7 ways to be instantly happier (Life-stuff one learns)

(1) Forget about looks. If you buy into the notion that one must look a certain way to be desirable or happy, then you’ve instantly choked down the potential for your own complete happiness and ease of mind. You will constantly be judging yourself and others by a pointless and unrealistic measuring rod of a kind of beauty ideal formed by the heads of cosmetic companies. ********************************************************************* (2)Remember people are human. When we forget our humanity and that of others, we end up becoming pompous and always looking down on those who are different than we are. When you remember that every person has been through something, has a back-story and things which have influenced who they’ve become, it makes you understanding, compassionate and less quick to harshly judge. ****************************************************************** (3) Distraction is your WORST ENEMY. Whenever you are trying to achieve, whether it is a life-goal or just a daily task, just be aware that the deadly beast of distraction will come your way to stop you. Always. It’s as though you have a secret, silent enemy that will just send you stuff to try and stop you from getting anywhere. But once you are aware of this, you can reign in your focus and not allow this enemy to defeat your potential brilliance! ********************************************************************** (4) It may seem a random point, but in this day and age of rapid and vapid communications this is apt; Don’t take texts too seriously! They say ninety per cent of communication is non-verbal. Through a text you not only don’t see the person, you can’t hear their voice, you don’t see enough words to get the full nuance of what they want to say. Not only that, but you have the issues of mis-spelling, mis-sending, mis-understanding etc. I love texting, it has its uses, but I don’t judge whole situations from them. And... there could be a million reasons why that person didn’t text you back. Too much assumption goes on around textual relations. ********************************************************************* (5) Value the ‘little’ things. Appreciate what you have. When you decide to actively ‘count your blessings’ you’ll be surprised that you actually have a lot of them. ******************************************************************** (6) Don’t depend on feeling. Yesterday you felt like a beautiful superstar. Today you got up feeling like mulch and looked in the mirror and felt you also look like such. Yesterday life seemed like a bunch of kittens and roses. For some reason, perhaps the fluctuation of serotonin in your noggin or whatever, today you think life hates you. Just be rational and know that feelings are ephemeral and sometimes lie. Decide to ignore those sudden nonsensical feelings of rubbishness. ********************************************************************** (7)Realise your place in the world is very important; yet, the world does not revolve around you. I guess this is a question of having a healthy, balanced outlook. You have no grounds to see yourself as insignificant, inconsequential or value-less. Yet at the other end of the spectrum, there are those who have an elated sense of self-importance. We all have special-ness. Those who are deluded enough to think they are somehow so much greater than others will be unhappy because life will always offer situations where our inflated egos get slapped down. That is all. xx ********************************************************************************************************************************************* *Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall*