What does it take to be happy?

Question

How do you find true happiness?

Answer 1

It's different for everyone, and to be honest, no one is happy 100% of the time, unless they are on drugs or alcohol 24/7, which will lead to liver failure, so there goes happiness.
First, it's good to have your health, eat well. exercise, take care of our appearance, a healthy mind in a healthy body.
Second, define for yourself what kind of activities make you happy, and do them, reading, writing, painting, helping others.
Third, Strategies for life; create goals that are achievable and realistic for good education and employment, so that you can be financially independent as much as possible. Money is not everything in life, but it's certainly good to have.
Last, but not least: find balance and inner peace, physically, mentally and spiritually, and never rely on anyone else to make you happy, it's not an external issue, but an internal one. If you seek a partner that would compliment you, not define who you are, so together you can create a mutual world, preserving your own unique individuality, and complimenting one another.
Good luck, hope this helped.

Answer 2

Happiness starts with an inner peace. An acceptance of who you are & what is going on in your life. Once you can take all the negitives in your life & make a decission on what you are going to do about them, stop worrying. Stop concentrating on what ifs just sit down & say this is the way things are & I'm okay with that because I either like it or it's gonna change, change it. All too often we are unhappy due to things that are fixable. Also do a small gesture each day for yourself, learn to like yourself more you deserve it. Happiness is in the heart & the mind!!

Answer 3

The problem with this is that you need to find true happiness for yourself. Nobody, or nothing can make you happy or sad but that which comes from within.

Answer 4

You only find true happiness through God and then if he chooses to send the right partner for you in life then count your blessings.

Answer 5

You need JOY in your life.
J esus first
O thers next
Y ourself last
You've got to be able to take life as it comes and go on. Don't dwell on the past, unless it's really good. Look for only the good in people and try always to overlook the bad.
Meditate on These Things

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy — meditate on these things. Philippians 4:8 - The Bible

Answer 6

Got Beer???
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No seriously happiness is a state of mind. You are in complete control of your emotions because you decide what it is you want to focus your attention on!
Look for the good in life and not the negative!


Keep this lesson in logic in mind:
When you seek happiness for myself it always eludes you.
When you seek happiness for others you find it yourself!

Answer 7

Accept yourself and embrace who you are. Know the forgiveness is knowing that the past cannot be any different that what is was. Know that you can control only you and your reactions to things. Know that you cannot change anyone, no matter how much love you give them.

Answer 8

Find Your self first, then everything will follow!

Answer 9

I don't even know myself, so I'm not much help to you. But if you find it, share it with me.

Answer 10

Wickedness, injustice, grief, pessimism, trouble, loneliness, fear, stress, frustration, distrust, unscrupulousness, anxiety, rage, jealousy, resentment, drug addiction, immorality, gambling, prostitution, hunger, poverty, social corruption, theft, war, struggle, violence, oppression, fear of death… News about these issues appear in the newspapers and on TV every day. The popular press devotes entire pages to these subjects, while others serialise articles about their psychological and social aspects. However, our acquaintance with these feelings is not limited solely to the press; in daily life, we, too, frequently come across such problems and, more importantly, personally experience them.
People and societies endeavour to liberate themselves from the distressing experiences, disorder and repressive social structures that have prevailed over the world for long periods. We only need to glance at ancient Greece; the Great Roman Empire; Tsarist Russia, or the so-called Age of Enlightenment, and even the 20th century-a century of misery which saw two world wars and world-wide social disasters. No matter upon which century or location you concentrate your research, the picture will not be appreciably different.
If this is the case, why haven't people succeeded in solving these problems, or at least some efforts been made to remove such social diseases from society?
People have encountered these problems in all ages, yet each time they have failed to find any solutions because the methods they employed were inappropriate. They sought various solutions, tried different political systems, laid down impracticable and totalitarian rules, stirred up revolutions or subscribed to perverted ideologies, while many others preferred to adopt an indifferent attitude and merely accepted the status quo.
In our day, people are almost numbed by this way of living. They readily believe these problems to be "facts of life." They picture a society immune to these problems as being nothing short of impossible-a dream utopia. They persistently and openly express their distaste for such a way of living, yet easily embrace it, since they think they have no other alternative.
The resolution of all these problematic issues is possible only by living by the principles of the "true religion." Only when the values of true religion prevail can a pleasant and tranquil scene replace this gloomy and unfavourable picture, which is doomed to continue so long as God's limits are ignored. To put it another way, people are enslaved by these complications as long as they avoid the values of the Qur'an. Put simply, this is the "nightmare of disbeliefe" and the link below for this wonderful book:

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So far, many books have attempted to deal with the social and psychological problems societies face. Yet, what distinguishes this book from others is its stress on the most realistic solution. It also sincerely warns people against the troublesome future they are likely to face if they fail to resort to this solution.
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They will then happily join the ranks of those who never suffer, mentally or physically, from any of the above-mentioned complications. Around them, there will always be an abundance of favours, comfort, love, respect, peace and confidence, and moral virtues will prevail. They will know how to earn God's approval, by observing His limits and the commandments of the Qur'an. They will thus, by having faith in God, attain His mercy and at last enter Paradise.

Real happiness and peace can be ONLY found in submitting to the commands of the Creator and the Sustainer of this world. God has said in the Qur’an: (Truly, in remembering God do hearts find rest.)
(Qur’an, 13:28)

On the other hand, the one who turns away from the Qur’an will have a life of hardship in this world. God has said:
(But whoever turns away from the Qur’an, he will have a hard life, and We will raise him up blind on the Day of Judgment.) (Qur’an, 20:124)
This may explain why some people commit suicide while they enjoy the material comfort money can buy. For example, look at Cat Stevens (now Yusuf Islam), formerly a famous pop singer who used to earn sometimes more than $150,000 a night. After he converted to Islam, he found true happiness and peace, which he had not found in material success.
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