BEING HAPPY
Everyone wants
to be happy.
Maybe your
new year 2017 resolution is to be happy ; even if it isn’t, you would still
want to be happy!
Many factors
making one ‘apparently happy’ are beyond our destiny & control - such as health, money, power, beauty, status, etc.
But we can
control some factors which give us much happiness and satisfaction.
The general
principles governing these happy factors are:
- · Activity should be of our own choosing
- · Activity should not be over-challenging (burnout) or under-challenging (bore)
- · Intensely focused activity
- · There should be clear aim or objective
- · And preferably immediate feedback!
When we
think of activities we love, we lose sense of time and ourselves in it. Like
musicians practicing a song, like surgeons operating, like sportsmen competing –
to name a few.
Activity
should not be too challenging ( burnout) ; nor too easy ( boring)!
Also happiness
is to enjoy what you do.
Happiness on
TVs and advertisements is associated with relaxation on a beach with beer and
food - NOT TRUE!
Happiness
can be sweating it out on a jog, cycling, mountaineering or trying out some
difficult music!
