HAPPINESS IN EVERYDAY LIFE
Among many factors which bring meaning to human life is happiness, a feeling that is rare in human life because of many ups and downs which people must go through in everyday life. However, for those who have embraced happiness in their lives have always testified of what it means to have a fulfilling life (Parks, Della, Pierce, Zilca & Lyubomirsky, 2012). One unique feature with happiness is its timelessness and endurance regardless of the circumstances. Failure to appreciate the role of endurance in order to live happily has made many people to live miserably. To describe happiness in words has been a challenging endeavor because it can only be felt, but of much importance for leading a good life. People have different opinions on happiness, with some believing that happiness can be found in money and good relationships yet others feel elated when succeeding professionally.
Contrally to what many people belief, that happiness is a feeling that just happens in human lives, Erber & Erber (2014) proved the notion wrong by quoting that happiness has to be made, produced, created , discovered and built from ground level upwards. Happiness is a decision which is within the mind of a person. A person must have conviction within the mind to be happy regardless of the troubles which are thrown towards them by life; because life has always been disrupting people’s happiness with all kinds of mishaps and agony. Happiness comes to people who expect it and hence deserve it.
Having gratitude, a quality of being thankful always is another way happiness virtue is cultivated (Carstensen, Pasupathi, Mayr & Nesselroade, 2016). This is achieved by limiting ones spiritual and mental focus on negative things such as financial problems, health issues and bills and focusing much on being alive, not being decrepit, loving people and supporting them and waking up at dawn with purpose to fulfill. This translates to being grateful for everything and anything in life.
References
Carstensen, L. L., Pasupathi, M., Mayr, U., & Nesselroade, J. R. (2016). Emotional experience in everyday life across the adult life span. Journal of personality and social psychology, 79(4), 644.
Erber, R., & Erber, M. W. (2014). The self-regulation of moods: Second thoughts on the importance of happiness in everyday life. Psychological Inquiry, 11(3), 142-148.
Parks, A. C., Della Porta, M. D., Pierce, R. S., Zilca, R., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2012). Pursuing happiness in everyday life: The characteristics and behaviors of onlihttps://studygroom.com/human-resource-personnel/zne happiness seekers. Emotion, 12(6), 1222.