Finding happiness in things we do

Finding happiness in things we do

From the youngest age, to your teenage years, young adult life, middle age, and beyond, most people will be doing things in order to find some sense of happiness. People are searching for meaning, joy, achievement, and satisfaction. They do that while playing, working, or in their personal life and relationships.

Happiness is hard for many people. It’s hard to find. It’s hard to feel. It’s just as likely many simply don’t even know what happiness is to even know if they are happy or not.

It wouldn’t at all be strange to ask how we know if we’re happy, or if we’re just going through the motions in life. There’s so much of what we do that is automatic; so much so that we simply don’t put much active thought into doing those things.

For example, you may go to sleep, wake up, drink your morning tea or coffee, then head to work. It’s very likely that this entire sequence of events was entirely automatic and you didn’t have to put much thought into it.

Then you get to work, and put in your hours and effort before you head back home to repeat the process again the next day. At some point you’re going to feel like your life is lacking something. You could start feeling negative about work, relationships, life in general. You’re now unhappy. It’s easy to know when you’re unhappy. You can feel it. You can explain the things that contribute to your unhappiness.

Happiness is different. It’s not always so apparent, and often, it’s easy to just overlook it. It can be easy to overlook because you stop considering what’s happening, and you stop considering your actions.

If you wake up in the morning, take a few seconds to smell the morning air, smell the aroma of your tea or coffee, take the time to enjoy your breakfast, and just allow yourself to fall into the moment, you might find that there is a lot for you to be thankful for, and happy about.

Now try that with the rest of your day and you’ll start to see many moments that you feel good about, even on bad days. Let’s face it, some days are going to be better or worse than others, but if you take the time to accept what is happening in your life, there will be moments that can bring you joy. During the course of the day, these things can add up if you give yourself the time and space to accept them.

There are things in your life you can be thankful for. There are moments of joy, achievement, and satisfaction. It’s easy to overlook, and all too easy to dismiss when you’re done something good. If you take the time to understand yourself, live a life that is authentic to your innermost self, happiness can be whatever it is you want it to be, and anywhere. It just starts with you.

Join us at College of Allied Educators to learn more about yourself, what motivates you, and how you can find happiness, meaning, and success in work, love, and life.

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