The question we all ask ourselves is: how can we do, to be happier? There is not a happier day, if I hope something nice happens to me on Monday, Wednesday, etc. I will be expectant, encouraged, and I will be happy. To be happy we have to stop comparing ourselves, because otherwise the happiness level goes down. God wants you to learn to celebrate the blessings of others and yours, happiness is a gradual experience, the excessive dose of happiness can hurt you; for example, you earned a million dollars, you became famous out of nothing and that can lead you to infidelity, to gambling, to drugs.
Because fame is the social look, the applause of the people. The successful may or may not be fame, but he is always happy because he is under his dream. Fame is not handled depends on others, one day you want other days reject you, fame binds you, is a curse makes you live under the eyes of others.
Success is a blessing from God, there are big and small successes, but they are all successes at last. Success is built with effort.
What level of happiness do you have?
Solving a problem does not make you happier, it gives you only relief. Happy people have habits of happiness, it is something that we build ourselves every day. To activate happiness you have to:
Have a grateful heart
A grateful spirit that "abound the graces". Thankfulness brings double blessing. Thankfulness makes you powerful, when we have a bad time, giving thanks is not easy; before crises, tensions, and problems, saying thanks becomes difficult. If we can not say thank you we lose power, to solve that crisis that tension and those problems. The Bible teaches us that God is grateful.
But sometimes "the learned impotence syndrome" appears: whatever my conflicts do, they will continue there, this generates a permanent ingratitude; You have to break with that. Thank you, it's not an innocent word, I say it out of habit, that word has power!
Have a record of positive memories
When Jesus fed the crowd, there were twelve baskets left over. Then they went to the other side and he kept talking about that; because that memory was going to sustain them in the middle of the storm. The positive memories you have when the Lord brought you out of your past afflictions, will strengthen your heart to resolve present situations; in the middle of the debt, of the disease etc. and you can say: "I will remember your justice, Lord, of yours alone".
David when he was in front of Goliath, did not say: "And now how do I do?" He said: "I killed the bear, I killed the lion, and I will kill this giant too" Those memories motivated and excited him. David, always remembered: "my soul bless the Lord and do not forget any of its benefits", was enhanced with positive memories. "You anoint my head with oil": to activate good and beautiful memories.
Flow through your dreams
Some flow in certain activities: women in the shopping, men on the court, those who dance dancing, those who sing giving a concert, those who cook preparing delicious dishes. Others flow with the problems (they complain all day). You have to enjoy everything you do. The crowds flowed with Jesus, David meditated day and night and said: "I am a tree planted by streams of water, if I start to enjoy his presence, my leaf will not fall and my fruit will be ready"
When David killed Goliath he did not do it to be applauded, but the people saw what he did. People will learn about your achievements, about your dreams; Even those who did not believe in them will have to recognize that God does great things through you. Everyone will see that God took away the mourning, the sadness, the depression and instead, he set a table in front of your anguishes and anointed your head with oil of joy and joy!
