Some Basic Laws Of Happiness I find Motivating

Happiness is something diverse. Here are some of the known Laws of Happiness I gathered. You can add yours too.

Some people appear to be happy on the outside, but they struggle anxiously behind closed doors and don’t give the matter much thought as to why.

Others make big plans based on what they’ve been told “should” make them happy: “I’m going to marry a good man, we’re going to buy a house, and we’re going to have three children and a house in the suburbs.”

As long as they’re busy doing whatever it is that distracts them from the truth – their truth – they’re like a boulder tumbling down a mountainside: they bounce and react impulsively to the surrounding environment, and they blunder onward with no thought as to where they’re headed.  They get their house, sometimes a really big one, and they think that’s the meaning of life.  And they never question it until they feel empty inside, often decades later.  Yet their eyes continue to betray the sadness that they refuse to speak of, and perhaps don’t even know they carry.

So…  Are you happy?

Knowing the answer to this question is important.  Living every day in such a manner that makes happiness possible is life changing.  Here are some of the basic laws of happiness that make life-long happiness a gradual reality:

1.  Integrity is the foundation of a happy, meaningful life.

A lot of the everyday conflict that arises in our lives exists simply because we’re not living in sincere alignment with our core values – we’re not being true to ourselves.
Wherever your heart is – wherever your truth is – that’s where you will find your reason to smile.

2.  Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being brave.

You have to be willing to take a chance on what makes you happy.
The only way to find true happiness is to be vulnerable sometimes and risk the possibility of being completely cut open.

3.  Happiness is wholeness, and every step and experience is what makes you whole.

Without each life experience, you are a blank page, an empty journal, an unsung lyric.
What makes you ALIVE is your will to live through today’s challenges and then hold your head up high tomorrow with hope and determination.

4.  A happy life story does not mean an easy life story.

The best thing that you can do is to follow your heart.  Take risks.  Don’t just make the safe and easy choices because you’re afraid of what might happen – if you do, nothing will ever happen.
You must work hard to make your life as beautiful as the dreams that dance through your imagination, while at the same time respecting each step along the way.

5.  Happiness lives in all the small things.

Subtract the obvious so you can see the meaningful.
Rediscover the sensitivity of your childhood eyes.  The eyes that saw life as it is – a beautiful compilation of tiny lives, each lived one at a time like snapshots in a family photo album.  That saw beauty in flowers and rainbows and wild animals.  That marveled at fireflies and sunsets and starry nights.  That let you dream every instant with your eyes wide open.

6.  Happiness is not some possession to be prized – it is a quality of thought, a positive state of mind in pursuit of meaning.

The ability to find beauty in the humblest things makes a home happy, a relationship lasting, and a life lovely.
One must find the mindfulness to truly appreciate the small things while chasing after the big ones.

7.  The secret of everyday happiness is not in always doing what one likes, but in mindfully liking what one does.

Be present with each step, do your very best, and let go of the rest.
There is always, always, always some reason to be grateful and something interesting to learn along the way.