Be kind to others and yourself

Small, random acts of kindness bring us happiness that money cannot buy. It may mean letting a car merge ahead of you in traffic jam, holding the elevator door for the stranger who is trying to make a mad dash to the elevator. Let your co-worker save her face when you know she made a mistake.

Volunteer; help others, give your time, resources, and money, whatever you can share. These actions bring deep and long-lasting happiness.

If you are anything like an average person, then you are your worst critic. You criticize yourself for something that you did, did not do or did not do quite right. You criticize yourself more than anyone else has ever done. You constantly tell yourself, you are not pretty enough, good enough, smart enough. These types of constant thoughts in your mind sabotage your happiness. Imagine if your co-worker or best friend did that you day in and day out, would you put up with it? Then why don’t you do something about it? Yes, you can! You can control your thoughts by being vigilant about thoughts that pop in your mind. Just being aware of your thoughts gives you so much control. You can say to yourself “There you go, you have started criticizing again, and I don’t want to hear any of that so please STOP” Observing your thoughts can be very powerful exercise in getting over the thoughts which bring you pain and unhappiness and take you a step closer to being happy.