The Pursuit of Happiness

This is a very interesting statement, also a pretty good film. How many really happy people do you know? Are you one of them? If you are similar to the typical person who has bouts of or something you would like to feel, or you hear yourself saying things like, “one day I will be happy”, “winning the lottery will make me happy” or “happiness is not sustainable”.

 

What would happen if you changed those thoughts by 1% and acted differently, doing something new and observing the impact? How about spending your time around a truly happy person, noticing that their behaviours and state of mind comes not from what's going on around them, but from what's going on inside them. The way they look at life, recognising the negative things, just not giving them any of their attention. The unhappy person would wallow in the negative emotion and use it to add more and more of what they have witnessed to back up all their stored beliefs and perceptions of the world they live in.

What are some of the differences in their pursuit for happiness? The 1% of change needed by others? 

 

They give their attention to finding things to enjoy and appreciate. Every day, no matter where they are or what they're doing, they find things to laugh about, to celebrate, be grateful for and to appreciate.

They surround themselves with people who stimulate and challenge them and who have similar behaviours. They create their environment, rather than waiting to see what environment will evolve and finding things they don’t like,

 

It's an interesting fact that we get what we are looking for and we mostly see what we have manifested in our thoughts.

 

So if you make up your mind to be happier by 1% more each day, then you add an extra 14.4 minutes of happiness in your day, 100.8 minutes per week and 11.76 days per year!

 

How do you do that? What can you do? What small step can make a big difference? Here are some examples of the things I have done

 

·         Stop buying a newspaper

·         Watch funny films

·         Read or listen light hearted books

·         Laugh

·         Smile

·         Look for the smile in other

 

Most happy people weren't born that way. At some point in their life they made a conscious or unconscious decision to change, to enjoy their lives maybe as small as 1% difference. What would happen if you made the same choice, starting today?