Qoute Aboute Happiness
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Qoute Aboute Happiness
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1.
Worrying about the wrong people.
The ladies of The Real Housewives of
Orange County, they’ll survive without you. The family members and
friends of Duck Dynasty, they won’t notice your absence if you stop watching
their show. Even the private lives of your elected politicians and local
public figures mean nothing in the grand scheme of your own life.
But your significant other, your
friends, your children, your siblings, extended family members, business
partners, employees and customers – these are people who truly matter to
you. Give them your time and attention. They’re the ones who
deserve it.
And as you meet new individuals, be
polite, but don’t try to be best friends with everyone. Take things slow
and remain focused on your core people – the individuals whose absence would
immediately make your life less fulfilling.
2.
Focusing all your attention on future events instead of present moments.
This moment will never happen
again. Look around. Cherish your time as you’re living it.
Work towards something, but enjoy the journey of getting from here to
there. Experience each step. Don’t succumb to a vicious cycle of
overbearing productivity that forces you to constantly think about every
imaginable time and place except right here, right now.
It’s often hard to tell the true
value of a moment until it becomes a memory. And someday you will likely
discover that the small moments you’re living now are really the big ones worth
dreaming about. So learn to appreciate what you HAVE NOW before time
forces you appreciate what you HAD THEN.
3.
Delaying decisions.
Sometimes it doesn’t take as much
strength to do things as it does to decide what to do.
Life is filled with difficult
decisions. As you move through life you will come up on many forks in the
road where both paths look equally as promising. The important thing is not
which path you choose, but that you do in fact choose a path.
Deciding sometimes hurts. Not
knowing which path to take can be painful. But nothing is more
disheartening than never making a decision. If you never choose a road,
you will never know where it leads. So when you’re faced with two equally
good options, don’t be one of the people who choose the third option: to not
choose.
4.
Saying “yes” when you really mean “no.”
Stop over-committing. While
saying “yes” can take you down some wonderful roads, there’s also a ton of
value in saying “no.” Your time in life is extremely limited; do you
really want to give it away so easily?
If you don’t have time to commit to
a new project, fulfill a favor, etc., it’s a good idea to just say “no.”
Refusing a new request from friends, family, customers, etc. can be difficult,
but rarely is it as stressful as over-committing and leaving no time for
yourself.
The ambition to be successful in
life is not always the biggest challenge, narrowing the number of commitments
to be successful in is. Even when you have the knowledge and ability to
access highly productive states, you get to a point where being simultaneously
productive on too many fronts at once causes all activities to slow down, stand
still, and sometimes even slide backwards.
Bottom line: Say no when you
know you should
5.
Buying stuff you don’t need.
Proper money management is one of
the most beneficial skills we can master to create a comfortable, happy future
for ourselves, and yet it’s a skill that we are often culturally cut off from
understanding. The consumerist society we live in tries to make us feel
that happiness lies in owning things and continuously buying new things, and
fails to teach us about the happiness not found in things
When external influences suddenly
motivate you to consider a new purchase, ask yourself this: “Is this
thing I’m thinking of purchasing really better than the things I already
have? Do I really need it? Or am I just being persuaded to be displeased
with what I have now?”
You’ve heard the saying, “The best
things in life are free.” Believe it. Spending time with friends,
laughing, enjoying the antics of a pet, seeing a child smile, experiencing
intimate and heart-felt moments with a significant other – these gifts are
precious and free. Money brings comfort, and there’s nothing wrong with
enjoying that comfort. But it’s important to spend money on the things
that matter to you, and let go of spending that doesn’t add value to your
life. Spend on what you need, but don’t forget why you’re buying what
you’re buying, or the spending will become a destructive habit.
6.
Gossiping.
Gossip is the evil. If you
want to know something about someone, ask. Don’t assume; that’s how
gossip grows and spreads.
If you’ve talked to more than one
person about something someone else is doing, it’s time to step forward and
actually talk to the person you’ve been talking about. And if it’s truly
‘not your place’ to talk to this person, it’s likely ‘not your place’ to talk
about them either.
Ultimately, you should focus on
judging less, loving more, and resisting the temptation to gossip about others,
or portray them in a poor light. Be impeccable with your words.
Speak with integrity. Avoid using your words to gossip about others.
Use the power of your voice to spread truth and love only.)
7.
Filling every waking moment with activity.
Downtime is imperative. In all
walks of life, the highest human performance occurs when there is equilibrium
between activity and rest. This is due to the fact that the human body is
designed to labor in short pulses, and requires rest and renewal at regular
intervals, both physically and mentally. In other words, your productive
working days should look something like this: activity, short rest, activity,
short rest, etc.
Make time every day to not be
busy. Have dedicated downtime moments – clear points in the day to
reflect, rest and recharge. Don’t fool yourself; you’re not so busy that
you can’t afford a few minutes of sanity.
You deserve quiet moments away from
the daily hustle, in which no problems are confronted, no solutions are
explored, and no demands are being made of your time. At least twice a
day, while you’re awake, withdraw yourself from the sources of stress that refuse
to withdraw from you. Do so for a few minutes and simply be and breathe.
Happiness project
“The real pleasure-seeking is the combination
of luxury and austerity in such a way that the luxury can really be felt.”“The greatest of empires, is the empire over one’s self.”
“Best is good. Better is best.”
“To live is so startling, it leaves but little room for other occupations.”
“I was surprised to find myself so much fuller of Faults than I had imagined, but I had the Satisfaction of seeing them diminish.”
“We needs must love the highest when we see it.”
“The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.”
“We can only know others by ourselves.”
“How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it.”
“To see things in their true proportion, to escape the magnifying influence of a morbid imagination, should be one of the chief aims of life.”
“How often things occur by mere chance which we dared not even hope for.”
“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.”
“The sacrifice of pleasures is of course itself a pleasure.”
“Every man is, no doubt, by nature, first and principally recommended to his own care; and as he is fitter to take care of himself, than of any other person, it is fit and right that it should be so.”
“She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it).”
“The aim of life is self-development. To realize one’s nature perfectly—that is what each of us is here for.”
“The real pleasure-seeking is the combination of luxury and austerity in such a way that the luxury can really be felt.”
“I think that it is useless to fight directly against natural weaknesses. One has to force oneself to act as though one did not have them in circumstances where a duty makes it imperative; and in the ordinary course of life one has to know these weaknesses, prudently take them into account, and strive to turn them to good purpose; for they are all capable of being put to some good purpose.”
“Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.”
“Sometimes something can look beautiful just because it’s different in some way from the other things around it. One red petunia in a window box will look very beautiful if all the rest of them are white, and vice-versa.”
“Since every man is obliged to promote happiness and virtue, he should be careful not to mislead unwary minds, by appearing to set too high a value upon things by which no real excellence is conferred.”
“The true secret of happiness lies in the taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.”
“Anything one does every day is important and imposing and anywhere one lives is interesting and beautiful.”
“We are interested in others, when they are interested in us.”
“Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.”
-Marcus Aurelius
April 22nd, 2013
“Safe! safe! safe!’ the pulse of the house beats wildly. Waking, I cry ‘Oh, is this your buried treasure? The light in the heart.”
“Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life. They appear so while they are passing; they seem to have been so when we look back on them; and they take up more room in our memory than all the years that succeed them.”
“Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”
“My mind works in idleness. To do nothing is often my most profitable way.”
“There is almost one time that is important— Now! It is the most important time because it is the only time when we have any power.”
Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.
Happiness
Happiness is a state of mind that cannot be put in words but has to be experienced. Life can be made full of joy and happiness if it is understood the right way. As sorrow becomes halved when shared with others, happiness becomes doubled when you share it with your loved ones. Happiness cannot be curtailed or confined to one single concept.
There are various things that cause happiness depending upon the mentality of the person. If millions of dollars can cause happiness to a reason, the beautiful bloom of rose or the smile of a small baby can bring unbound happiness to another. The following quotes give an idea of the vast diversity of things in life that are responsible for bringing happiness. But in a nutshell, happiness can be brought about by change of mind or attitude or alteration in the perspective but it is one thing in life that cannot be bought by money.
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