Pursuit Of Happiness

Pursuit Of Happiness: 6 Keys To Finding True Happiness

The pursuit of happiness is one of the basic elements of human existence. We want to be happy. So why are so many people unhappy then? Most likely people are not happy because they are missing one of the six keys to happiness.

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Is happiness the journey or the destination?

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Journey

samsuccess says:

Happiness is the journey!

Posted July 01, 2009

blue22d says:

It took me a long time to realize it was a journey. If we make it a destination - then what? It is more fun to enjoy a journey and enjoy every aspect of it as we travel along the way. Great lens. Thanks.

Posted June 21, 2009

Tuula_Olin says:

Definitely the journey. If you decide that you'll be happy if this or that happens in the future, the future is always away from now. You should try and be happy about things that you have now and then be happy on the journey to achieve the things you want.

Posted June 01, 2009

Ramkitten says:

At the end of my journal about a six-mo. (literal) journey, I wrote: Now that I'm finished, I'm trying to grasp the thought that I really did it at all. I mean, it almost doesn't seem real now. After only days off the trail, I almost feel like it was a dream. All I can say is, whatever it is you do ... make the most of and appreciate each day, because the days pass and things end, and it's like *poof* ... it's over. The memories are wonderful. So are the pictures. But the journey is the treasure.

Posted December 11, 2008

1stevedw says:

When you reach the destination, it's over. Then you start over again, heading to a new destination,...

Posted October 04, 2008

Destination

kajspice says:

In order to be happy, you must DECIDE to be happy...

Desire is the starting point for all suffering and misery.

Posted December 30, 2008

How can you be happier?

Happier Than God: Turn Ordinary Life into an Extraordinary Experience

by: Neale Donald Walsch

Amazon Price: $12.89 (as of 07/13/2009)

Determine To Be Happy

The most important key to your personal happiness is determining that you will be happy. For many people, their personal happiness is not a priority in their life. Too often, we put the happiness of others before our own. While this may please our children, spouse, or boss, this is not the path to happiness. This dos not mean you should make yourself happy at the expense of others, but you must remember that the reverse should also not be true -- your happiness should not be sacrificed to make others happy.

Be happy

Happy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out

by: Marci Shimoff

Amazon Price: $18.96 (as of 07/13/2009)

Find What Makes You Happy

Once you have determined to make your pursuit of happiness a priority you need to determine just what it is that makes you happy. Spend some time reviewing the happy times in your life. Think about memories that make you smile or activities that make you joyful. Can you find a common element or theme? Then that is one of the keys to finding true happiness for you.

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Do What Makes You Happy

Now that you have identified what makes you happy you need to engage in that activity. Perhaps you need a creative outlet? Join a writing group, take an art class, or learn an instrument. Do you need physical activity? Then find a way to get back into a sport you love or start a new one. All that is necessary is that you find a way to reconnect with this key element.

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Decide Who Makes You Happy

However true happiness for most of us is not dependent solely on finding that one key. For most of us, we also require special people in our lives to be happy. Perhaps you have lost touch with someone important and can reach out to them? Or perhaps it is simply a time to plan some special time with family. It is important to our own pursuit of happiness to stay connected with those we love.

You can wear your happiness!

Help Others

Another essential to finding true happiness is to give of ourselves as well. Helping others in both small and large ways can help make you happier and more content. You might even be able to find a way to combine giving and engaging in an activity that makes you happy. For example, if you love to make people laugh you could organize a community talent show as a fundraiser for a local charity.

Make A List And Check It Twice

Finally, make a list of all the aspects of your life that do make you happy. So many of us get down because we dwell on the negative, but usually there is something about your life that makes you happy. Make a list of these items so you can have a quick mood enhancer when you feel down.

Do you need a nudge?

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

by: Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein

Amazon Price: $17.16 (as of 07/13/2009)

Find True Happiness

The pursuit of happiness does not have to be challenging or arduous. Finding true happiness can be as simply as determining, identifying, engaging, connecting, giving and reminding yourself of the 6 keys to personal happiness.

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What is happiness?

Happiness is a state of mind or feeling such as contentment, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy.[http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=35689&dict=CALD Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary] (accessed 2008-Dec-23) A variety of philosophical, religious, psychological and biological approaches have been taken to defining happiness and identifying its sources.

Philosophers and religious thinkers have often defined happiness in terms of living a good life, or flourishing, rather than simply as an emotion. Happiness in this older sense was used to translate the Greek Eudaimonia, and is still used in virtue ethics. In everyday speech today, however, terms such as well-being or quality of life are usually used to signify the classical meaning, and happiness usually refers to the felt experience or experiences that philosophers historically called pleasure.

While direct measurement of happiness presents challenges, tools such as The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire have been developed by researchers. Positive psychology researchers use theoretical models that include describing happiness as consisting of positive emotions and positive activities, or that describe three kinds of happiness: pleasure, engagement, and meaning.

Research has identified a number of attributes that correlate with happiness. These include relationships and social interaction, parenthood, marital status, religious involvement, age, income (but mainly up to the point where survival needs are met), and proximity to other happy people. Happiness economics suggests that measures of public happiness should be used to supplement more traditional economic measures when evaluating the success of public policy.

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Are you happy?

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samsuccess wrote...

V. G. Lens! I consider myself to be happy 97% of the time. One wouldn't be human if happy 100%!

Posted July 01, 2009

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happiness_setpoint wrote...

You've put together a great lens here with some wonderful resources. Thanks for mentioning my book! When you get the chance, I'd love it if you'd drop by my lens and say hello.

Posted April 10, 2009

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poutine wrote...

I consider myself a very happy person and my happiness
comes from the little moments in life that I find here and there.

Posted February 23, 2009

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Graceonline wrote...

A friend of mine is reading one of the books you recommend above, Happy for No Reason, and finding it helpful in the midst of a terrible depression. It's not easy, in that state, to find a reason to feel happy, much less to dare to feel it. Your six steps hold the potential to help any of us kick-start our way from gloom and begin to feel the bloom of life on our cheeks again.

Posted February 15, 2009

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ElizabethJeanAllen wrote...

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Posted December 16, 2008

Do you know how to be happy?

The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want

by: Sonja Lyubomirsky

Amazon Price: $16.35 (as of 07/13/2009)

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