One of the most important objectives of the human being, regardless of their culture or social or economic level, is to be happy, however, it is a concept that has different meanings for all and even changes over time and with the different circumstances of life.
Thus, some believe that happiness can be found in spiritual values, others in professional goals and, for the vast majority, the secret of happiness is in a good sentimental relationship, however, one of the consequences of this research is that, by achieving one of the goals that we thought essential, others were created along the way , which also ended up becoming essential for the encounter with happiness Does this mean that happiness does not exist?
- Happiness is far from a place we reach.
- It is more like a collection of moments that in the end make us satisfied people.
- However.
- Some everyday practices prevent us from taking advantage of these small “plots of happiness”; for example: don’t leave behind the pains.
- Losses and frustrations of the past.
In other words, constantly remembering what made us unhappy in the past will also make us unhappy in the present. And it has nothing to do with happiness. Leaving these experiences behind is harder than we think because sometimes they represent who we are, but we need to understand that if we get hurt, it means they’re no longer worth it.
Another custom that prevents us from realizing the happiness we already have is the constant complaint about the situation we find ourselves in today, for example: we wake up in the morning thinking that we have to go to a frustrating job that makes us sick, and we will repeat to the end that without this work we would be much happier?That’s when, when we’re completely confused and sad, we finally start to feel worse and worse.
If, instead of complaining, we start to accept that we are where our decisions have taken us and that, therefore, it cannot be so serious, we will stop feeling this enormous burden and we could start to lose the weight we carry. curious, but once we accept things as they are, they begin to change.
It’s a habit that can be cultivated. Thanking what you have and what makes you happy completely changes our look, because we no longer want, for a moment, what we don’t have, we have enough time to desire what would improve our lives, that is, our Life is not completely saturated with things that do not give us time to think, we are not too tired to imagine what we could be or have something else.
In everyone’s life there is something, at least in one respect, that works almost perfectly and is usually to him whom we pay the least attention, so why not start recognizing him, thank him for having him in such a good situation and continuing with everything we have?After all, we’ll feel happier and start going in the direction we deserve, or we’ll even realize that where we are is exactly where we need to be.
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