wanting to have success, fame, wealth, love, and everything else on your list. We feel our thoughts. We know this because other people are in the same circumstances as you, but they experience it differently. On one hand, we have depressed billionaires. On the other, we have tribal folk in the Amazon rainforest that are dancing with joy. Almost every limit in our lives is set by ourselves. You alone hold the keys to your happiness. But if I let that thought be, another thought will come along. You can choose whether to take your mind seriously or not. Learning how to live a happy life is about learning how you work. I read the books that call out to me. If you get stuck on always working on yourself, you get in the way of your happiness, because your head is full of thoughts of trying to get somewhere. There are times when you want to set clear goalsand there are times when you want to live without goals. I can trust my inner GPS, my inner wisdom. But I re-focus on what I can do with what I know. I start where I am, because that is all I can do. I might have comparison thoughts enter my head, but I can re-focus on just putting one foot in front of the other. Even seeming detours, like learning cartooning, can be integrated into what I do. The more you challenge your mind like this, the more you see that your mind is like an out of control 4-year-old. Nothing happens without action. When you break down each chapter into five segments, and break down those five segments into five paragraphs, it almost becomes easy. But remember, your goals are there for you to have something to aim at. There is no eternal happiness. Not in achieving success, or even in achieving spiritual enlightenment. There is just life, falling apart and coming together again. When you truly see this, you start to relax. I used to push myself during these times, but no longer. The drive always returns. Most of us know what our heart yearns for, but we are afraid to go after it. I remember a few years ago before I started this blog. I was afraid that I had nothing to contribute to the world with my writing. As the years passed, I became sick of my excuses and negative thoughts. Like a kid who stands up to his bully, I decided to stand up to myself and take action despite the fear-mongering of my mind. As I started writingdozens of people read and responded to my words. Today, tens of thousands of people read my content every single month. When On My Way to a Happy Life are ready to take that step into the unknown even though you are On My Way to a Happy Life, your life will transform. You have an inner GPS within youwaiting to guide you through life. It simply means you pay attention to what you find interesting. What is life bringing you, and what feels magnetic? No thing, no person, and no accomplishment will make you happy. I say this not to depress you, but to free you. That includes things that are difficult. Life may be scary, especially when you decide to go after what makes you come alive. But is it as scary as looking back at your life on your deathbed, knowing that you never lived at all? You can smile at the antics of your mind, and you can take a tiny step toward what you find interesting.
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