Thought For Life

Question is, are there certain things we can do to live a happy and satisfying life? The 20 points listed in this post are probably the ones that are common sense yet, considering all i have read about happiness.

20 Keys To A Happy Life by Author Unknown

1. Compliment 3 people everyday!
2. Watch a sunrise
3. Be the first to say "hello"
4. Treat everyone as you want to be treated
5. Live beneath your means
6. Forget the Joneses
7. Never give up on anybody - miracles happen!
8. Remember someone's name
9. Be kinder than you have to be
10. Wish not for things, but for wisdom and courage
11. Be tough-minded, but tender hearted
12. Don't forget that a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated
13. Keep your promises
14. Leave everything better than you found it
15. Show cheerfulness even when you don't feel it
16. Remember that winners do what losers don't want to do
17. Remember that overnight success usually takes 15 years
18. When you arrive at your job in the morning, let the first thing you say brighten everyone's day
19. Don't rain on other people's parades
20. Don't waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them!

I Want to be Happy

I read, after watching the series and the phrase never caught on, well that was till I was roaming around the internet that I came across this, by Lucas Scott on ‘One Tree Hill’ he said; “Happiness comes in many forms -- in the company of good friends, in the feeling you get when you make someone else's dream come true, or in the promise of hope renewed. It's okay to let yourself be happy because you never know how fleeting that happiness might be”.

I cannot remember the last time I let myself be happy. Without worrying about time, others, how much, how long? There’s always something nagging, some reason why I just can’t let go and just be. But all I want is to be happy. Problem I have been worrying left right and centre that I cannot remember what it feels like to relax.
If it’s the last thing I do, I’ll remember how to.

I just hope I will not be alone and that it will not be too late. On the same show, someone else said, ‘Many people die with music still in them. Why it that so? Too often, it’s because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time’s run out’

The last thing I would want is for time to run out on me. I just want to be happy. I'm the only thing in my way, huh? Before it's too late, i'm off on a be-happy tour. You're welcome to tag along.