The forty rules of happiness: Rule #2 Be grateful

        To be more grateful in life means, that you are giving a chance for yourself to be happier, more amused and more satisfied by everything that happens to you. Nevertheless, being stressed and under pressure would make us disappointed that we may wonder what to be grateful about in our life. While being under pressure, every little crack will get you down. However you must prevent any unpleasant feelings, in order to be grateful. The thing is, how?

      Unfortunately, some people think that being grateful is too gauche and naïve, because they see life in an abominable perspective. Therefore, we all need to start working on entirely changing that concept. Life is very nice and beautiful, for those who notice and focus on the little things.

        You have to believe in yourself, never be insecure and embrace your imperfections, since our imperfections is what make us unique. Trust that you can do magic and unleash every single beautiful thing within you, because I believe that we are full of magnificent things within us. The thing is that we are ignoring our potential which is absolutely wrong. Like that you'll be grateful for being yourself and for having your own traits and characteristics.  

       Don't compare yourself to other people. Because, simply you're not other people; you are who you are and this is your own life, so live it to the fullest and don't bother yourself, or waste your life focusing on what others have that you don't. Remember that you also have a lot that others may long for.

        As an activity I do and I highly recommend you do it too is, getting a small scrap of paper at the beginning of the day with the phrase 'I'm grateful' written on it. Grab it with you wherever you go. Then write any slight thing that cheered you up throughout the day, for example 'I'm grateful for getting a good grade in my last test'. That will not only help you appreciate the little things but it will also help you be grateful even if life is being unfair.

         Being grateful is such a marvelous thing, it always eliminates stress, cheers you up, reminds you that life it splendid and makes you appreciate everything in life –from the slightest one to the vastest. Studies even show the people who regularly practice giving thanks are more likely to be happier. What's even more amazing about gratitude is that it has no upper limits, it can be done wherever and whenever you want it to be. So you can be as grateful as you want to be. See how awesome is gratitude?!

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The forty rules of happiness: Rule #1 Acceptance

    Our life is nothing but a collection of situations, -either sweet or tough-; the point is how we take advantage of them. We have to deal with the fact that tough situations will come across us every once in a while because at the end that's our fate and it can never be changed. But we've to be stronger and to hold on, if we really want to be happy.

     Situations that keep us low-spirited, for example: Death of some beloved persons. Their life was taken for a certain reason but it wasn't meant to cease or take our lives with them. That was one crack that didn't mean to break us; it emerged to test our ability of using our inner strength and power, to teach us that our life depends on nobody's presence.

     Of course, you have the right to cry, to wail yet after that you must rise up. You must show the world that you're still here and you're still alive. Because that's the truth, you're still ALIVE. So how can you take advantage of that situation?

     Don't give up on life. You've to prove to the person that passed away that you loved them by never giving up and by being successful. You've to be persistent and never forget your goal. Work on what you truly have always wanted, because life won't terminate on a single situation. After that, be sure that the person who left you would definitely be proud of you. Work hard for their own sake if you truly loved them.

     Another hard situation would be: failing in something you've tried hard to get. However, have you ever asked yourself 'What is failure?' In some dictionaries it is defined as: "becoming weaker or less successful". Nevertheless, in my perspective, I think that failure doesn't exist. It is something to alert you that there is an error in your planning. You won’t lose anything if you try again; failure is just a new start to achieve your goal in a better way.

     So do not under any circumstances give up on life. That's one secret/rule of happiness. No matter how hard the conditions are always try harder and harder, and that is the sweetness of doing what you love. Accepting tough situations and taking advantage of them will always relieve you. So learn to accept every single situation in life.

The forty rules of Happiness

I'll be posting an article about the techniques of being happy every friday. 
It's all about some rules that may -hopefully- help you feel better, give you hope and love yourself more. 
Stay tuned!
The first article will be published next friday.
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The Happiness Prespective

What's life without constant ups and downs? Certainly, tough situations will come across us and we will be hit by them –that's a fact-, which may impact us and make us low-spirited. However, do you think that a situation is stronger than you? Or a situation has the ability to make you depressed and affect you negatively? Do you think that life would terminate on a single predicament? Life would -with no doubt- cease to go on if there is no action or progress. It's the power of situations that teaches us and adds experience to our credit. So that's why we should be thankful for going through tough conditions in our life.

We are the ones who can choose to control our power, how we cope and get over any situation; therefore, we mustn't let sadness control our life, we must decide to be happy, because human's power can exceed anything and any external influence. Never underestimate your power of controlling sadness. Happiness is in your own hands.

And what do we get from being downcast? Nothing but negative effects on our life! Being sad would hurt you, affect your progress in whatever you do and may as well shatter any bonds between you and the people you know. It absolutely has no perks. See how terrible it is?

The thing is how to decide to be happy? The secret is in observing things by your heart before your eyes and that's what I call: “the happy perspective.” There are over hundreds of reasons to be happy about, you just got to contemplate in that. As long as there is a roof over your head, clothes that cover your body, a home that shields you and a blanket that warms you in chilled winter days, you've to be grateful for all that you have. Other people in this world crave just a 10% of it.

Let's get into deeper details. The universe is actually yours, how can you complain and be sad when you get to hear the birds chirping, see the vibrant colors that nature offers, the pure blue sky with the white fluffy cotton candies all over it that change their shapes frequently and move along? Besides, the rich green color of leaves hanged on a long brown log with branches. These are mere examples of what you own, they are all yours, you can watch them and get amused by their sight whenever you want. So, just tell me what are you complaining for now?

What even brings more happiness and has a power that inexplicably astounds me, is the felicity that fills my heart and soul when I'm the reason behind making someone else happy, seeing the pure joy in one’s eyes and the beauty of one’s smiles. To me, this is the #1 source of happiness. The fact that it makes me ecstatic amazes me!

From now on let's all promise to see all things from the 'happy' perspective, let's all choose to be happy.

🎊The day when happiness was born 🎊

Sixteen years back then 

To earth god sent a tremendous gift

And so joy filled them 

And the world was full of zest 

This gift was called happiness

She grew up to spread smiles

She cleverly concealed sadness

Even when she was far a 1000 miles

The kindness of her heart 

The innocence in her face 

To hatred she was apart 

She never took that pace

The beauty of her soul

The calmness of her thoughts 

Shielded peace of mind 

Enhanced the entire world 

Saying the you're as good as gold 

Will never do you any justice 

And put that in your mind with bold 

It would never be enough for a lustrous 

So let's all chirp and sing

Happy birthday 

And may your days bring 

Beauty that always sway

Jar of happiness and sweet memories

      Back then in 2013, I decided that I want to relive all the happy moments which I had went through in my life, I wanted to recall each and every one of them all back and because the slightest things have the ability to cheer me up, I decided that scribbling them in a small piece of paper is the best way to bring their memory back.

     So it all started with writing down small details that cheered me up in small pieces of papers and putting them in my own customized jar, I kept doing this and didn't read any notes in my jar till the end of the year. When the year had came to an end, I opened my jar and read every single note. Frankly speaking, I felt that my heart was smiling. These small notes brought back the joys and highlights of the year.

       I did that too in 2014 and will certainly do it in 2015. If you didn't make your own jar of happiness then don't hesitate to make one! You will definitely feel happy. 

Have a great year!   

The world of my own

Away from any screechs I live
In a land full of serenity and zest
where there is so much to give
and creatures all are at rest

Where smiles are exchanged
and roses fall like rain
where souls freely roam
and minds at peace are grown

Where birds happily sing
leaves dance at the rythm
zephyr pampers them all
and lady birds hover together

The rainbow has finally shown up
in a mysterious yet splendid way
for felicity it stands up
telling everybody to endlessly play

I've just started wandering
as there are a lot to be revealed
I gotta vanish that dust
beauty is every where but concealed

I'm a bit green about that
about a world that is as good as gold
I gotta spread that mat
that tended to be fold

It's time for utter peace of mind
It's the time for myself
where it's totally calm outside
yet internally full of fun!