Sometimes we are so focused on the pursuit of our happiness that we do not realize the attitudes and actions that take us away from it. Discover 11 things that can lead to unhappiness and how to avoid them.
Being right can be very rewarding, but in some cases or circumstances it is better to maintain kindness than to fight everywhere for reason, it is better to avoid this fight on irrelevant issues or where the ego has a strong presence.
Happier moments often happen when we let things flow and are willing to live without pressure.
Blaming others won’t make you happy. All you can do is get bitter about life and erode your relationships. If you think something has affected you, learn and take the reins of your life. When you blame others, you also give them power over you and your happiness.
They say that we are our worst enemies and this phrase is quite correct, when we allow ourselves a negative internal dialogue, we create an image that we project later.
Some of the beliefs with which we grew up take us away from happiness because they do not allow us to see the wealth around us, ideas such as racism or discrimination are just a few examples, although there are also less dramatic situations.
Happiness is not possible with self-pity because the former requires great self-love, while the second makes us believe that we are weak or unable to make things happen.
Criticism is very easy, but it is a waste of time, it destroys our relationships with others and ultimately does not leave us with lasting satisfaction that leads us to happiness.
We generally think that by impressing others, we will feel safer and happier, but it is not true. If we strive to impress others, all we can do is enter a vicious circle from which it will be difficult to get out.
All changes are good and a way of finding happiness, whatever the change, we can always find something new that gives us joy.
Overcoming our fears will make us happy because we will see that we are able to take a step beyond what we thought.
Living life to please others will make us miserable and we probably won’t appreciate it as much as we’d like. To be truly happy, it’s important to learn the difference between what you want and external expectations, and then do what motivates you. .
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