You’ve done a puzzle before, right? Let me ask you what you enjoy more. The 500 pieces with the nice pretty picture of what it’s supposed to look like on the front or the 5,000 pieces and the box is missing.
Just. One. More. GOT IT!
Sometimes, life can really seem like the 5,000 piece puzzle, and the box is nowhere in sight. Without that overall view of what’s happening some days are just lost in confusion. Confusion.
Well, I’ve got four pieces of the happy life that you need to know about and that you’ve been wanting. Get those corner pieces finished and in place so you can fill in the rest of that puzzle with no problem.
#1, Fill Your Life With Honesty
This isn’t just honesty between the people you work with and the people at home, this is also honesty with yourself. If you’re telling yourself that you’re not capable of doing things or that you’re not fulfilling promises, then you’ve got to change that.
You’ve got to take responsibility for everything that happens in your life, and figure out what you can do to make it better. Don’t look at the things that happen as a judgment of your worth. Look at the things that happen as evidence and opportunities to learn. Take what you can from them and do better next time. Don’t stop and get all pouty.
#2, Love Yourself And Others Around You
That are people that are introverted, and then there are people who are just negative. One of these is perfectly fine, and the other need a little bit of work. I myself was much more introverted a few years back.
It takes quite a bit of effort to make that divide, to jump the divide over to being able to put on an extroverted state. Again, I still prefer an introverted way of getting things done, but building up the skills to love everyone around me and want to be with them was something I really had to work at, and you can too.
#3, Fill Your Life With People That Make You Happy
If you happen to be around one of those negative Nellies, or other people that just seem to get you down, it’s time to chop them out of your life. Don’t do anything drastic, but slowly begin to cut off ties in a strategic and nice way.
Get in the habit of saying no, you won’t be able to show up at that party, and no you won’t be able to go to the game with them. Slowly let people that, hey, there’s just not any more room in your life for negative sources of bad feelings and emotions.
With time, you’ll be able to call back call back all the people in your life that are causing you problems, but I want to let you know I’m not talking about family, or spouses, or kids. You’re with them for life, and you need to figure out how to make it work.
#4, Satisfaction In What You Do Daily
You may be shoveling the biggest piles of dung in the middle of a hundred and five degree desert everyday of your life. No matter what you’re doing, there’s some good and value in it that you need to find, and be happy for.
If you’re supporting your family, then that is something that is very noble and admirable, no matter how you look at it. If you’re doing work to help bring joy, happiness, and basic necessities to other people in your life that can be your base motivation and focus in everything that you do.
An Imagined Happy Life, Realized
Now that you’ve got the four corner pieces of your happiness put together, you can fill in the rest of that with ease. Fill your life with honesty, love yourself and those around you, fill your life with people that make you happy, and take satisfaction in know what you do on a daily basis is awesome.
Keep on the up and up. Make a concerted effort to be happier and really enjoy your life, because that’s what you were put here to do.