LIFE ISSUES THAT CAN ROB YOU OF BECOMING HAPPY.

LIFE ISSUES THAT CAN ROB YOU OF BECOMING HAPPY.

    When last did you check on your happiness bank account, how much is your balance? How through is it that our happiness account balance cannot be high enough? There are some robbers you must avoid at all cost, if you must get you happiness account balance smiling at you at every point in time.

   From this article, what you must learn before you can conclude you understand this are:

·         Why must you avoid them at all cost?

·         What are these robbers?

·         What are their origins/sources/causes

·         What are their effects?

·         What are the ways out of their traps?

Reasons why you must avoid these robbers are:

Because they add no value to you, they can only reduce your level of assimilation and concentration on things going on all around you.

The happiness robbers are:

TIME .

Not having enough time to do what you need to do can really drain your happiness bank. Good time management involves three main thinking tricks: (a) viewing time as more fluid and psychological than consistently mechanical (b) having a positive attitude towards the time you do have (c) setting and keeping the priorities that contribute most to your main purpose in what you are trying to do. When you avoid typical time-wasters (mistake repair, other people’s emergencies) and practice these three thinking tricks above, then impatience—the biggest robber of all—starts to fade.

THOUGHT .

Thinking itself isn’t the robber, but rather under-thinking or over-thinking what you are doing. Under-thinking usually results in missing important details and making mistakes, while over-thinking adds unnecessary, irrelevant details and wastes valuable acting time. Get what information that is available within a reasonable amount of time and then make your best choice to act in the easiest way that will get the best results and have the least negative side effects. And remember, things are rarely quite as simple as we would like or quite as complicated as we imagine.

OUR FEELINGS.

it is not necessarily feelings that are the robbers, but not understanding what purpose feelings serve and what they mean in the pursuit of happiness. Simply put, good, positive feelings serve the main purpose of encouragement in letting you know you are on the right path, while bad, negative feelings are a kind reminder that you may want to re-evaluate your approach to what you are trying to do.

NEGATIVE LIFE ISSUES.

Problems…  Indeed, problems are an inevitable part of life and an attitude of accepting that reality is the best happiness anti-robbery protection plan there is. The right attitude to have about problems are that they are valuable opportunities to learn important things that can help you solve the next really big one that will surely be coming your way, especially if you have learned to deal with it already. Ask brother Joseph in the bible, I think he have a story to tell. So all problems are not actually problems not until you accept you might not be capable to solve it.

OUR GENERAL AND INHERITED HUMAN NATURE .

We are all full of pride, ego, rebelliousness, talk and other character flaws by nature, but that doesn’t mean they have to hold us hostage causing much unnecessary unhappiness in the process. The key is not to try and get rid of these things altogether, because that is impossible. What makes sense is to strive for a reasonably healthy balance between the extremes ego and humility, self and others, rebelliousness and obedience and talking and listening.

          CONFUSION ABOUT PURPOSE AND TOMORROW.

Not knowing your purpose in life or in anything you are trying to do, or having the “wrong” purpose can rob you of much happiness. For instance, losing weight or quitting smoking to be more appealing to someone else will probably just lead to disappointment and serious unhappiness.  

ADVERSITY AND FOES

The accumulation of problems leading you into a dark tunnel, sometimes undeserved. You can only get through the adversity tunnel with a huge mind of unhappiness by caving in, or a bigger bank balance of happiness from persevering and weathering the storm with a good character that shines its light for others to admire.

STRONG PERCEPTION.

It is probably safe to say that most perceptions you have of others and that others have of you are incorrect, or at the least incomplete. Not taking the time or not making the assertive effort to correct mistaken perceptions adds to unhappiness because of the wrong things you feed yourself about situations involving people. Negative self-talk about yourself and others, when it is usually wrong, leads to unnecessary unhappiness.

        Take a quick inventory of your happiness bank balance and see what robbers are making unnoticed withdrawals behind your back.

5 Steps to a Happy Life with Positive Attitude

1. Step 1: Believe Happiness is a Choice.
2. Step 2: Rid Your Life of Negativity.
3. Step 3: Look For the Positive in Life.
4. Step 4: Reinforce Positivity in Yourself.

• Step 5: Share Happiness with Others.

"HAPPINESS DOES NOT HAVE ITS BUS STOP AT YOUR SIDE,BUT IT HAS A GARAGE AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS…BE HAPPY AND MAKE OTHERS HAPPY…" Akinsuroju Olubunmi

REFRENCE

 Bill Cottringer journal self growth writer

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