Happiness

Happiness is the feeling of truly enjoying your life, and the desire to make the very best of it. Happiness is the "secret sauce" that can help us be and do our best.

7 Pillars of Happiness

Rich relationships

If you surround yourself with too many negatives, toxic, unhappy people they will infect you with their negativity and cause you great unhappiness. If you surround yourself with many positive, upbeat, optimistic, happy people they too will infect you with their positivity and cause you to be happy.

Pursue your dreams and goals

When you put your ladder on someone else’s wall, you are essentially following someone else’s dreams and goals.Because they are not your dreams and your goals, eventually you will become bored or despondent with your life. When you follow your dreams and goals, however, that is where happiness lies. You need to pursue those things in life that make your heart sing.

Service to others

When you give of yourself for the benefit of others, happiness results.

Good health

When your health is poor, it creates great unhappiness.This is why it is so important to exercise every day and eat healthy food. When you pursue a lifestyle that benefits your health, happiness follows.

Financial security

When you are unable to pay your bills or struggle financially, this creates unhappiness.When your wealth produces enough income to maintain your standard of living until you die, you eliminate the vast majority of your problems in life. Not having to worry about money, creates happiness.

Happy family and friends

When any of your family or friends are struggling in life, this makes you unhappy.

As someone once told me – you are only as happy as your unhappiest child.

When those around you are happy about their lives, that makes you happy.

Enjoy what you do for a living

When you hate your job, you are unhappy. When you love your job, you are happy. Doing work that you enjoy creates happiness.

7 Reasons Why It’s Important to Focus on Your Happiness

Happy people are more successful.

We all have the idea that “success makes us happy” but it's backward. Instead being happy make more successful in all of life’s endeavors. happiness makes us more productive employees while improving our aptitude for problem-solving.

Happy people maintain better relationships.

Another critical aspect of life is fostering old and new relationships ranging from friendships to romantic involvement. 

Relationships have been proven to be the most important factor for the continuation of the human species. 

Happy people have better social support, more friends and are generally more satisfied with group activities and friendships. The happiest college students tend to have the highest-quality relationships, are less jealous, and have stronger bonds with family members.

Happy people have less stress.

Part of the reason happy people live longer and are healthier is because of a lower stress level. There is a direct correlation between stress and illness and vice-versa. When we get stressed, our cortisol hormone levels increase which is typically accompanied by muscle weakness, higher blood pressure, and mood swings.

Happy people are more creative.

In addition to being more productive in life, happy people are more creative. Positive thinking and being open to new experiences and ideas are related. This is because as our general mood becomes more positive, we can devise and envision creative solutions to a variety of problems. 

Happy people are healthier.

Happy people have proven to maintain better physical health, have less hospital and emergency room visits, and fewer unpleasant physical symptoms.

 Happiness important because it helps us be better people for ourselves, the ones we love, and our community.