If the entire world learn how to be happy, and understand where it comes from there wouldn’t be as much crime, drugs, violence, and wars as it is. The way we sometimes generally think is that happiness comes from external things, such as everything outside of you. Money is probably the most sought after thing people go after in this world. Everybody works for it so that they can take care of their needs, and most of us work for it also because we think it makes us happy. Even if you did get the money you wanted you would be happy, but I can assure you that it wasn’t the money that made you happy. And as you see that the happiness from money is only temporarily. There are rich people who live miserable lives, and there are poor people who live happy lives, so material things are not what make people happy. Whenever you ask for anything and you get it, its not the thing that necessarily makes you happy but rather it is by and only by your choice to be happy.

Happiness is a decision that you make. Happiness comes from within, internally, not external. Here’s why. If you get two people together and you take them both to the same restaurant and they both eat the same choice of food, they could still come out with totally different experiences. One could be very happy from their experience, while the other could not have enjoyed themselves at all. The reason is because they both have different things that they value and different views of life. This also means different things make them happy, and it is by their choice that those certain things make them happy.

So if happiness comes from within, you can find any reason to be happy for anything if you wanted to, its up to you. Life is given to us to enjoy, we are put here for a reason, and that is to be happy. What I do is I imagine myself responding to a situation that would normally make me happy. Then I grab that feeling and I keep it inside me and I never let it leave. As I keep that good feeling I also repeat to myself how excited I am, or how happy I am, and I say it as if I just won 10 million dollars. That is what I do every morning, and throughout the day, and it is a great way to get yourself back in a good mood if someone or something got you off track.

Remember never say “when I do this or that, or get this or that then ill be happy”, because that’s depending on something outside of yourself. The way to live is to not always think about the future or the past, but rather choose to be happy right now……When would now be a great time to start?