Happiness! Every human must wants to be happy, right? Which one of you who won't to be happy? I'm sure all of you want to be happy. Everyone wants to be happy in our life. Life is only once, and if we can't find our happiness, or what make us happy, we will regret in the end of our life.
However, do you know what the happiness mean? When you are happy? When you get a lot of money and become rich? When you married with the most beautiful/handsome person? When you success in your career? There's so many people who are rich, handsome/beautiful, and success in their career but they don't feel happy. You can search in Google the people who stress because they're unhappy although they are rich, famous, handsome/beautiful, and success in their career. So, why?
Actually, happiness is the simple thing (hey, that's the title of this post). No, seriously, it's simple thing! But we often forget it. So, what's the meaning of happiness is the simple things? Gratitude with what you have, greeting people by smile, enjoy what we're doing, be patient when we have problem, and let it go and keep going. Simple right? You know actually but you forget. I will explain those 5 things that makes happiness is the simple thing:
1. Gratitude with what we have
I'm sure most of you have well life right? You can eat three times a day, you have family, you have entertainment tools like TV, internet, smartphone, and bla bla bla. However, do you know that your well life is many poor people, orphans kids, and war victims dream? Don't you realize that what you have now is their dream? Look to the picture below!
Sometimes, we often complaining our parents like this "No mother, you don't understand me", or "Get away from me father. You don't understand nowadays trend", or "why don't you buy me that clothes? Why you never care to me father, mother?" But see, the three children picture! Comparing the happy family picture above, they don't have parents. They want love from their parents but unfortunately, they don't have parents anymore.
I'm sure that every parents must be love their children especially mother who born us in this world. But, sometimes we forget their love and being selfish. Think that we're right and their wrong. Don't you realize how precious we are that having family in our life? Many children lost their parents y'know. And still, we complaining, protesting, and being selfish to our parents?
Gratitude what we have is the most important things. I think this is the list that you have now in your life:
I'm sure that every parents must be love their children especially mother who born us in this world. But, sometimes we forget their love and being selfish. Think that we're right and their wrong. Don't you realize how precious we are that having family in our life? Many children lost their parents y'know. And still, we complaining, protesting, and being selfish to our parents?
Gratitude what we have is the most important things. I think this is the list that you have now in your life:
- Family that always take care of us since we born until today
- Fresh air that you breath everyday
- Good house/apartment to live
- Fresh food that always be able for you to eat
- Friends who always share their smile to you
- Education that educate you to become good adult
- Healthy that give you power to stand, to walk, and to do your activity
Imagine if you lose those things! Are you still complaining? Imagine if you're in that three children in picture above who lost their parents. What kind of well life that you still complaining? Be gratitude with what you have and control your desire. You have to say many 'thank you' to your family who always take care of you and people who care about you. Word 'thank you' is simple but has a lot of meaning. So, let's gratitude everyday with what we have and always say 'thank you'!
2. Enjoy what you're doing
2. Enjoy what you're doing
"I'm tired! I don't want do this anymore" , "Why do i have to do this? It's not what i want". Have you ever feel like that when you go home after school or work? In my case, yes i have. When you're not enjoy what you're doing, how can you have strong motivation in our activity? If you're not enjoy what you're doing now, leave it, and find your passion. Work without passion is same like eating vegetable without salt. No taste and no delicious! Same like our daily life. First, you have to ask many 'why' and 'what question inside yourself. Why you do this? Why i am here? What's the value to do this? What's the meaning to do this?
To ask those 'why' and 'what' questions you have to find self-motivation, the thing that motivate you to do your activity. Don't do something because people said "you should do this" or "if you don't do this, you will bla bla bla". Don't let someone live in your life. It's your life! Life is choice. And you're free to choose what you want to do and the best thing for your life. Just let it go what haters or criticizers say about you. What you have to do is do whatever makes you happy and bring you to your happiness. You have to have reason why you do this activity. You do that because you're happy and it's your passion. That's the best thing to do to make your happiness become simple thing!
3. Gratitude people with your smile
There's so many advantages from sharing smile. Here it is the 3 advantages from smiling:
- Based on research in America, smile can make your life 4.9 years longer than people who rarely to smile
- Smile can lower your anxiety and stress. There's studies report said that people who smiling when they stress had lower heart rates than those with a neutral facial expression
- Smile can prevent your anger. When someone come to you with their anger, calm down, and give your smile. It can helps you solve your problem
So, smile can give your life more colorful and love. Say cheese and smile ^_^
4. Be patient when you have problem
Stress, depression, trouble, or whatever the name, It's caused by problem that we have. Problem must be coming. There aren't people who don't have problem in their life. Everyone has problem. But remember, problem come to you to make you better person and grow up. How to deal with your problem? Be patient and take positive point. Easy right? But hard to do. I know it because i ever struggling with my problem.
When you're stress because of your problem, do those things:
- Take a long breath 3 times
- Drink mineral water. Hot water is better to make you feel better
- Take a long breath again
- Do whatever you like. Leave all your works! Forget them and relax!
- Then evaluate your problem. The cause and the mistake that you make
- Think positively. Negative thinking just make your problem worse
- Then go and solve it
- Don't forget to be patient in solve process
That's my suggestion. If you want better suggestion ask Professor Google! He will give you more suggestion how to be patient when you have problem. However, one thing that i can say is be patient and take positive point is the key for solving problem. If you complain more and more, it just make your problem bigger and you can't solve your problem with your complain
5. Let it go and keep going
"Let it go, let it go! Can't hold it anymore. Let it go, let it go! Turn away and slam the door." -Let it Go by Demi Levato (Frozen)Which one of you who don't know that famous song? Oh my God, my ears are enough to listen this song because it plays in everywhere. But, hey, that's the right thing, don't you think? What Demi Levato sing in "Let it Go" song is totally right and have strong meaning. When you lose someone important for you or something important, let it go and keep going. I know you'll be sad, you'll feel lost and empty when that time comes to you. It's okay! It's normal because it's humanity. But don't let your sadness take your life. You must let go what you lose and keep going. Life must goes on!
Think what you have now. You have friends who always supporting you in happy and sad time, you have your colleagues who always ready to help you in your project. You have family who always say "It's okay. Do your best" with their smile. And, for those who have religion, you have God who always listen your pray and wish. You have everything that you need to give you light when darkness come and hands and smile when you need support. Don't give up, Let it go, and Keep going! Life must goes on!
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Those 5 things are common sense right? It's something that you know without told by anyone right? But, do you remember it? Have you gratitude with what you have? Are enjoy what you're doing now? Are you smiling when greeting people around you? Have you been patient when problem come? Are you letting go with what you've lost and keep your life going? Have you remembered all those 5 things that makes happiness is the simple thing?
Let's remember those 5 important things in our life to make our life colorful and happy. Remember, when you happy, people around you will happy! When you're unhappy and sad, people around you will feel sad too. Life is so beautiful! Remember, life is only once. So, let's make happiness become simple things and let's be happy!
"Because I'm happy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roofBecause I'm happyClap along if you feel like happiness is the truthBecause I'm happyClap along if you know what happiness is to youBecause I'm happyClap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do"
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