Be Now Be Happy

According to an article, Instant happiness booster: walking with focus, the more distracted people are while doing tasks -- even mundane ones like washing the dishes -- the less happy they are at that moment. In other words, you are happy when you live in the moment. How do you live now and be happy? Here are some useful tips:


• Happiness is a choice: In life, everything you do is a choice and even if you don’t do anything it is also a choice not to act. You can choose to do things that you like and likewise, you can choose to be happy now.

• Forgiveness: Forgive yourself and others for the things that have happened in the past. Forgiveness releases a burden from your mind and in your heart. You replace vengeance with kindness to be calm and get a peaceful feeling. When you stop thinking about the past. You are more likely to focus and live in the present.

• Thoughts: Your feelings and moods are dictated by your thoughts. The best thing that you can do is to get up early and think of happy thoughts. Start a new day cheerfully to vibrate positive feelings and moods in you. Do it every morning and be happy throughout the day.

• Live your dreams: Happiness is to live your passion, develop your skills and provide values for others. Happiness is about doing things that you are interested in and good at. You turn your passion into marketable skills and solve other people’s problems. You feel great and you are satisfied inside your heart.

• More energy: Energy promotes happiness. Stop watching TV and start to move your body more often to see the changes in you. It takes energy to get more energy. Jog, cycle or swim to build your energy and happiness instantly

• Creativity: Happiness is to enjoy what you like to create and your creativity is further boosted by your happiness. It goes in a cycle. To be creative and happy you make or discover something new. Life is dull if you keep doing the same thing over and over again because the result is going to be the same. Solving problems is another great way to excite your innovative thinking.

• Live today and plan for tomorrow: Do you refuse to get up in the morning? It is because there is nothing to look forward to. When there are no goals, there is no plan and so there is nothing to kick start a new day. Plan ahead according to your goals and start a new day eagerly because there is something to do and there is hope. By living today mindfully you foresee a bright future.

• Be mindful: To live mindfully is to live in the present, fully aware of the things that are going on around you. It does not matter what you do, driving, eating, or working, the more you pay attention to it, the more you will get out of what you are doing consciously and happily.

• Go slow: Imagine that you are driving very fast because your mind is thinking that you will be late for work and you are not paying much attention to your driving. It is very likely that you will not be able to react quickly and avoid an accident on the road in case it happens. To be safe, drive a little slower and pay more attention to the road. Similarly, your work suffers when you work in a hurry. Your mind is restless because something is bothering you . You are not mindful and you don’t enjoy doing the work and as a result, you are not happy.


For baby boomers, you must have heard of this popular song sung by Elvis Presley - It’s Now or Never. Happiness is just the same, be happy now or not at all.