How to Live a Happy Life?

Life is too short; everybody wants to live a happy life free from anxiety and worry. But many people are not happy, and it is not because that they have no fame, no power or no money. How to be happy? As a matter of fact, it would not be difficult. It is common that with the abundance of material, the happiness index is reduced. Actually, as long as you do two things, you can live happily: the first is physical comfort, the other is spiritual joy.The so-called physical comfort includes two basic conditions: the needs of survival and security. We do not live in Africa or 1960s, the food needs for subsistence can easily meet. The current situation is not like 1930; all the people worry about children being kidnapped at any time. It is also not like Cultural Revolution; you could be caught and shot when you wrote an article. Therefore, security requirements are easily met. Besides, almost all the people can have basic food and clothing and personal safety. In the new times, people are more inclined to pursue material such as luxurious Swarovski pendants, coral beads jewelry. Excessive pursuit of material satisfactions is the primary reason why people in modern times are less happy. Spiritual pleasure contains social network, respectable demand and self-actualization. There is no need to have relatives or grandchildren around you, only participating in an amateur badminton team can meet the needs of social network. If you can find intimate friends, it may be happier than kinship. If you can find your forever mate, it will be even happier. Although respectable demand has some difficulties, but is it not difficult to reach. All the independent people who make a living by yourself can earn respect. The greater achievements you make, the more respect you will get. This kind of people will not only get the respect from your family members but also from all your friends and colleagues. But sometimes, the metrics are not absolute, Self-realization is the essence of a person’s happiness; it is the primary and the ultimate happiness. Of course, self-realization is not necessarily for those who are brightest and most excellent. Every person has his own value; the greatest happiness is to achieve one’s ego. When a painter paints a beautiful picture, it is self-actualization; an ordinary housewife makes delicious food, it is self-fulfilling. While they have different kinds of self-actualization, but their implementation brings them the same happiness. Happiness is very easy, as long as you want to live a happy life. All those who are not happy, in the final analysis, they do not really want to be happy.