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Many people associate happiness with a far-off recollection or a dream of what may be "if only" in the future. Regretfully, in our current life, it often doesn't seem like a "reality."
 
What, then, is happiness, anyhow?
 
Happiness is, as it happens, somewhat challenging to describe. It's more of an inside sensation; it's difficult to explain, yet we know when we have it and when we don't. 
 
When I consider happiness, what springs to mind is inner contentment—that is, an inner sense of pleasure, zeal, healthiness, or aliveness that arises when you are totally involved in the pursuit of something significant and entirely connected with yourself.
 
How would you characterize happiness? What makes you happy, do you know? When did you last experience it?
 
Happy pursuit is pointless in any case.
 
Really, why should we even try to be happy in these stressful times—at home, in the economy, and the world?
 
Fostering happiness goes beyond a nice-sounding "feel good" idea. Happiness cultivation and experience are admirable objectives that will improve your mood and, as specialists in positive psychology have shown, have several other significant advantages. Happy individuals live longer, healthier lives, are more creative and productive, and have better social networks! 
 
Happy individuals could also have a more favorable effect on other people. It seems reasonable. We desire to enhance the lives of others more and more so that we feel better about ourselves. 

How might I experience this joy more often?
 
Many people think they will be happy when they reach a specific goal, get a certain amount of money, lose or gain weight, or buy a particular item, even though these short-term activities or successes only make them feel better for a short time.
 
I am very interested in the idea that we might look in the wrong place. It's not in that new outfit, the trim figure, or even the Oreo box sleeve. Although such items are momentarily fantastic, they won't provide contentment over time.
 
 You may feel happier and more confident if you exercise or consume the proper meals for your body. The converse is also true—and maybe even more helpful—in that pursuing inner happiness may help us maintain a fit, healthy physique and a happy relationship with food more swiftly and permanently. We may not NEED the third dish of ice cream or the remaining crackers in the bag when we feel fantastic.
 
What, therefore, do we know about increasing pleasure in our lives? 

Although up to roughly 60% of our pleasure may be attributed to heredity and life circumstances (gender, race, economic position), the remaining 40% is within our control.
 
Care to test it out? Every week, choose one of the following recommendations and track the changes in your happiness setpoint:
 
1) Pay attention to your strengths rather than your flaws and areas of incompetence. With what do you know, you excel? As much as you can, USE THOSE STRENGTHS.
 
 2) Although you've heard me say this, it's always worth repeating: ACT Gratitude Every Day. If you tend to see things as "glass half-empty," this might take some getting used to. 
 
3) Take up activities about which you are excited and enthusiastic. Your turn-ons are what? Increase your output of it! Enter the flow.
 
Assist others. Reaching out to those in need always makes one feel incredible. This is an excellent value of mine; however, a word of caution to those of you who, like me, may give to others at the price of yourself: you MUST serve others from a position of solid service to yourself first.
 
Find significance. This could represent, for some, a link to a higher power or a spiritual component. It can mean, for others, just doing activities that make you feel fulfilled and FILL YOU UP. What nourishes your spirit? Note what else starts to change in your life as you take responsibility of boosting your happiness. You'll be pleasantly surprised. 
 
Note what else changes in your life as you take responsibility for boosting your happiness. You could be pleasantly surprised.
  

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