Some interesting results have been reported in a recent publication, which I would like to share here. Their observation showed that: (a) Happy people scored higher on their motivation to perform, and their recognition and enactment of kind behaviors. (b) Happy people have more happy memories in daily life in terms of both quantity and quality. (c) Subjective happiness was increased simply by counting one’s own acts of kindness for one week. (d) Happy people became more kind and grateful through the counting kindnesses intervention.
They have a different mindset:
- Happy people are grateful.
- Happy people don't rehash the past.
- Happy people are optimistic.
- Happy people have close relationships
- Happy people tend to have balanced lives. The time in their lives dedicated to work, play and spirituality is sufficient for each. They make time for reflection and relaxation
In my opinion, those people , who are dedicated , hardworking , highly motivated to perform their best even in adverse circumstances will continue to remain more happy than others. Therefore, it is the aptitude of the individual which matters and differentiate one from others.
Journal of Happiness Studies is a good interdisciplinary forum of subjective well-being and quality-of-life.It covers both cognitive evaluations of life (like life-satisfaction), and affective enjoyment of life (such as mood level). Next to contributions on appraisal of life-as-a-whole, the journal accepts contributions on life domains (such as job-satisfaction) and life-aspects (such as perceived meaning of life).
The Journal of Happiness Studies provides a forum for two main traditions in happiness research: 1) speculative reflection on the good life, and 2) empirical investigation of subjective well-being. Contributions from all sciences are welcomed: alpha-sciences (in particular philosophy), beta-sciences (especially health related quality-of-life research) and gamma-sciences (not only psychology and sociology, but also economy).
Leading questions concern the conceptualization, measurement, prevalence, explanation, evaluation, imagination and study of happiness.
The Journal of Happiness Studies is a peer reviewed scientific journal devoted to subjective well-being. It covers both cognitive evaluations of life (like life-satisfaction), and affective enjoyment of life (such as mood level). Next to contributions on appraisal of life-as-a-whole, the journal accepts contributions on life domains (such as job-satisfaction) and life-aspects (such as perceived meaning of life).
The Journal of Happiness Studies provides a forum for two main traditions in happiness research: 1) speculative reflection on the good life, and 2) empirical investigation of subjective well-being. Contributions from all sciences are welcomed: alpha-sciences (in particular philosophy), beta-sciences (especially health related quality-of-life research) and gamma-sciences (not only psychology and sociology, but also economy).
Leading questions concern the conceptualization, measurement, prevalence, explanation, evaluation, imagination and study of happiness.
Leading Questions:
Conceptualization:
What meanings are denoted by terms like happiness and subjective well-being?
How do these fit in with broader conceptions of the good life?
Measurement:
In what ways can we assess how people feel about life?
What are the best measures for what purposes?
Can scores be compared between individuals and across time and culture?
Prevalence:
How do people feel about life?
Are there systematic differences across social categories, culture and time?
Explanation:
What goes on in people when they appraise their life? Which mental and neural processes are involved?
What conditions foster a positive appreciation of life?
How are these effects mediated?
Why do we feel good or bad? What is the use of going through life-appraisals?
Evaluation:
What are the consequences of enjoying life or not?
Is happiness a worthwhile goal for therapy and social policy?
Imagination:
How is happiness portrayed in arts and fiction?
What does the public think of it? Do beliefs fit reality?
How do policy makers think of happiness? Do their beliefs matter?
Does imagination affect appraisals of life?
Study:
How has the study of happiness developed?
Can we link philosophical thought and empirical research?
Happiness is mainly determined by our response to the events in our lives, rather than the events in themselves. If we are willing to bear some injustice and accept them as part of a fallen world of imperfect creatures, we will be happy. If we are thankful for gifts and graces and opportunity to serve others, we will be more than happy. (Please read the link.)
- 'Learn to forgive and forget.
- See every challenge as an opportunity for further growth.
- Express gratitude for what you have.
- Be more optimistic about the future and your ability to accomplish life goals.
- Open yourself up to success and embrace failures or mistakes that happen along the way.'
http://findinghappinessmovie.com/happiness-tips/
Good answer @Miranda. Dear @D.P.S. RATHORE, different people have different factors that influence happiness! Yes, different responses also! "While true happiness may have a different definition to each of us, science can give us a glimpse at the underlying biological factors behind happiness. From the food we eat to room temperature, there are thousands of factors that play a role in how our brains work and the moods that we are in. Understanding these factors can be helpful in achieving lasting happiness."
http://www.sunnyskyz.com/blog/105/Happiness-May-Be-Different-For-Each-Person-But-There-Is-A-Science-Behind-It-We-Can-t-Deny
People those have satisfied inner-self and positive outlook towards life are happier than others.
The only people who gossip are people whose personal lives are not fulfilling enough. There is no reason to engage in petty behavior which makes one look pathetic and jealous.
I prefer to think of happiness as a in/off state. So, there is not levels of happiness. What can be measured is what can one do when happy which is a matter of motivation.
Good morning all !
Thank you, for such happy question.
I am, intrinsically a happy person, from ever since I can remember. I was a noisy, restless child, I was a noisy, restless student. I am a more serene adult with restless thoughts and ideas that keep me going through the difficulties of life, and I often wonder where that strenght comes from.
My idea is that happiness, as Miranda well put, comes from within, and «is mainly determined by our response to the events in our lives, rather than the events in themselves.»
Growing from childhood through adolescence would have been a painful, difficult task if it weren't for happiness. Facing the several difficulties of adult life would have been impossible, without happiness.
In the end, the tendency to be happy may come as part of the luggage that comes with the gift of human life, but there may also be some learnt ability to keep it going...
Thinking positively will directly affect your happiness since you are focusing on the good as opposed to the bad.
http://elitedaily.com/life/15-things-happy-people-dont-do/
Thank you, dear Ljubomir for your interesting link.
It made me think that , just as with any other neurologic difference, the Hippocampic ifferences may well explain why some people are intrinsically happy and others are mostly depressive.
Modern neurophysiologic approaches will tend to think of the brain as a more plastic organ, with the ability to adapt and change according to different tasks. This implies thast the ability to be happy can also have a strong learning component. And this is probably why I believe that light depressions can and should be handled without medication in the earlier stages.
What puzzles me is Why do grumpy people live longer ????
Nevertheless I wish you all to keep and/or learn the ability to be happy !
They have a different mindset:
- Happy people are grateful.
- Happy people don't rehash the past.
- Happy people are optimistic.
- Happy people have close relationships
- Happy people tend to have balanced lives. The time in their lives dedicated to work, play and spirituality is sufficient for each. They make time for reflection and relaxation
Dear Maria,
Grumpy do not live, they survive their bad temper.
Thank you, dear Vilemar ! (I had no idea...) I don't have much experience at being grumpy...!
Some studies indicate that the Italians have less death rate from heart diseases, probably because of diet, and pasta... I always thought that this comes from their noisy fussy habits at table. They talk loud, they laugh out loud at diner time, they all talk vividly at table, during meals. (they are happy!) Their digestion is easier....
It goes without saying you have no idea what is to be grumpy, Dear Maria.
Could you please post the linkks of some of those studies you mention, it interest me to the most. If you are to busy I can try it myself on Google or ask Dr. Ljubomir, the man of the good and useful links. He knows how important is to have good links in life. That is one face of being happy.
I'll have to look it up... Can't remember where I put those notes on the benefic effect of pasta... I promise I'll look it up.
Here's a great link, for a start.
http://www.helpguide.org/articles/diet-weight-loss/mediterranean-diet.htm
http://www.internationalpasta.org/resources/extra/3Healthy.pdf
Dear Vilemar may well be right, in his doubts,,, there's much more to be researched and revealed, when it comes to the perfect diet ... Much to be learnt.
Nevertheless, I am certain that the proper diet will help us build and influence our personal happiness and good health.
That is an obvious certainty.
(as for myself, I take the greatest of pleasures in acting foolish and nonsense with my colourful cooking. It is a question of satisfying the nucleus Accumbens in my brain - neurologic center of happiness and also of addictions (!) - Nothing like a huge box of chocolates to keep my nucleus accumbens going... It's food for the soul...)
Somethings happy people make a habit of doing:
- Appreciate Life and thankful
- Be Considerate Accept others for who they are
- Learn Continuously Keep up to date
- Creative Problem Solving
- Forgive Holding a grudge
- Gratitude
- Invest in Relationships
Dear Krishnan, indeed right!
Nevertheless, in the root of all these premises you enumerate, I find there there must be love and appreciation for your own self. As a result, you will appreciate life and be thankful for that gift; accept others for who they are; keep up to date; solve problems; be grateful; and invest in relationships...
This is the advise I have to offer to those of my patients that complain from depressive states. I very often notice that depression comes to those that forget to love their own selves, and to appreciate their own life, and this quickly leads to disruptive relationship with the rest of the world.
If you add anti depressive medication to this early stage, people may loose the capacity to be alert to those small signs that would remind them how great it is to be alive and to be able to appreciate small things, that could stand for a cure of their state.
According to Psychologist Martin Seligman, people seem happiest when they have:
1. Pleasure (tasty food, good baths, etc.),
2. Engagement (challenging activity),
3. Relationships (social ties -- indicator of happiness),
4. Meaning (a perceived quest or belonging to something bigger),
5. Accomplishments (having realized tangible goals).
Etc.
Researchers have found that happy people tend to:
- have high self-esteem
- be optimistic, outgoing
- have close friendship or s satisfying marriage
- have a meaningful religious faith
- sleep well and exercise
Thanks Maria Bettencourt Pires for sharing your views. My self believe in the philosophy of Pragmatism. Everyone should be practical for all actions in life.
when you are not depressed for the past times and not anxious for future times, you will be happier than the other people. Being happy depends on your believes and attitude to the life!
It is amazing. More than 600 answers on this thread!
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_definition_of_happiness
There are two types of people in the world: those who choose to be happy, and those who choose to be unhappy.
Contrary to popular belief, happiness doesn’t come from fame, fortune, other people, or material possessions. Rather, it comes from within. The richest person in the world could be miserable while a person living in the slums of a third world country could be happy and content. I have spent plenty of time amongst both groups to have seen it first hand. Happy people are happy because they makethemselves happy. They maintain a positive outlook on life and remain at peace with themselves.
Happy people have good habits that enhance their lives. They do things differently. Ask any happy person, and they will tell you that they … here are 22 reasons
1. Don’t hold grudges.
2. Treat everyone with kindness.
3. See problems as challenges.
...
https://iangotts.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/why-are-some-people-happier-than-you-here-are-22-reasons/
Why some people are happier than others , its an art of living . Those people decide the periphery of their limits , and life long continue to act accordingly , encapsulate their whole feelings and images of life within those limits , and keep themselves happier than rest ...thats one of the ways of keeping yourself happier.
Recognize and respect that every individual will have different sense of happiness but basic and common affairs to advance
Dear D.P.S. RATHORE,
Is not it wonderful that helps to achieve happiness success in any sphere of life. Research also showed how vital happiness: happy people They live longer, have fewer health problems and better relationships with others.
You probably know. that there are two main the obstacles to happiness - fear and anxiety. Millennium developed in man, to ensure our survival as a species.
However, in today's world, this protective mechanism does more harm than good.
You will feel better and better, happiness because any conscious change begins with
defining the target. Before you increase the level of happiness, you need to set a goal to be happy.
Regards, Shafagat
Happiness
every one loves to be happy
can we get it in the market..................No
E Proportional to P
where E is expectations and P is pains
Living for others without any expectations
Suggested readings Dr. APJ Abdu Kalams Vision 2020;Ignited minds;
detaching ourselves from materialistic achievements brings great inner piece and happiness
I think that some people are happier than others because of because of self-content. Those who are satisfied in their lives live happy.
I may simple say that the people who are selfless, lovable and particularly satisfied means what they get, they will satisfy, they are really happiest in the World.
Those who are happy are happy with themselves. No one, or no thing, can make you happy, or sad for that matter. Your reactions to life are your choice.
If you have a clear vision and mission without feeling with sadness about you couldn't attain or fear from what will happen in the future and what you have been lost in the present and past (someone or something),you will feel happy. In other words ,all time you feel with satisfaction and have better moral state with a motivated vision and mission If win and lose are equal.
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
Of all the characteristics needed for both a happy and morally decent life, none surpasses gratitude. Grateful people are happier, and grateful people are more morally decent.
----- Dennis Prager
Some people are happier than others because of different reasons some of which are:
1) They are happy with what they have
2) They do not expect any thing from others
3) They do what they want to do and do not mind what others think of them
4) They do their best to do things no matter whether they can achieve their goals or not
5) They do not expect things beyond their abilities or condition
6) They live in present, neither past nor future
Do you Know Why People are Happier than You?
"People are said to be Happier if they are actively involved in trying to reach a goal, whether that be a personal goal in work or outside of work, as long as the goal is challenging but well suited to your skills.
People who care for others’ appear to be happier and less depressed through their acts of volunteering and the formation of communal relationships. This seems to be especially true in older individuals.
We have been told for years that Positive lifestyle factors seem to make people happier; these include exercise, positive nutrition, access to sunlight, and having sufficient sleep. All of these are associated with improved mental well-being and lower incidence of depression and anxiety..."
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/do-you-know-why-people-happier-than-stephen-sawyers?trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A577811291465294397859%2CVSRPtargetId%3A7749958252134821417%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary&trk=vsrp_influencer_content_res_name
Happiness is like a kid. Nothing so serious and full of contentment. Not minding the future or worrying of tomorrow. Feeling secured and loved. Easy and light but full of mobility. Want to be happy? Be like a kid.
Dear Dr. Rathore,
Thank you for sharing.
In my opinion, the possibilities for an adult to be happier than others, increase, if his/her childhood was full of parent love, without extreme changes.
Nevertheless, maybe some people are happier than others because they simply chose it.
I think it is normal for some people to happier than others because we are created differently and what we are passing through is different
Dear Oluwafemi,
Even tough, environmental and personal are important factors to consider, I strongly believe that your question is related to brain chemistry… listen to Professor Daniel Amen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esPRsT-lmw8
And yes we are all very different and unique, but we are also alike in many aspects.
It is true that there are two kinds of people, happy and those that are not. This sense of well being is not polarized but is presented in a continuous welfare maximum degree to the minimum or zero, through the intermediate being.
As in all the qualities and capabilities of the human being, the feeling of happiness is a state of mind result of interaction in his person, positive and negative along the experiences and daily experiences factors.
They count as positive or satisfactory factors related experiences spiritual and behavioral, emotional / objective and subjective interaction with the people in your family, work and social environment. Negative experiences in return, those interactions are little or no satisfactory known not arouse the feeling of comfort and extreme degree that may limit the relationship with others or awakening aversive behaviors such interaction.
Also in interpersonal communication, reflection and retroflexion of feelings and thoughts, achievements, self-realization, spiritual, religious, ethical / moral values or fullness, significantly influence the inner feeling called happiness. Otherwise, the inner feeling is uncomfortable, suffering, anxiety, depression or pain; ie unhappiness.
On the other hand, the humanity of each individual, his personal history, the conditions of its birth and family development in first childhood, and situations of the social environment, political, economic and cultural that has lived, influence significantly in developing their personality and character structure, in addition to biological and genetic predisposition that each subject and birth brings strength.
Maybe they are good at looking at things from the bright side, this is an issue of perspective, a optimistic perspective.
"Happiness is not something you get in life, happiness is something that you bring to life." Wayne Dyer
Captions of Marketing
Moments of Happiness - Coca Cola
(happiness derived when consuming)
http://www.coca-colacompany.com/snapshots#
Because they have such a mind set!!! Happiness is in the mind of the beholder.
Some people seek happiness in every thing they do. Most of the times our behavior, our values and ethos are the reasons for finding happiness in our life. We should keep moving always with a temperament " I don't mind" . If this happens, we see happiness for ourselves.
According to best selling author, happiness researcher and The Happiness Project author, Gretchen Rubin:
About 50 percent, is genetically determined.
About 10 to 20 percent is life circumstances (age, health and occupation)
Therefore, 30 percent of our baseline happiness is within our immediate control. That r is really where our own thoughts and actions come in.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-reason-some-people-are-happier_us_5661d1d5e4b072e9d1c5ed80
By the way, Happy persons do not downvote:)
Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.
--- Mark Twain
Happiness is determined more by one’s state of mind than by external events.
~ Dalai Lama
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
--- Democritus
Louise Thompson: Happy people don't try to change others!
"When we make our own happiness dependent on another person changing in some way, we are probably in for an unhappy ride. It means we are putting our happiness in a circumstance beyond our direct control. People don't change because we want them to. Ultimately, they change because they want to. At some point there is a trade-off where the discomfort required to change becomes less than the discomfort of continuing as they are, and change becomes the least painful option.
Trying to "force" or "make" someone change before they are ready (or they simply don't want to), makes you and them unhappy.
What we can do is to inspire change with our own actions. We can walk the talk in term of changes we make with our own changes. We can lift people and inspire people to change, but we cannot make the change for them. However right we feel we are about their best course of action, we cannot make that change for them. Pouring endless attention, energy, time, money at trying to force someone else to change is crazy-making. Yes, we might know they would be happier if only they looked after their health, or ditched the unsupportive partner, moved jobs to something more creative. But that is not our business. It's theirs...
Powerful change is change that comes from a desire to change within ourselves, rather than a well-meaning someone trying to "make us" change. Happy people know this, they support change in others by inspiring and leading the way and they don't make their happiness dependent on someone else changing in a certain way..."
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11511603
The key to finding one’s own happiness is to be the things that you require and wish for in another.
Dear sir,
Happiness is one feeling that can feel and enjoy by a human being. It's one own perception that some body is more happier than me and if money is there he is happy.
who feels the happy with what he is have on that day and time in his hand to share with his/her family.
it's come to different to each one depends upon his feeling.
Ex:
writer may feel happy when get appreciation for his writing.
Researcher may feel happy if he found something new from others.
even a boy/girl can feel happy when mother/father gives his/her favorite one.
one thing i want to say that happiness is same for all but sadness is different.
Ex: air-condition gives the coolness to all, but heart attack may different for rich and poor.
Thanks
p.phani.
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
------- Marcus Aurelius
Some people are happier than others because they have good conscience and love sharing.
Well, ultimate aim of every human being is to be happy. Some feel like achieving their goal would make them happy. Everyone has different perspective to achieve happiness. Most people think that if they achieve everything they wish, finally they can be happy. But that's very contradictory to the real fact. The truth is once you learn to be happy in every moment of life that is when you enjoy doing every task of your life, it builds up positive aura within yourself and also creates positive atmosphere around that person. This in turn is one reason that this kind of people are one step closer to success because their mind is more focused on their task rather than worries, tension, and other facts. Just a talk with these people help us relieve our stress that kind of positive mindset they possess. Hence instead of running for happy future, one should live present with happiness.
Why some people are happier than others?
Think different people might have different perceived value system & different level of contentment threshold (rising & exceeding the threshold means becoming happy). Those people that are happier usually adopting more positive value system e.g. optimism, happy-go-lucky attitude etc. and lower level of contentment threshold i.e. when they are easily contented, they will feel happy earlier / happier.
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.
------ William E. Gladstone
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
See what "Anne Frank" says about happy person:
Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
Some people are happier than others because they have a different mindset.
Beautiful quotes from Helen Keller whom I truly respect:
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."
~ Helen Keller
Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.
~ Helen Keller
"Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose"
~ Helen Keller
Happiness is attitude of mind .It is not to be arranged or it is not to be copied .Happiness is our right & we have to achieve ourselves for this we have to find out our reason for depriving happiness from us for which we have to carry out our own introspection & to find out the cause & result of unhappiness.
Happiness is our individual identity & this can not be compared with the happiness of other.
This is my personal opinion
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
See the reason "why some people are happier than others"
Although Freud said happiness is composed of love and work, reality often forces us to choose love or work.
----- Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
Two people happy with themselves can be exceptionally happy together.
---- Albert Hammond, Jr.
Theres a big debate all the time whether we are happier than are previous generations. Somehow I have found most people going against the motion i.e believing that we are not happier than our parents or grandparents. But I strongly support the motion. Theres a very famous saying that "standing on one bank of the river, the other bank always seems greener." Similarly. we often think that the previous generation had a happier life simply because they had a simpler life.
Here are certain points to support and back my thoughts about us being happier than the previous generation...
http://priyankaivy.blogspot.rs/2011/04/are-we-happier-than-our-previous.html
"Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness."
--- Frank Tyger
Do what you can !
Try what you can't !
Respect what you got !
Enjoy with what you have !
Never ever compare with what the others got !
I support the views of Behrouz Ahmadi-Nedushan and Pierlorenzo Brignoli . At the point of view of Ljubomir Jacić I can say that, our fore fathers had simpler life, pollution free environment and pure food. Instead of these their life expectancy was remarkably low. We with all complications of modern civilization have easier and happier life today.
Pleasure comes from the outside. Happiness comes from the inside, when we have peace and satisfaction.
"So, where do we find this lasting happiness? In the realization of the ultimate nature of ourselves. Everything is here within us. The truth is within us. Happiness is within us. True happiness and peace of mind cannot be found in anything external; it can only be found within.”
– Sogyal Rinpoche
“The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.”
Ashley Montagu
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing.
---- Joseph Roux
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether you let it affect you or not.
---- Valerie Bertinelli
The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have"
~ Woody Allen
It is our mindset that makes us feel happy or unhappy, satisfied or unsatisfied.
Einstein did not need much!
There are problems in defining happiness, although it has made progress in its implementation. It is difficult to say that a people are happier than others, although they can claim, within certain conceptual scheme that some people are happier than others. And if happiness comes down to a subjective feeling believed by anyone, certainly it has practices that help improve the feeling of being happy.
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
Happiness does not come from happiness itself, but from the journey towards achieving it.
------ (Finnish Proverb)
Happy persons have a positive Mental attitude
"Happiness depends to some extent upon external conditions, but chiefly upon mental attitudes. In order to be happy one should have good health, a well-balanced mind, a prosperous life, the right work, a thankful heart"
"Happiness lies in making others happy, in forsaking self-interest to bring joy to others"
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
Makes every yesterday a dream of happiness; And every tomorrow a vision of hope; Look well, therefore, to this day.
(Traditional Proverb)
For the same reason that some people love their parents more than others. (Fourth commandment of the God's Law and its promise for whom compliment it).
Why are older people happier?
"Older people tend to be happier. But why? Some psychologists believe that cognitive processes are responsible -- in particular, focusing on and remembering positive events and leaving behind negative ones; those processes, they think, help older people regulate their emotions, letting them view life in a sunnier light.
"There is a lot of good theory about this age difference in happiness," says psychologist Derek M. Isaacowitz of Northeastern University, "but much of the research does not provide direct evidence" of the links between such phenomena and actual happiness...
Research has shown that older adults display more positive emotions and are quicker to regulate out of negative emotional states than younger adults. Given the declines in cognitive functioning and physical health that tend to come with age, we might expect that age would be associated with worse moods, not better ones..."
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-older-people-happier-ray-williams?trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A577811291465723848235%2CVSRPtargetId%3A7894140895714300076%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary&trk=vsrp_influencer_content_res_name
If we look at developmental theorists such as Erik Erikson who would identify that a sense of achievement and satisfaction in middle age can be gauged in context of how well an individual has achieved success and integration in career, family, social relationships and community affiliations. He implies that the individual can experience a sense of despair and stagnation through non achievement. Erikson elucidates that negative reflections about the past and despair can extend into older age. Those that have achieved success and integration of the personality and positive reflections of the past will be in a general sense be happy and feel they have achieved many things in their lives. While Erik son's theory is one of many identified in the psychological literature, he does provide some framework into identifying the issues that can be confronting in older age. While a sense of achievement is subjective to the individual, human interactions and feelings are very complex and unique to each individual's perception about themselves and the quality of events and relationships they have experienced in the past and how each older person integrates these experiences in leading fulfilling lives or isolation in retirement and older age.
Optimism id one ingredient of happyness if you
you will be happier
RRM
Happiness is an attitude. Happy persons are Optimism and have a positive outlook
Positive thinking is an optimistic state of mind that always sees the bright side of life and focuses on the glass being half full instead of half empty. Positive thinking brings inner satisfaction, happiness, peace and better health; improves relationships and attracts success into your life.
Happiness is the cause of positive outcomes in life, not the result.
Wealth does not bring happiness, but using one's wealth to benefit others does contribute to personal happiness.
http://www.self-realization.com/articles/the_power_of_positive_thinking.htm
“You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer
Positive outlook and Seeing half glass full
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
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