Gerbera, up close.
One reads all these clever quotes about being happy, how to be happy, and especially, making the decision every day to be happy, etc.
How?
Will somebody, somewhere, please tell me how?
If you wake up crabby – you didn’t sleep well because of problems, you’ve got a headache, your partner snored to high heaven – how on earth do you just ‘decide’ : ‘I’m going to be happy today!’ (with a smile and a la-la-la-la-laaaaa…)
I need a step-by-step explanation, or a drawing, because this one I cannot work out on my own.
Happiness is something, like love, that many poets and song writers have written about, because that is probably the ONE thing in life that everybody on the face of this earth, wants.
A lot of people equate happiness with love. Others feel that lots of money leads to happiness. Most people have their own definition of happiness. The Oxford English Dictionary says (hold your breath) happiness – being happy. Wow – profound… So happy accord to same, is ‘feeling or showing pleasure.‘ Right.
Which does not help me one little bit. If I’m feeling out of sorts, and I do not feel like smiling and even talking to people, how do I decide to be happy? Feeling grateful is one thing – I can wake up in a bad mood and still be grateful for a new day – I will just not expect too much of it. I can be grateful for my health and food on the table, which, by the way, I always am, but still not feel happy.
Is it just me? Was I born a grouch (which I do not consider myself to be at all, I am just not always happy) or difficult to please? You can tell me, I can take it! It might not make me happy to hear negative feedback, but I can handle it… 😉
So, if somebody out there can solve this conundrum for me, I’ll be forever grateful!
Until next time fellow bloggers, stay safe! 🙂
Hey, we can assume it this way! Let’s not consider happiness a thing coming from the outside but let’s look at it as our own quality. I mean what if we say that Happiness is intrinsic to a soul like you and me! It is a part of our nature and not dependent on any situation or people! Initially it appears to be a stupid assumption but then with practice the mind gradually starts accepting. Why disturb the inner self because of the happenings outside?? Just a thought 😅🙂
Thank you for taking the time to reply! I also believe that happiness comes from within, but it is not always ‘there’ on the surface. Sometimes you have to ‘make’ it happen, and that is what I find difficult.
Aaahhh🤔 Thought provoking an issue!😁 The least we can do is to keep smiling!
Btw on a second thought, what are your views on Meditation?!?hope you don’t mind me asking?! 😅😅
It is something I’ve always wanted to try, but haven’t yet. 🙂
Then You should give a try once! 🙂
Great post 👍👏👏
Thank you so much! 🙂
I agree that you can choose happiness!!! If you end every day and list a coiple of good things in your day, you sleep better and appreciate your life more (and more!). If you wake up everyday and list a couple of things that make you happy/you look forward to/are thankful for, you wire your brain to rewire the negative!! It is something that I have tried for shortnperiods of time, and it really does make a difference in your mindset and overall mood!!! It is something that I wish I could do every day! But alas, it takes practice and time!! And when you miss one day, you blink and months have passed since you last did this!!
Sounds like something worth trying! With my track record I’m not sure I’ll get to make it a habit, but I’ll give it a go! Great idea! 🙂