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How to spread happiness…
For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to contribute to the world somehow, to share my experience, and my time, to help the world be better. I bet that, just like me, you walk around with some sort of wish in your heart to change the world in some way, to put your mark on this world of ours, but you might not do anything about it. How come?
My excuses were constant, and I’m sure yours as well.
I’ve understood something life-changing: all I have is here and know. And I better make it count, because time goes so quickly, and the older I get, the quicker time seems to fly by.
So I made a conscious decision, a choice, to throw all my fears away and start spreading happiness.
Imagine if everyone would spread small drops of happiness everywhere they went. Let’s just start with around us, at work, at school, with our kids, family, friends, and strangers on a street. Let’s spread kindness and happiness around in our inner circle of people.
If you’re like me, busy with daily life, you might not know where to start. Try following and see if there is anything you can apply in your everyday life.
1. Be kind to yourself.
Be kind toward yourself. You can’t give what you don’t have, right? So go ahead and do the things you love—sleep, dance, sing, or paint all you want. Just enjoy. Then go and spread some happiness around you.
2. Smile.
This is the best method ever to make your day and spread happiness around to others. Don’t wait to be happy; think of something good in your life, smile, and see what happens. smiles are infectious.
3. Surprise!
Surprise the people you love with flowers, small presents, kind words, help, a hug, or a genuine compliment. The smallest gesture can go a long way.
4. Make an effort to have good thoughts.
The thing with our thoughts is that they become words and then actions, so we must observe them and choose them wisely. Our thoughts are like flower seeds. They can either spread happiness or sadness. We all get days that seem to be full of grumpy, and whinnied people…we just think about what might have done that to them and realize that they just need a small gesture, and that will be like a domino effect, you show positive/happy thoughts, and the people around you will pass it forward, and so on.
Hope this short list will help you join the club of happiness, and realize the small things are the most powerful things you can do.
