Tell me how to be happy.?

Answer 1

to be happy,

one must not do whatever he likes, but he should like whatever he does,

happiness is not having what you want but loving what you have.

happiness is not about having much to live on...

it is about having much to live for..^_^

Answer 2

The essence of the minds peace is the central reporting
body of the input, and the output of the creativities,
activities and diversities one sees. To stop and hold a
simple olive branch, or an olive, we can smell, a place of
central peace. This experience is forbidden and written
as the core of good intentions. To move on from the
knowledge of simple is central and well guarded, entrusted,
and complete one now can enter the daily world except in
major busy lifestyles with expectation to find more
good. This is the direction we need to take. Planning,
guidance, praying, meditation all need a path of righteous
and previously chosen and approved, or sanctified. Your
sanctified body is a real place for your mind to breath, and
within each breath you may now ask for a sound. Here is
a good plan of reading. http://www.beliefnet.com

Answer 3

"Don't worry, be happy" is Meher Baba's tag line. You might check into his books, such as "Discourses."

Happiness is perhaps best sought through "being happy," which reflects one's inner peace, harmony, and balance, and/or through actions which bring you happiness: a feeling of peace, a sense experience, giving to or helping another, "etc."

"A Brief History of Happiness," White, indicates that, along Maslow's lines, there are levels, degrees, and types of happiness. Having sufficient food, water, security bring happiness. At certain levels of such, more of the same doesn't "mean as much." (Japanese people in 2000 report about same levels of happiness as they did when five times less affluent, in 1950s.)

At such junctures, one is able to "move on up" in happiness when one e.g. has a fulfilling sacred labor, or at least a steady source of income, and then turns toward e.g. being creative, while keeping one's "day job." Cultivating the kingdom within, or Self-realization, is Maslow's final insight: people are happiest when they are at One with Deity, divine Love, original Buddha Mind, and so on.

Thus, would suggest "Man, Master of His Destiny," O. M. Aivanhov, "Climb the Highest Mountain," Mark Prophet, and "Watch Your Dreams," Ann Ree Colton, as specific introductories as to how happiness is cultivated, "Expecting Adam," Martha Beck, as a great, worthwhile personal narrative of how happiness is found in the midst of a busy life, and "When Invisible Children Sing," Dr. Huang, as an example of how happiness is attained by helping others. C. S. Lewis' novella "The Great Divorce" is a good fictional insight into happiness.

http://www.coasttocoastam.com radio also has occasional guests who speak to your question.

cordially,

j.

Answer 4

Happiness is a life time struggle. Let positve thoughts mold your state of mind. Surround yourself with goodness- and make efforts to fix the wounded that crosses your path. Be strong and don't succumb to negative influences such as greed, hate, etc. Those are inevitable elements of life that have only the potential to steal happiness! You'll get there- just keep your head up and believe in yourself, believe in goodness, believe that life is worth it.

Answer 5

Happiness is an agreeable feeling or condition arising
from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind.
It is the possession of those circumstances or that
state of being which is attended with enjoyment. It is
associated with good luck, good fortune, prosperity,
well-being, delight, health, safety, and love.

Happiness is generic, and is applied to almost every
kind of enjoyment except that of the animal appetites.
It ia a state of well-being characterized by emotions
ranging from contentment to intense joy. These include:
bliss, joy, joyous, carefree, jubilant, exultant,
cheerful, playful, amused, fun, glad, gay, gleeful,
jolly, jovial, delighted, euphoric, ecstatic, thrilled,
elated, enraptured, comfortable, harmonious, and
triumphant. Societies, religions, and individuals have
various views on the nature of happiness and how to
pursue it.

Only saint-like persons, who feel that they are no
longer interested in the external world, think that
happiness is within. For many persons, nothing can make
them happy. Our minds are as different as our finger
prints - no two are alike. Listening to loud music
makes one happy and makes another unhappy. Hence, there
can be no single definition for happiness. It is
probably impossible to objectively define happiness as
humans know and understand it, as internal experiences
are subjective by nature. Because of this, explaining
happiness as experienced by one individual is as
pointless as trying to define the color green such that
a completely color blind person could understand the
experience of seeing green.

As a state and a subject, it has been pursued and
commented on extensively throughout world history.

"Call no man happy till he is dead." - Aeschylus

"Happiness is a positive cash flow." - Fred Adler

"Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes
true happiness. It is not attained through
self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy
purpose." - Joseph Addison

"True happiness arises, in the first place, from the
enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the
friendship and conversation of a few select
companions." - Joseph Addison

Happiness is often associated with the presence of
favourable circumstances such as a supportive family
life, a loving marriage, and economic stability. Kali
Yuga, the age of darkness, is the time when these
favourables are difficult to find.

Unfavorable circumstances - such as abusive
relationships, accidents, loss of employment, and
conflicts - diminish the amount of happiness a person
experiences. In all nations, factors such as hunger,
disease, crime, corruption, and warfare can decrease
happiness. However, according to several ancient and
modern thinkers, happiness is influenced by the
attitude and perspective taken on such circumstances.

From the observation that fish must become happy by
swimming, and birds must become happy by flying.
Aristotle points to the unique abilities of man as the
route to happiness. Of all the animals only man can sit
and contemplate reality. Of all the animals only man
can develop social relations to the political level.
Thus the contemplative life of a monk or professor, or
the political life of a military commander or
politician will be the happiest according to their own
psyche.

The following is the self-reported positive affect
(i.e. positive emotion) during the day by 909 employed
women in USA:

Activities and their positive effect index:

Intimate relations 5.10
Socializing 4.59
Relaxing 4.42
Pray/Worship/Meditate 4.35
Eating 4.34
Exercising 4.31
Watching TV 4.19
Shopping 3.95
Preparing food 3.93
On the phone 3.92
Napping 3.87
Taking care of
my children 3.86
Computer/Email/
Internet 3.81
Housework 3.73
Working 3.62
Commuting 3.45

Interaction with partners:

w/ friends 4.36
w/ relatives 4.17
w/ spouse/Significant
other 4.11
w/ children 4.04
w/ clients/customers 3.79
w/ co-workers 3.76
w/ boss 3.52
alone 3.41

Further, happiness is not entirely psychological in
nature - it has got a biological basis too. The
neurotransmitter dopamine is involved in desire and
seems often related to pleasure. Pleasure can be
induced artificially with drugs. Use of drugs is not
some thing new, it has been used by many including
Sanyasis since millenia.

Answer 6

let go of all material things and live for others the feeling will come to you

Answer 7

first ask youself how to be sad? to be happy is just the opposite way of how you make youself sad. if you can make one emotion, then sure you can try to make another.

Answer 8

just live in the moment and enjoy any secend that pass.... live and love