We
live in a world today which waits for Valentine’s Day to express our love for
our beloved and Mother’s Day to extend our affection towards our mother. We are
generally always on a lookout for ‘false’ reasons which denote happiness. We
keep running after the worldly pleasures considering they are the sole means to
the eternal happiness. But the truth remains that even in a 100-room villa, one
needs just a single bedroom to sleep. The true happiness comes from enjoying
each and every moment you live on this planet. One must do what he likes, or
start liking whatever he is doing.
Here
are my simple fundas to be Happy Singh:
Stop Thinking what
Others Think of You
Thinking
what others might think of any of our actions is simply getting into somebody
else’s shoes. If we even think about what others think of us, then what job do
we leave for others to do. As a hindi quote goes, “Duniya ka sabse bada rog,
kya kahenge log!”, get free from this highly infectious disease about what
people think about you.
One
should do things not to please others but to please the inner self. It’s
certainly fine to be stupid, childish at moments.
Smile
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| Laughing Budha brings Luck, Smiling Sardar spreads Smiles! |
When
feeling stressed out or when your mood is low, just SMILE, yes smile, because the
brain often gets fooled and ends in making one HAPPY. Smile is a simple curve that gets many thing
straight. You might not notice how the life is happy and cheerful, when you are
smiling, simply because you spread an aroma of positivity and optimism to your
surrounding environment, and that is what majority of the world needs these
days being stressed out between striking a good balance between personal and
professional lives.
Practice a Hobby
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| Don't Move, else I will Shoot You! |
An
empty mind is said to be devil’s workshop. A vacant mind houses all the evil
actions. Its good to keep the mind occupied in something one can feel happy
about. So, here’s how your hobby can be a tenant in your empty mind. Do
something that makes one feel good. It may not always earn you more money, but
will render a sense of fulfillment and achievement. For me, it’s either photography or writing my blog. Life gives you many reasons to smile, writing my blog gives me one
more. :)
Expect Less
Being
a finance professional, I tend to convert the routines into mathematical expressions
and here is the simplest formula to be happy in life. Happiness from any event
is just the difference between the actual outcome of the event and our
expectations before the outcome happened.
Happiness
= Actual Outcome – Expectations
So,
in order to increase our happiness quotient, either the outcome should be
higher than usual or what we expect from the event should be the minimum. While
generally the outcome is dependent on several other factors than just our
actions, what we can do is keeping our expectations low. If we can minimize our
expectations, even the minutest thing occurring in our life will make us happy.
Further, by practicing to keep our expectations low, we tend to relieve
pressure from others as well, which makes them happy and that will make you
happier as well.
However,
there are always some exceptions to the general rule. Once you have checked out
Ivy Estate by Kolte Developers Private Limited in the video for which I am also
sharing the link below, it is tough to keep the expectations low but the video
also assures me of a great outcome, certainly one more reason to be happy. :)
