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by: Deanna Mascle
The sad truth is that there are a lot of unhappy people in the world. The tragic truth is that many of those unhappy people could lead happier lives if only they gave up the misconceptions they have about happiness. Even those of us who consider themselves relatively happy still cling to some of these untruths. Why? Probably because it is easier to blame someone else for our unhappiness when the simple fact is that no one else has power over our happiness. We give that power to others but that is our choice. Once we take control of our own happiness then we will be happier, but in order to take back that control over our happiness we need to rid ourselves of three popular misconceptions about it.
One of the greatest misconceptions related to happiness is that you need
money to be happy. If you take some time out to study people around you
then you will see just how little substance there is to this belief.
Rich people are not automatically happy and poor people are not
automatically unhappy. In fact, once you begin looking at individuals
and families then you will no doubt spot a great many unhappy rich
people and even more happy poor people.
The truth is that once your basic needs are taken care then money will
not have a major impact on your happiness. In fact, making it dependent
on the attainment of a certain amount of money is often a recipe for a
very unhappy life. Pursuing money is a bad goal because so often people
get caught up in a rat race they can never win. For people who consider
money the ultimate measure of success there is never enough money so
they will never be happy.
In fact, one reason many poor people are happy is that they realize that
once their family is fed, clothed and housed then money isn't that
important when you compare it to love, friendship, and laughter. Those
things are important and can't be bought at any price.
Another big misconception about happiness is that you need someone else
to be happy. Happiness comes from within yourself. You are the only one
who controls your happiness. You do not need friends or significant
others for it. You do not need children or grandchildren for it. You can
be happy without the acclaim of others and without being famous. While
having other people to care about is an important element of human
contentment and therefore happiness, it can be a great mistake to place
to great of an emphasis on the need for one specific relationship. If
you have a loving family and friends then that is what is important not
the fact that you lack a spouse. Having love in your life is what counts
not the source of that love.
The third big misconception about happiness is that you need to be lucky
to be happy. Happiness is not about luck but rather about opening
yourself up to it, looking for it in unlikely places, and allowing
yourself to be happy. Many of the people who subscribe to the luck
theory of happiness are the same people who believe that they do not
deserve to be happy. Everyone deserves to be happy and everyone has the
capacity to be a happy person. Don't wait for happiness to come to you
but rather open your life to it and you will find it.
You can be happy and you can lead a happier life if you just let go of
these three misconceptions. You don't need money, other people, or luck
to be happy. You have the power over your own happiness if you only open
your heart and your life. So be happy!
About The Author Deanna Mascle shares more inspirations and
opinions with her blog at
http://Dawggone.net.
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