Happiness Is A Subjective Thing And This Is How To Get It
Happiness Is A Subjective Thing And This Is How To Get It
The holy grail of emotions is happiness. It is what every person seeks even if they aren't consciously aware of it. Since time immemorial civilizations have taught and practiced what they believed were the foundational elements of achieving happiness and this continues even to this day. Subjective in its nature as are all emotions and feelings, this writing will outline how anyone can achieve and continue to be happy.
Happiness is a billion dollar industry. Think for a second of all the industries that exist to produce happiness. From fashion, fitness, cosmetics, social media, to all forms of consumerism and capitalism. But they all miss one thing. Happiness can not be purchased and it is not of the external world. It is created in the mind once one masters the inner game.
Relativity takes everything in the universe and puts it in its proper place or context. There is a minimum standard of living all humans needs. Physical needs and emotional needs must be met. Physical needs of food, water and shelter are universal. Add to that an element of safety and security on a governmental level and there is little dispute in is regard. The emotional component is different but one thing is certain, if the physical needs are met, one can tailor the emotional needs if they decide to do so, and this is where the problem lays.
Humans can not help but be comparative animals. It is a social instinct but we are the only species that can override what little instincts we actually have. People always compare themselves to other people including their past selves usually through a negative filter. We compare how we look, what we have, etc. etc. etc. If you are fortunate enough to be living a life where your basic physical needs are being met, which is more people than not globally for the first time in human history, then you have to reflect on you inner game, your mindset.
Most Americans register as being unhappy more so than not for reasons that many poor people in India would laugh at. Why? Lack of gratitude. When you don't actively practice gratitude you live in lack. You're never satisfied and you always want more and you want more to make you happy. But if you are grateful and appreciative, you will actually have more because you have room for more. Gratitude opens us up, literally. Our energy expands and expansion is power. Americans are living better and have more purchasing power than any other group on the planet yet are some of the most miserable people as a whole. This is because we are more concerned with what the next person has and what we don't have. This is a tortuous cycle and is only a recipe for a life of suffering. It's ok to want more. I personally want more, but I don't need more. There is a huge difference in the mindset in this approach.
All my needs, both physical and emotional, are met. By Fortune 500 standards I am not a wealthy man, but I feel like I am because of the gratitude I have for what I do have. This empowers me to pursue my wants with a freedom and a certain reckless abandon. Work to develop gratitude then create a purpose for yourself then spend your life progressing in that realm and watch your level of happiness explode. There is no limit for this for we have infinite potential in this regard.
The holy grail of emotions is happiness. It is what every person seeks even if they aren't consciously aware of it. Since time immemorial civilizations have taught and practiced what they believed were the foundational elements of achieving happiness and this continues even to this day. Subjective in its nature as are all emotions and feelings, this writing will outline how anyone can achieve and continue to be happy.
Happiness is a billion dollar industry. Think for a second of all the industries that exist to produce happiness. From fashion, fitness, cosmetics, social media, to all forms of consumerism and capitalism. But they all miss one thing. Happiness can not be purchased and it is not of the external world. It is created in the mind once one masters the inner game.
Relativity takes everything in the universe and puts it in its proper place or context. There is a minimum standard of living all humans needs. Physical needs and emotional needs must be met. Physical needs of food, water and shelter are universal. Add to that an element of safety and security on a governmental level and there is little dispute in is regard. The emotional component is different but one thing is certain, if the physical needs are met, one can tailor the emotional needs if they decide to do so, and this is where the problem lays.
Humans can not help but be comparative animals. It is a social instinct but we are the only species that can override what little instincts we actually have. People always compare themselves to other people including their past selves usually through a negative filter. We compare how we look, what we have, etc. etc. etc. If you are fortunate enough to be living a life where your basic physical needs are being met, which is more people than not globally for the first time in human history, then you have to reflect on you inner game, your mindset.
Most Americans register as being unhappy more so than not for reasons that many poor people in India would laugh at. Why? Lack of gratitude. When you don't actively practice gratitude you live in lack. You're never satisfied and you always want more and you want more to make you happy. But if you are grateful and appreciative, you will actually have more because you have room for more. Gratitude opens us up, literally. Our energy expands and expansion is power. Americans are living better and have more purchasing power than any other group on the planet yet are some of the most miserable people as a whole. This is because we are more concerned with what the next person has and what we don't have. This is a tortuous cycle and is only a recipe for a life of suffering. It's ok to want more. I personally want more, but I don't need more. There is a huge difference in the mindset in this approach.
All my needs, both physical and emotional, are met. By Fortune 500 standards I am not a wealthy man, but I feel like I am because of the gratitude I have for what I do have. This empowers me to pursue my wants with a freedom and a certain reckless abandon. Work to develop gratitude then create a purpose for yourself then spend your life progressing in that realm and watch your level of happiness explode. There is no limit for this for we have infinite potential in this regard.
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