HAPPINESS IS A HABIT

HAPPINESS IS A HABIT

12 Profitable Pointers

1. HAPPY EXPERIENCES ARE TRANSITORY

· You might have felt very happy when your child was born, when you got married, when you graduated from college, or when you won a great victory or a prize. You might have been very happy when you became engaged to the loveliest girl or the most handsome man. You could go on and list innumerable experiences which made you happy. However, no matter how marvelous these experiences are, they do not give real lasting happiness- they are transitory.- Dr Joseph Murphy

2. WHOSOEVER TRUSTETH IN THE LORD, HAPPY IS HE

· When you trust in the Lord to lead, guide, govern, and direct all your ways, you will become poised, serene, and relaxed. As you radiate love, peace and goodwill to all, you are really building a superstructure of happiness for all the days of your life.-

Book of Proverbs

· Bliss is the highest dimension of joy. The first is pleasure – that is animal. The second is happiness – that is human. And bliss is divine. In knowing bliss one comes to know one’s godliness. –Osho

3. DESIRE TO BE HAPPY

· There is a story of a farmer who seemed to be always singing and whistling and was full of humor. He was asked the secret of his happiness, and his reply was. “It is a habit of mine to be happy. Every morning when I awaken and every night before I go to sleep, I bless my family, the crops, the cattle, and I thank God for the wonderful harvest.” This farmer had made a practice of this for over forty years.

Thoughts repeated regularly and systematically sink into the subconscious mind and become habitual. He discovered that happiness is a habit.- Dr Joseph Murphy

· There is one very important point about being happy. You must sincerely desire to be happy. Everyone can be happy, if they choose to. Begin now to choose happiness.

· When we watch a sunset, we don’t hope that we’re the only persons enjoying it. Instead, we would want as many people as possible to share it. After all, happiness is contagious.

· When you open your eyes in the morning, say to yourself, I choose happiness today. I choose success today. I choose right action today. I choose love and goodwill for all today. I choose peace today. Pour life, love, and interest into this affirmation, and you have chosen happiness.- Dr Joseph Murphy

· There is no block to your happiness. External things are not causative, these are effects, not causes. Take your cue from the only creative principle within you. Our thoughts is cause, and a new cause produces a new effect. Choose happiness.

· Those who wish to sing always find a song.

· A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. –Norman Vincent Peale

4. THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS

· Many people choose unhappiness by entertaining negative ideas like: “today is a black day; everything is going to go wrong.” Marcus Aurelius, the great Roman philosopher and sage, said, “A man’s life is what his thoughts make of it.” Emerson, America’s foremost philosopher, said, “A man is what he thinks all day long.” The thoughts you habitually entertain in your mind have the tendency to actualize themselves is physical conditions.

· You cannot buy happiness with all the money in the world. Some millionaires are very happy, some are very unhappy. Many people with very little worldly goods are very happy, and some very unhappy. Some single people are happy, and some are very unhappy. The kingdom of happiness is in your thoughts and feelings. –Dr Joseph Murphy

· Happiness is the harvest of a quiet mind. Anchor your thoughts on peace, poise, security, and divine guidance, and your mind will be a product of happiness.

· Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

5. BE HAPPY WITH YOURSELF

· When people start to feel better about themselves, the world seems a brighter place. Unfortunately most people tackle it in reverse order. They believe that once they’ve sorted out the world, only then can they work on themselves. But unless you are happy with yourself, you will not be happy with what you do, what you have, where you are and who you are with. Make the decision to smile at whatever life throws at you.

· A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.

6. HAPPINESS IS AN INWARD STATE

· The things that determine whether or not a person is happy is an inward state or condition. – Norman Vincent Peale

· Happiness is to be found in sources deeper than man-mad things.-Norman Vincent Peale

· The ultimate in happiness is this moving upward to a higher state.

· The happy man is the one who, without any direct search for happiness, inevitably finds joy as an added bonus in the act of forging ahead and attaining the fullness and finality of his own self.-Pierre Teilhard De Chardin

7. HAPPINESS AND VIRTUE COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER

· The happiest man is he who constantly brings forth and practices what is best in him. Happiness and virtue complement each other. The best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best in the art of living life successfully. God is the highest and best in you. Express more of God’s love, light, truth, and beauty, and you will become one of the happiest persons in the world today.- Dr Joseph Murphy

8. HAPPINESS IS IN HUMAN SERVICE

· Life will never lose its romance for the person who, unselfishly, does good for people. Those who do lose the thrill of living are the ones who develop the habit of thinking exclusively about themselves, who are constantly concerned with their own interests or their own pleasures, or, what is more common, their own troubles. Start the habit of doing good to the people nearest you. This policy will make you so happy that you will sing inside, and the whole world about you will take on richer color. The grass will be greener; the songs of the birds will be sweeter; the stars will be brighter; the skies bluer; and even if the bank account is low and things are tough, the dreariness of life will depart if you learn the secret of finding our happiness is human service.-Norman Vincent Peale

9. RISE ABOVE LITTLE THINGS

· One key resolution to make always to keep is this –“to rise above little things”. We allow little annoyances, little criticisms, little gossips, little disturbances to destroy our poise and make life miserable. But the person whose mind is stayed on God is kept in perfect peace because his mind rises above insignificant matters. –John Burroughs

10. HAPPINESS IS NOT FOUND IN GETTING BUT IN GIVING

· The great secret is that is not to be found in getting but in giving. It is not what you do for yourself that will give you the greatest happiness but, rather, what you do for others. That is why the great thinker, Jesus, who talked much about these things, said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.- Norman Vincent Peale

· Helen Keller counted her blessings and was profoundly grateful for them. Then she shared the wonder of these blessings with others, and caused them to feel delight. Because she shared that which is good and desirable, she attracted unto herself more of that which is good and desirable. For the more you give, the more you will have. And if you share happiness with others, happiness will grow richer within you.

But if you share misery and unhappiness, you will attract misery and unhappiness to yourself. And we all know of persons who are eternally having trouble – not problems, or opportunities in disguise. Theirs are spelled t-r-o-u-b-l-e. No matter what happens to them, it just isn’t good. And this is because they are always sharing their troubles with others.

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

The more you give, the more you will receive, because you will keep the abundance of the universe circulating in your life. In fact, anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given. However, if you give grudgingly, there is no energy behind that giving.

It is the intention behind your giving and receiving that is the most important thing. The intention should always be to create happiness for the giver and the receiver, because to create happiness is life-supporting and life-sustaining and therefore generates increase. The return is directly proportional to the giving when it is unconditional and from the heart. That is why the act of giving has to be joyful – the frame of mind has to be one in which you feel joy in the very act of giving. Then the energy behind the giving increases many times over.- Deepak Chopra

11. HAPPINESS IS THE BY-PRODUCT OF A COMMITMENT TO WORTHY CAUSES

· Happiness will never come if it’s a goal in itself; happiness is the by-product of a commitment to worthy causes.- Norman Vincent Peale

12. THINKING HAPPINESS

Think of the things that make you happy,

Not the things that make you sad;

Think of the fine and true in mankind,

Not its sordid side and bad;

Think of the blessings that surround you,

Not the ones that are denied;

Think of the virtues of your friendships,

Not the weak and faulty side;

Think of the gains you’ve made in business,

Not the losses you’ve incurred;

Think of the good of you that’s spoken,

Not some cruel, hostile word;

Think of the days of health and pleasure,

Not the days of woe and pain;

Think of the days alive with sunshine,

Not the dismal days of rain;

Think of the hopes that lie before you.

Not the waste that lies behind;

Think of the treasures you have gathered,

Not the ones you’ve failed to find;

Think of the service you may render,

Not of serving self alone;

Think of the happiness of others.

And in this you’ll find your own!

-Robert Farley

By Chandu Gidwani

Olog08/01/08 07:27am