3 Steps to Greater Happiness

in life •  7 years ago  (edited)

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Did you know that no matter what goal you are trying to achieve, or where you draw motivation from, the path to happiness is always the same?
The key to happiness is this: dedicate yourself to the development of your natural talents and abilities by doing what you love to do, and doing it better and better in the service of a cause that is greater than yourself.
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This is a big statement and a big commitment. Being happy requires that you define your life in your own terms and then throw your whole heart into living your life to the fullest. In a way, happiness requires that you be perfectly selfish in order to develop yourself to a point where you can be unselfish for the rest of your life.

Here are some other tips to finding your own happiness.
Please Yourself First
In Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, Cyrano is asked why he is so intensely individualistic and unconcerned with the opinions and judgments of others. He replies with these wonderful words: "I am what I am because early in life I decided that I would please at least myself in all things."
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Your happiness likewise depends upon your ability to please at least yourself in all things. You can be happy only when you are living your life in the very best way possible. No one can define happiness for you. Only you know what makes you happy. Happiness is an inside job.

Your Happiness is Up to You

The biggest myth about happiness is when people say that it is not legitimate or correct for you to put your happiness ahead of everyone else's. Throughout my life, I've met people who have said that it is more important to make other people happy than it is to make yourself happy. This is nonsense.

The fact is that you can't give away to anyone else what you don't have for yourself. Just as you can't give money to the poor if you don't have any, you can't make someone else happy if you yourself are miserable.
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The very best way to assure the happiness of others is to be happy yourself and then to share your happiness with them. Suffering and self-sacrifice merely depress and discourage other people. If you want to make others happy, start by living the kind of life and doing the kind of things that make you happy.

Action Exercises

Here are three steps you can take immediately to put these ideas into action.

First, define for yourself the activities that you really love and enjoy, at home and work, and then organize your life so you do more of them.

Second, believe in yourself and trust your own feelings. Then, please at least yourself in all things.

Third, determine what it is that you do that brings the most happiness to others and then organize your life so that you can do more of it.
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Nothing is more important than happiness, even money cannot buy you happiness.
Perfect three steps, let me add to it and suggest a fourth step:
Eradicate yourself from people that make you sad, the bible says evil communication corrupt good manners, in order words if you let bad vides come close it might rub you of the good vibes you are building.
Thanks and nice post @gladnessmime

Thanks also for this contribution...

Thanks for sharing this @gladnessmime

This is just what I needed for the moment

Awwnn so glad your immediate needs have been taken care off..
With all the stress you go through just to build the steemit community, travelling, traffic etc. U need all the happiness you can get! Lol
I followed you from day one sir

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