How to Find Happiness Within : zen habits
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"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking."
Where Happiness Comes From
Phenomena that happen outside of us don’t cause happiness. They might be correlated with happiness but it’s not a cause-and-effect relationship.
The most important part is what happens in our brain between the external event (a good cup of coffee) and our state of happiness.
"We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have."
Finding Happiness Within
Things within us that to appreciate - they can make us happy, no matter what’s going on outside:
- Being generous
- Being loving and kind
- Feeling compassion and empathy
- Being skilled at something
- Being a good listener
- Knowing how to appreciate the beauty in nature and in others
- Being determined
- Being creative.
Appreciating All That’s Around Us
The key skill is to learn to notice, accept and appreciate everything around us, and everyone we see and interact with.
Often if we fail to see good in things or people around us (or ourselves), it’s a failure to pay close attention. All around us are examples of beauty, creativity, inspiration, triumph, pain, joy, life.
