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.