SEVEN WAYS TO CHOOSE HAPPINESS

Happiness does not operate on a future schedule. The right time to be happy is now.

Choose to live in a sincere spiritual life. Scripture remind us that ultimately, happiness is a spiritual experience grounded in our relationship to God.

Choose to be happy in spite of problems. No one lives a life that is free from problem. Hard times and happiness are not mutually exclusive. Remind you self that at any moment in life you have the option to choose happiness. 

Choose to practice being happy. Remind you self that you are a happy person. Identify yourself to other as being a happy individual. Smile often. Greet friends with warmth and strangers with kindness.

Choose to make someone happy. The joy that you give to others is the joy that come  back to you. Our happiness is magnified when we got out of our way to make someone else happy.

Choose to examine your expectations. Many people are chronically unhappy because their expectation are unrealistic.

Choose to get help in order to have happiness. If happiness is never part of your life, If you have more depression than joy, If it is almost impossible for you to experience happiness, then it is likely that something in your life is holding you back. Rather than remain in an unhappy, pessimistic state, speak to your pastor or seek out a counselor who can help you locate the problem and guide you to move on into happiness.

Finally choose to be happy now. Don't fall into the trap of putting happiness on hold. Too many people ignore the present and expect to be happy sometimes in the feature-when they get promotion, fine true love, earn a large income attain great professional  success or achieve some other goal..