5 Ingredients for a Happy Life

Happy life? Yes! But the dilemma that strikes our world today is the constant energy draining pursuit of happiness. And sometimes it seems that all efforts are in vain. However, happiness is still possible. You can achieve that for you. There are 5 simple ingredients for a happy life. If you want to reach true bliss, here is how:

1. HEALTHY MIND IN HEALTHY BODY

Take care of your physical and mental health. If what you do is harmful to your health, it will never lead you to happiness. Let’s say, you like to drink alcohol and that may seem like a great fun, but sooner or later it will lead to long-term irreparable damage, which will be very detrimental to your mental health and physical well-being.

If you are going to surround yourself with negative people, sooner or later their energy will rub off on you. Such company will make you irritable and moody. Consciously avoid paths that bring you grief or cause your body long-term damage. Protect yourself, take yourself out of harm’s way. There is no doubt, a healthy mindset shapes a healthy body and will improve the quality of life.

2. ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE

The best step to a happy life is to accept all the good things around you. Open your eyes and heart to all the beauty that surrounds you. If you constantly criticize everything, then you cannot be content with your life.

Learn to see goodness and value in people and things that are in your life. Learn to appreciate what comes across your path. This will automatically turn on positive thinking and help you develop positive habits. The practice of kindness and gratitude will bring you a very, very peaceful and happy life!

3. LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS

No connection is perfect on its own. Any relationship needs work and more work. Devote the time and energy to nourish your relationships. Create great relationships, by constantly improving your self-awareness, mindfulness and conscientiousness you can learn to eliminate the deficiencies.

5. BALANCE WORK AND PLAY

“Work hard play hard” won’t work, if the shoes don’t fit. But by doing what you love, you won’t need to work a day in life. Choose a profession you are passionate about. If you’re into art, go to art school. If you like cooking, do not settle for a pizza delivery job. It should be as simple as that. Choose what you really want to do.

Every morning, hundreds of employees wake up and complain that they have to go work in an office that they don’t like, with people they can’t tolerate, do work that they don’t care about.

Some people call that “adulting” (being an adult), after all everyone needs a job, right? Well, I call it a waste of life. If you can’t be happy with what you do, then what is the point? Now you tell me, how do you expect anything good when you force yourself to be unhappy every day? Please, do yourself a favor, do not make your life so dull and miserable! You deserve better.

5. BELIEF SYSTEM

Everyone needs to believe in something. You have got to have faith. You do not have to believe in Almighty God, Zeus, Brahma, Yahweh or Allah. But you need to believe in more than just yourself! We, as people, are mentally fragile. We tend to be disappointed in the face of complex problems and poverty. If you do not find your faith, it will be hard for you to find inspiration in tough times. It does not have to be any religion, but it can be something, a code that will give you comfort and hope in difficult times.

Probably the two most important keys for a happy life are: to believe it is possible and to actually do the work to achieve it. You can always get the support and guidance you need, and begin to live up to your full potential. Once you make that decision, you can redirect your life to a happier place.