Your Keys To Happiness
December 13, 2006
BE HAPPY ZONE
By Lionel Ketchian
The main key to happiness is to realize that being happy is the most important thing you can do and you have everything you need to be happy! Unlock your happiness potential by using any of the 40 keys to happiness.
#1 The first key to happiness is understanding your own mind and learning to control it.
# 2 You always hold the key to happiness. It is in your mind, not in your hand.
of three things that you have been blessed with before going to sleep every night.
# 3 Your attitude will determine your altitude. As Abraham Lincoln once said, "Most people are as happy as they make up their minds to be."
# 4 To be happy, you need a relaxed mind.
# 5 Live in the present, for it is the only moment you have.
# 6 Keep your attention on what is here and now in every moment.
# 7 Don't struggle against things.
# 8 Accept everything that happens to you totally.
# 9 After you accept it, let it go.
# 10 Happiness is an inner state of well being. Focus some of your attention on your inner state.
# 11 Happiness is freedom, so do not seek external approval from others.
# 12 Happiness is power.
# 13 When you get angry realize that you are giving your power away.
# 14 When you find yourself reacting to anything, take a moment, do nothing and look within and realize you can respond to the situation using happiness as power to work for you.
# 15 Give up judging people. Don't take things personally because then you cut yourself off from your own wisdom to being happy.
# 16 Your happiness affects your health. Your happiness will not only add years to your life, but will add life to your years.
# 17 Fear is the opposite of happiness. Fear will make you a slave. Happiness will give you freedom.
# 18 Nothing can make you happy.
#19 Happiness is a decision.
#20 Once you have made the Happiness Decision you can always choose happiness in every situation.
#21 Happiness is a conscious choice. Only a conscious person can choose to be happy. You cannot make the choice you are not aware of.
# 22 Don't make problems more important that your happiness. When we have a problem, being happy allows us to respond with the best possible choice available to us at the time and this creates the best possible outcome.
# 23 Make it your business to have friends and people you can learn from in your life.
# 24 A happy life is a meaningful life. Find meaning in your life. Don't ask others for meaning find it for yourself. No matter how long it takes; it is really worth the effort.
# 25 Enjoy nature. You are a beautiful part of it and just thinking about a sunset or the waves breaking on the shore, or a view from a mountain top will make a powerful connection.
# 26 You deserve to be happy.
# 27 Give yourself permission to be happy! If you can't do that than remember that I am giving you permission to be happy.
# 28 Just Do It! Happiness takes action; Being Happy is an active state of being.
# 29 Fake it till you make it! You can't pretend to be happy without becoming happy.
# 30 If you are grateful for something in your life, you can't be unhappy.
# 31 Accept yourself, (all of you) it is a genuine key to happiness.
# 32 Find three things that you are grateful for everyday. Write them down and keep a journal if you want. But think # 33 Laugh often. Laughter helps you not take yourself too seriously.
# 34 Don't think too much about the past and don't worry about the future.
# 35 You are a magnificent creation, you have a special purpose only you can find.
# 36 Be a genuine giver. Give genuine compliments, give genuine smiles, give of yourself genuinely.
# 37 Learn from your dog.
# 38 Be childlike.
# 39 Be yourself.
# 40 Be kind.
Old Fezziwig said to Scrooge: "When happiness shows up always find it a comfortable seat." Words from a Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
IT TRULY IS A WONDERFUL LIFE! LOVE AND JOY TO THE WORLD…ESPECIALLY TO YOU!
Lionel Ketchian is the founder of the Happiness Club. He can be reached at PrintLRK@aol.com. The Web site is www.HappinessClub.com