If someone asked you, "What makes you happy?", how would you answer? Would you list money, material things, people, and activities? Do you think that happiness is illusive and happens to you? Are you one who thinks that the future or the past hold the keys to your happiness? Have you been in the presence of people who frequently appear to be happy and satisfied with their lives? Could happiness be genetically influenced?
The authors of It's All in Your Head suggest that we can think our way into happiness. Take their happiness test and reveal your perceptions about how you relate to being happy.
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The author of Authentic Happiness is concerned that we are creating a future generation of dissatisfied human beings because parents are over-indulging their children.
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What brings you authentic and sustainable happiness? Practice the behaviors of being satisfied and happy. Listen through the day for the conversations that bring suffering and upset to your world. Can you choose not to participate in those conversations?
Remember, pain is necessary; suffering is optional.