Ok to stay on topic here - happiness. It's all in your head. Any person at any point in time can choose to be happy. That's because we are happy when we are grateful. We are unhappy when we complain and bring negativity to a situation.
I focus on the little things. I am blessed, anyone who is on this Earth is. Not just Americans.
Most people build up happines in there mind too much. You may say in your head "when I have $XXXXXXXX I will be happy, the day I make $XXXXXXXX will be a good day." But you have the choice of changing that. You can say to yourself, as I do(which by the way is taken from an Anthony Robbins course), "Every day above ground is a good day!"
Then once you've set your mind to believeing that everyday your body is above the ground is a good day all you have to do in the morning is look at your feet. Are they above ground? Then you are alive! You're much more fortunate then the billions of dead people, right?
Gradually throughout the day I become more grateful for my life and my surrondings. I am happy that I have a family that loves me, that I was born with all my fingers and toes, that I live in America. That I can live in ahouse that most of the world would consider a well furnished mansion. I am happy that I have all the knowledge of the world at my fingertips.
You choose to be happy. Not me, not God, not your parents - YOU.
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