Pleasure does not generally lead to happiness whereas happiness leads to the experience of greater pleasure. Happiness is felt in the moment whereas pleasure is felt for a moment. There is a huge difference between the two.
It is terribly ironic that the holidays, which is meant to be a time for celebration, joy, family, loved ones, connection, harmony and contentment, brings sadness and depression to so many people. Why is this the case? Perhaps because those who suffer from the holiday blues are seeing their world through the eyes of the past, focusing on the disappointments, the losses, the rejections, the abandonments of the past and bringing them into the present, and feeling their devastating emotional impact as if they happened yesterday.
Maybe at this point in your life, you are unsatisfied with your career. You’re not alone. Many people feel the same way you do. Here are three important things that will totally transform your career and they’ll help you fulfill the divine potential that you have.
You must befriend yourself genuinely first before anyone can genuinely befriend you. Loving yourself is the key to loving others also in that vein. If you can tolerate yourself at the very least, you have halfway cured loneliness.
Happiness comes when your intentions, thoughts and actions benefit you and others. Early researchers who studied the human psyche discovered that although action appears to follow feelings, actions and feelings actually work together. The action affects the emotions. These psychological pioneers concluded that if you want to feel differently you should perform the actions of the motion you desire.
In just about any situation there can be found a thread of humor, if you look at it from the perspective of finding a way to enjoy it. And why not? Isn’t it better to end your day thinking about all the crazy, fun times you had that day, instead of all the dull, same old-same old stuff? Here are a few examples.
Having balance in your life is important if you want to be happy and successful. Success is defined not just be work success but by having good health, close loved ones, and constant happiness. Balance can help you have all of those things.
Life can give you many reasons to be sad. But you can combat it with a lot of reasons why you should be happy. If you want to know how to live a good life and how to be happy, you must know that positive things can make you attract positive energy as well.
“Happiness can only exist in acceptance.” – George Orwell. What would your life be like if you had an abundance of happiness? What would it take in your life to create an abundance of happiness?
Amidst the joyful celebrations of the holidays, we are moving into the winter of the year, when life in the outer world becomes quiet and still. The snowing storms of the winter and chilly weather often force us to stay put, slowing the hustle and bustle of our day-to-day lives.
