what do you do to be happy? is it difficult to be happy?

@rcom2025 (115)
Costa Rica
February 19, 2010 11:41pm CST
I usually wonder myself how happy I am, and if I am doing something to be happy. I think that being happy should be one of the main purposes that people should have in mind everything single day. Being happy makes us healthy, I think, and let us enjoy more what we are doing, work? study? etc. It also makes happy that people who surround us. So, what do you do to be happy? is it difficult for you to be happy? what things make you happy?
7 responses
@Katie2009 (144)
• China
20 Feb 10
I don't think it difficult to be happy,my friend if you want to be. Some of my friends say that I smile a lot and sometimes smile like an idiot(maybe I should not tell you this). This thanks to one of my friends' motto for me- smile to your life.It is a very profound epigram to me as it contains the wisdom of a meanful and enjoyable life. People in modern society have so many problems and stress in their work and life all the time,and we need to laugh some pressure out which makes us more relaxed. Personally,I like to watch animated movies to gain fun,like Iceage 1&2&3,Kungfu Panda,Horton hears a Who and etc. I also recommand to read whatever books that interest you and ease your unhappiness. In a word,laugh is not hard,isn't it? Open your mouth and grin! Life smiles back at you when you smile at it!
@rcom2025 (115)
• Costa Rica
20 Feb 10
Good! we are now two "idiots" smiling all the time je je, I love to smile too, It makes me happy, and most of the time makes also happy the people around me. I said MOST OF THE TIME because there are exceptions, there are some people who seem like they cant stand others being happy.
• China
21 Feb 10
Right,but I think they actually want to be as happy as you are,they just cannot afford to lower their pride to smile
• Philippines
20 Feb 10
Happiness is just a state of mind, they say, and I guess it really is. If you want to be happy, then decide and choose to be happy. Everyone of us has control over our emotions somehow. If you're unhappy and you dwell on it, chances are you will remain unhappy, unless you decide and choose to snap out of your sadness and to start being happy. That's what I did, and what I'm still trying to do. I lost a loved one just a few days ago due to various illnesses which resulted to complications. It's really hard to accept especially because she's only 29, just a year older than I am, and now she's gone. Whenever I think about her being gone, I feel like being choked. However, thinking that she's saved, will not suffer or be in pain anymore, and that she's in a much better place now, makes me happy and secured.
@rcom2025 (115)
• Costa Rica
20 Feb 10
Thanks for your comment, Sorry for your lost. I agree with you, about happiness being a state of mind. Many people have all the conditions to be happy but they just cant.
@figjam00 (1445)
• India
23 Feb 10
what makes us happy? - satisfaction! :) if we're satisfied we're happy:) being happy makes us healthy both physically and mentally! we all know that a healthy mind can survive only in a healthy body! so being happy is as important as any food nutrient or exercise! we can be happy by being satisfied and by maintaing optimism, ups and downs come in everybody's life but only optimistic people can get away from it! so be happy be satisfied with your life and with whatever you have and last but not he least be optimistic! :)
• Indonesia
20 Feb 10
Listening to my favorite music can make me happy someday, also, I'm very happy if I get lot of money from MyLot . Also, reading some book or watch movie can make me very happy. Yeah, I enjoy my work of course because I love my work! I think, it's not too difficult for me to be happy.
@rcom2025 (115)
• Costa Rica
20 Feb 10
Nice, you're lucky, some people really dont know how to be happy.
@namiya (1718)
• Philippines
24 Feb 10
Under normal circumstances one could choose either to be happy or to be sad as this feeling is dependent on a person's present state of mind. To be happy, i just count the blessings that i am enjoying today, like, having loving and caring children, we are all healthy, we have food to feed us today, we have a house to come home to, we have friends who really care, and countless other things and situations to be thankful for.
• Australia
20 Feb 10
I think happiness is a choice. People can choose to be happy or not happy in any situations. When you are happy, everything else seems better. Your work is better, your environment nicer etc2. What do I do to be happy? Well, usually in the morning, I try to set my mind to be grateful for the day and for the blessings that I have. That really makes me happy to realize how blessed I am. If during the day, something makes me sad or angry, I allow myself to be angry or sad for just a little while, and then start to focus to be happy again. I usually pray to give myself time to calm down.
@LaurenInLA (2270)
• United States
20 Feb 10
The first thing that I do is every morning and every evening, I write a list of things that I have to be grateful for. Several years ago, I felt quite unhappy. I finally realized that it was because I was doing all of the things that I had to do but none of the things that I wanted to do. I spent some time thinking about all of the things that I was truly passionate about. I narrowed it down to 4 core items that I enjoyed so much that I could lose myself in them. I would get so engrossed in them that what I thought was a few minutes that I spent doing them was actually hours. Once I discovered those core items, I make it a point to do at least one of them every day. It's had a tremendous impact on my life.