Your Personal Power for Happiness

Your Personal Power

for Happiness

Today the media announced on every broadcast that 44 year olds around the world are unhappier than any other time in their lives.

Why are 44 year olds less happy than the rest of us? It's being suggested that around the world, 44 is the age when you become more realistic about what your life is going to include and what dreams are never going to manifest.

Indeed, we modern mortals are more miserable about our misery than ever before because we are expecting to be happy. We are supposed to be happy. We pretend to be happy.

We think we should be happy in the 21^st century of government pushed consumerism. We are mesmerized by Madison Avenue expectations that set us up for the predictable disappointment of dashed expectations and perfectionism.

Some of us a born happier than others. Genetic brain biology accounts for about 40% of our happiness according to National Public radio correspondent, Eric Weiner, author of The Geography of Bliss. 10% of our happiness is what happens to us. 50% of our happiness depends on our choices and actions.

It's curious, isn't it, that what happens to us only accounts for 10% of our happiness? Some people allow events of the day to determine their mood. If their favorite team wins they are happy and filled with enthusiasm. If their team loses they are depressed. If they lose five pounds they are happy and confident. If they gain five pounds they criticize and condemn themselves.

You and I know the feeling of being affected by our circumstances. We can feel powerless to control our feelings in the face of whatever triggers the feelings we don't prefer. The question is, how to be happy despite the challenges in life?

The good news about what makes people happy is that we discovered we actually do have 50% control of our feelings of happiness. That's a lot of personal power.

How to be happy is an inside job. Deciding to be happy is a good start. Taking simple actions that deliver the happiness juice to your brain is a direct path to more happiness.

Interacting with others, smiling, holding doors, saying hello as you make your way around your world are simple ways to manifest the happy feeling. Easy to learn skills for letting go of the tensions of the past decrease our attachment to what makes us unhappy.

It's not what happens to us that has the ultimate power to make us happy. We have the power to make happiness happen.

Discover how to be happy at Quantum Attractions and Being Glad

Imagine the Possibilities!
Kristin S. Kopp

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