Don't Worry, Be Happy… Here's How

The essence of happiness is…

Good luck. Happiness is good luck. From the Old Norse root, hap, meaning luck or fortune. Incidentally, luck comes from the German or Dutch, luc, meaning prosperity, just to trace it back a bit further.

Most of the time, when we talk about happiness we're talking about a fairly persistent good feeling about yourself, others and things in general. I found it interesting to discover the connection to luck, because I don't think that 's what most people think they mean when they say they "want" to be happy. I don't think that the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of luck either.

How do we get to happiness?

An important distinction here is that happiness doesn't seem to be as much about an endpoint, as it does a more enduring quality - happy people are not just happy at the end of their journey, they are happy on the way as well. Another feature of happiness or happy people is that they seem to be able to maintain a healthy baseline level of good feeling most of the time and throughout even difficult circumstances. So, stop trying to eventually get to happiness. Now is the time to be happy - give it up, get happy now.

How do we just get happy now? Isn't that hard to do?

It would seem that way. If someone is not happy and even further not happy for a long time, then how could they suddenly become happy and then keep it that way?

Here are some start-up pointers:

" You don't have to do anything special to get happy! Nothing sets you so much aside from the other happy people in the world, except that they're used to feeling good and you're not used to it.

" It takes practice. Practice feeling good. Do it a little bit at a time. Everyone has had a good feeling. Remember and let's re-create yours. Take a deep breath, let out the bad energy and the tension and then let in a good feeling. Let it sneak in with a sly grin. For a moment just be happy.

If happiness was related to luck, how can you increase your luck and your happiness to boot?

I've thought about the luck component to happiness. Luck has several characteristics, including a sense of randomness and being determined by outside or external variables.

I prefer to think of luck in terms of the saying, "Chance favors a prepared mind." Luck tends to choose and find those people who are most ready to use it. So, to maximize your luck and even your happiness, make your preparations, do your homework and be ready to be happy at a moment's notice. One of the great qualities of happiness is the capacity to feel spontaneous pleasure, or joy.

A quick summary on how to be happy

" Stop trying to be happy - trying is all about effort and not about results - just be happy!
" Stop feeling bad that you're not feeling happy.
" Start letting yourself relax in the moment and have a good feeling just being there.
" Remember that happen and happy come from the same language place, so find the connection - it's there - happiness lurks around happening, so "make and let things happen!
" Luck, the root of the word happiness, depends not only on randomness, but also preparation and readiness to enjoy and fulfill the moment - you can find a lot of happiness in your full presence in the moment.

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