Positive thoughts can make a difference in your life and the path you take. While the dictionary defines happiness as “the quality or state of being happy” this definition gives you very little information about the idea, feeling of, or state of happiness. Let’s look at some different things that happiness can be, but realize that in truth, happiness is in the mind of the beholder. While positive thoughts are not the only factor in your path to happiness. Those positive thoughts will make a difference on your path to happiness.
Positive Thoughts and the Path to Happiness
- Your Needs are Met – When a person is happy, they usually don’t even have any needs that aren’t being met to the level they want them to be met. It doesn’t mean that someone is not having a hard time it’s all about how you make what you have fill your needs.
- You Feel Satisfied – When you are happy you tend to feel simply satisfied with your life. You think about your life and feel good about it. You feel very satisfied when you look around your life and see all the fortune you have whether it’s where you live, who you live with, or just about yourself doesn’t even matter.
- You Feel Content – A happy person tends to feel really content about the things in their life. They feel content about their job, their home, their things, their health – nothing is nagging at their mind about anything causing stress. But remember happy people do have stress, they’re just better at feeling content even when things aren’t perfect.
- You Are at Peace – A happy person often feels a lot of peace surrounding their life and family. They tend to know that everything will turn out okay and are good at turning negativity around to positivism.
- Your Definition – Happiness is a very personal feeling. The truth is, happiness is how you define it personally for you. It’s not about getting tons of stuff unless you want that. It’s not about finding a spouse unless you want that. It’s not about having kids unless you want that. Its not about money unless you want that. It’s all up to you and how you define happiness. If you do not define your happiness you will not be able to feel happiness.
- It’s a Journey – Happiness is not a destination that you get to one day and stay at or even in a few days. It’s a lifelong journey that will have many ups and downs and struggles. However, overall the ups and downs of life, you manage to feel good about it. In the 1989 movie, “Parenthood” one of the main characters, a mother, who is struggling states that she loves “the roller coaster” of life while her husband is struggling and not as happy because he focuses on the downs instead of the ups. Sometimes when you are in those downs it is really difficult to see that. The key here is to think of things that can get out our of that valley.
- It’s How You Act – When you are happy you tend to act in more positive ways over all. When happy, you eat better, you move more, you think differently. Don’t worry. You have it in your power to be happy where you are in your life right now.
Happiness is more than thinking positive thoughts. Happiness is having your needs met, but it’s not about having everything, or even the best, it’s about being satisfied with what you have while also being able to work for the things you want. While you do have to do more than think positively to really and truly feel happy, it does start with your thoughts. However, it will manifest with your actions. It is the journey and not the destination that will keep you on the path to true happiness.
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