The secret of happiness
I don’t write a lot of these days; I don’t write at all.
There has to be a spark and from that a flame until a fire starts, then I get typing –this is that part.
No matter how profound the topic is, I believe I’m of credible source. You see I’m almost never sad and with that, I oppose the popularly said phrase.. I do.. I do have a smile behind every frown. So let me share, please, give this post a few minutes. I guarantee once the ideas settle, you will come back and agree.
1. Do what you wanna do
If smoking and drinking make you happy, then flourish on that. Criminal life sounds nice? Go on a murderous rampage or rob a bank. I don’t believe that we’re all destined to be locked under society’s norm to dictate what we’re supposed to be and how we should act. If you wanna be emo, then.. go sit in a corner and be happy.
2. Remove all negavity
This is simple as it gets, remove all bad elements from your life; specifically, what you perceive as wrong. You don’t like people who don’t like smokers? Don’t hang out with them. Flock with your own kind and see who you really are. This applies to everything really. If you’re practicing being manly and feel uncomfortable being around the color pink then redesign your room and burn the Barbies. Sometimes we just live life with these things that pull us down which we don’t notice at all.
3. Find your passion
It could be an obessesion or it could be a fetish, it doesn’t matter. Some have recently discovered their love of photography with the recent price cuts and development of prosumer DSLRs. Everyone has a passion, there’s potential in all of us waiting to be unleashed in a form of activity or love for something.
4. Have one real friend
Truth be told, we humans are just predictable. We’re all liars and we connive. How do you find that real friend? Easy. Know one friend you can’t lose and whom you know who can’t lose you either. How do you find that kind of friend? You know too much about each other, be dangerously close, enough to realize how important the other one is. In a better view of things; have someone who’s not a lover you can share everything to. We need that.
5. Reflect
Not necessarily regret. Just ponder on the things you have done. This way, you create paths and routes for self progression. You may have been proud of yourself and may have things to redeem for, but you know what you did and there’s a long road ahead for correction and salvation.
6. Stop worrying
Of all the possible secrets, this one will hit you the most. STOP WORRYING. Always keep in mind that life is temporary and the worst possible thing that could happen is death. Yes, I’m subtlely talking about ignorance and somewhat, a refresh of number 2 (which is Remove all negativity). Remember what the Dalai Lama said in Seven Years in Tibet? Whether or not he said it for real, it makes too much sense. We have a saying in Tibet: If a problem can be solved there is no use worrying about it. If it can’t be solved, worrying will do no good. No more truth to it than that.
7. Watch Seven Years in Tibet
(with no real relation to the movie) Speak your mind. I know of no words coming out sharper than from an untangled mind. Yes they can be harsh and brute, but they are pure. Speak from your mind, heart and soul. A lover is easily won by the unadulterated words of the heart and no opposition is cut worse from sentences than from a furious mind and lastly, no truer from the soul itself.
8. Mix a little ignorance to what other people think of you
Whether or not you’re in or out of society, particularly for those who are in.. make it known. Nothing more that pains us regularly than what people regard us as. Learn to accept the things people throw at you in a matter that you filter out what you don’t wanna hear. Accept imperfectness for absolution to take place; guard your ego and be self righteously knowing of who you are.
9. Be yourself
There’s not much happiness in roleplaying throughout your whole life. Come out of the closet. We’re all vulnerable, we’re all idiots and we’re all in it together. There’s no one better in the whole world to know you but yourself. Don’t deny who you really are. I know you’ve read or heard this a million times from a million others, but have you really paid attention and meditated on it? Who are you? Do others perceive you different than you see yourself? You can’t truly be happy under a mask.
10. Know that you’re happy
Happiness… is a choice. Just by delcaring your happiness you have won over sorrow. Be proactive and smile, there should be more of that to go around. JUST BE HAPPY.
Lastly, there’s one that’s too important to mention but shouldn’t be from the list. The quintesence of happiness; the epitome of smile and by popular saying, it makes the world revolve.
Love, find love, know love, be in love.
The list is originally meant to complemented, it’s important that you have someone to be happy with.
You’ll have your Disney ending; a happily ever after.
