5 Secrets to Having a Happy Life

Oct 1
07:10

2010

Victorino Q. Abrugar

Victorino Q. Abrugar

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The 5 secrets to having a happy life article will give you quick yet powerful ideas and insights on how to achieve real happiness by changing the way you live your life. It will enlighten our souls to the real world that we live in.

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A truly happy life is all what we want. We want it and we wish it for others. We work hard just to get things that we think will give us happiness and joy in life. However,5 Secrets to Having a Happy Life Articles no matter how hard we try, we still face sorrow and sadness. It seems that happiness cannot exist without sadness. It seems that the two co-exist in an equilibrium point in the Universe. We are sometimes afraid to be happy because we are worried that after such joy, sorrow will come next. But this theory is only true in the temporal realm. We should understand that happiness can be achieved in the long run, and sadness can be thrown away in a permanent basis. Thus the following 5 secrets to having a happy life should be understood.

 

1. Be spiritual

Most of depressions and sorrows in this world are brought by this world itself. This means they are brought by the earthly things, such as greed of money, lust for flesh, and desire for fame. These are the works of material people and there is no contentment on them. To have a happy life, we should live spiritually. This is because spiritual things such as love, faithfulness, kindness and truth are the ones that will provide as joy that never perishes. If we can assure our eternal existence, we will not be worried of the torments of flesh such as poverty, hunger, disease and even death.

 

2. Be thankful

People suffer dissatisfaction in life because they are sick of amnesia. What I mean is that they usually forget the good things that happen to their life – they forget to be thankful. They are only concern with the things that can benefit and defend their selves. When typhoons, earthquake and other tragedies happen – they always blame it to God. They forget to show gratitude when blessings and graces come upon them. We sometimes suffer from memory gap – a gap that ignores the good things which are brought to us by God and His instruments. To be happy in life, we should memorize our good moments. We should be thankful to that.

 

3. Be a loving person

Hatred is one of the most common activator of grief. To cure it, we need to practice loving. It is what makes us gentle, patient, kind, peaceful, faithful and joyful. By being unselfish, we produce happiness within ourselves, which can use to make ourselves happy, and make other people happy. It is in true loving that a person will experience pure and everlasting joy. For lovers, they can testify on it.

 

4. Be great

Sadness is our personal opponent. We need to battle and overcome it. We need to defy anger, greed, discontentment and other qualities that bring us sadness. Thus, we need to become a great person equipped with powerful principles and attitudes that will get rid of those negative things that cause our sorrows and grieve. To become great, we need to become humble, self-controlled, unselfish and a man of actions.

 

5. Have wisdom and understanding

Darkness and confusion, if they invade our brains, they cause tremendous depressions. Thus, we need knowledge to enlighten our minds. If we have the knowledge of the truth, which bring good news, there could be no reason why we don’t become cheerful. In addition to our knowledge, we also need to have wisdom – the ability to judge between right and wrong based on our knowledge and realizations. If we choose the right decisions, we can be happy not only today but also in the future. Furthermore, this wisdom should also be understood. We will start to understand it if we will put them in practice. Thus, spirituality, thankfulness, love and greatness must be executed so that we can have a truly happy life.

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