What is Happiness?

Positive psychology researchers believe that personal happiness levels are generally in the 35% -50% may be hereditary - but the rest (50%) will fall to other things, we believe it is not that we do or don t do it.

Perhaps each of us has a level of general well-being, and that is most of our time. Sometimes we feel happy ratio, and compared to other times, I feel unhappy. "Happy" full stop and staying happy is not possible to achieve - what is our search will help us to live a happier life "more often.

'Happiness' is from the 'happy' - different fun (to do something exciting or enjoyable, gives us a burst of feeling pretty good, but soon passed, let us return to where we started). The people who win the lottery burst of excitement for a while, but soon returned to their previous level of happiness - was seriously injured in the accident who experienced a time of shock and grief, but in the end you can get back in front of their level of happiness. Pleasure matters. Often positive emotional experience will be a key feature of a happy life, but "life more happiness" positive attitude about the state of more information, we do life, our way of viewing, interpretation and response to life events, and is not just a short-lived burst feel good. "Retail therapy", eating out, delicious food and drinks, you can bring us happiness (and happiness is very important), but we do these less from the eye, they may provide the next time, they will not let us. " Happy "is very long and more.

Here seems to be caused by life, happy most of the time - that all life will have some 'down' time thing, but we can reduce them from their mobile.

• Quality relationship - a series of friends, partners, one of the family, we have a positive era. N times (paying compliments, gifts, sharing fun times, a good movie / show, entertainment, play games, work together and enjoy sharing walking, etc.) occurs five times more than the less positive experience, in order to maintain a happy relationship - working relationship requires conscious happiness. Focus on the negatives of people who spend time together will drag us down. Evidence of positive relationships will make people happier than revenues.
• If we can answer 'yes' to question' whether someone love you? "This means we are more likely to live longer, happier and achieve more than someone answered" no. "
• Who comparisons more people than we have (a richer, more beautiful, more intelligent, better cars, houses, holidays, 'lucky', more successful, etc.) will probably make us unhappy. If we do not take their own people, it needs to be weaker than those associated with us or our (poor, hungry, less healthy, older, no children, lonely, unattractive and in housing stress and other) par, and acknowledge what we have instead of what we did. We blessings of the ancient wisdom of a modern research prove most valuable.
• Helping others is a very good thing, "will help us to live a happier life. Volunteer to help needy children, animals, old people, neighbors, friends who are struggling, it was difficult to find a job, do sponsorship activities, as well as those Help us is for our good. contribute more than they can give us life, "meaning" to help us live a happier life causes.
• Doing the things we are good at. Using our skills, expertise, strengths to achieve things, please leave us a deep impression and others, we are concerned, we find satisfying, can be proud of, the need for regular experience. 'Clear that you love to do, to do more of it! "

          Physical fitness, and take regular moderate exercise is very beneficial because diet and healthy living in                                                                                       

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• Work, especially in the work we enjoy, we do not work much better. Did not work, meaning that it is difficult to build our day, conscious purpose to meet others and to feel useful and confident, using our skills, to feel a sense of accomplishment. Work, let us do what we are good at and work to support the things that we believe this to our lives, "the meaning and significance, is likely to make us happier.
• A good life '(to do the things that we believe, feel good about themselves, other people's respect and appreciation) is very important - a great career services, to become a good neighbor and help those in need, give children special period, and living animals or animal charities, etc.). Do the job 'common interests', which makes the world a better place or society, "is more valuable, just 'living'.  In our lives, and to achieve their "goal" is good for us - getting to adapt, learn new things, save special holiday, accept it, ambitious (in the next 12 months, I will ......), and to achieve them build their confidence and self-belief.

• Having a good support system (who gave us different things to different people) is very favorable - Some people say having a laugh, someone who is a real problem, it was through (a plumber, electrician, doctors, nurses, Our experts work, etc.), who challenged us, and others who gave us confidence that this is not a good idea to just use the same person for all these needs.
• As a thank you, that we are for ourselves and others - we have to thank is now seen as being focused on a number of important things. Grateful people have more friendships, have better health, more popular, there is less 'down' times less thanks to the people who yes.
• Let other people happier ", is likely to make themselves happier." Now some people remain "Thanksgiving Diary", they end at the end of the day or week when you fill it out. This diary makes us think the idea of ​​something that we should be glad that our thoughts switched negatives.
• Grateful people exercise more, feel better about their lives, the future is more optimistic, more enthusiastic, more determined, have more energy, sleep better, have fewer diseases. They can achieve their personal goals.