Are you truly happy? Do you even know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness? These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves. I live my life to maintain my own happiness while trying my best to not cause unhappiness to anyone else. If you want to be happy you need to understand that you can be happy and that you should be happy. Many people make the mistake of believing that they don’t deserve happiness and accept their unhappy state as their destiny. The truth of the matter is that happiness, like anything else in life, needs to be nurtured. The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.

1. Understand what it is that will make you happy. Everyone has unique requirements for attaining happiness and what makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy. Revel in your individuality and do not worry about whether or not your desires are comparable to those of your peers.

2. Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your mood will very likely increase as your pursue your goal because you will feel better about yourself for going after something you value.
3. Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way. Conversely, if you are around people who are happy their emotional state will be infectious.

4. When something goes wrong try to figure out a solution instead of wallowing in self pity. Truly happy people don’t allow set backs to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favor.

5. Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy. These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continued happiness.

6. It’s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself. Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance you will be subconsciously putting yourself in a better mood.

7. Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. While there are times that require you to be serious, when it is appropriate, find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you unhappy.

8. Maintaining your health is another way to achieve happiness. Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mood. Additionally, exercise has been known to release endorphins that give you a feeling of happiness.

9. Finally, it is important to understand that you deserve happiness. Those who believe that they are not worthy of happiness may subconsciously sabotage their efforts to achieve happiness. If necessary, tell yourself each day that you deserve to be happy and remind yourself what steps you will take to achieve the happiness you desire.

Happiness is hard to define but most people are aware of whether they are happy or not. Many people believe that happiness is a form of luck and that some people are destined to be happy while others are destined to be unhappy. I try to incorporate the tips above into my life and have had great success in achieving happiness. The tips in this article are small but meaningful steps that you can take each day to lead you to true happinessps that I follow to create happiness in my life.

你真的快乐吗？你真的知道快乐意味着什么，得到快乐需要什么吗？对于所有正在寻找快乐的人来说，这是自问的最重要的问题。我在生活中维护着自己的快乐，并尽最大努力不给他人带来不快。如果你想快乐就必须明白你能快乐，而且值得快乐。许多人错误地认为他们不应该快乐，并相信他们的不快乐是命运使然。事实上，快乐和生活中其它一切一样，需要培养。以下是我在自己的生活中创造快乐的几个好方法。

1. 了解什么能使你快乐。每个人对获得快乐的要求都很独特。使某人快乐的东西可能和使另一个人快乐的东西大不一样。只管醉心于你个人的愿望，不要担心你的愿望是否比得上同事的愿望。

2. 制定你认为能使自己快乐所要达到的目标。在实现目标的过程中，你的心情很可能会好起来，因为在追求你珍视的东西的时候，你会对自己感到更满意。

3. 让自己的周围聚集着快乐的人。当你被消极的人群包围的时候，就会消极地考虑问题。相反，如果你周围都是快乐的人，他们的心态也会感染你。

4. 如果出了麻烦事，就努力想出解决的办法，而不要沉溺于顾影自怜。真正快乐的人不允许挫折影响他们的心情，因为他们知道，只要稍微动动脑筋就能将不利境况变为有利。
5. 每天花几分钟时间想想让自己快乐的事情。这几分钟时间能让你有机会把精力集中在你的生活中那些积极的事情上，能不断地给你带来快乐。

6. 每天花点时间为自己做点好事也很重要。请自己吃顿午餐，放松地泡个澡，或者只是多花几分钟时间化个妆，不知不觉中就能使自己的心情好起来。

7. 在紧张的情况下找点幽默也能带来快乐。在需要严肃的场合，想个适当的办法缓解紧张的气氛，否则就会令你感到不快乐。

8. 保持健康是另一种获得快乐的办法。超重或不吃营养食品对你的心情会有不好的影响。此外，人所共知，运动释放出的内啡呔也能给你快乐的感觉。

9. 最后，要知道你值得快乐很重要。那些认为自己不值得快乐的人，可能下意识地妨碍了他们获得快乐的努力。如果必要，每天都告诉自己你值得快乐，提醒自己应该采取什么措施获取你希望得到的快乐。

很难给快乐下定义，但是大多数人都能意识到自己是否快乐。很多人认为快乐是一种命运，有人注定会快乐，有人注定不快乐。我努力把这些方法融入我的生活，已经非常成功地获得了快乐。本文提到的方法很不起眼，但是意味深长。你可以每天照办，使自己获得我在生活中因此而创造的那样真正的快乐。