Happiness - Key to a happy and balanced life

How to be Happy in life?
Tips for leading a Happy and balanced Life.

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2. Happiness does not mean: Having all our personal needs met Feeling pleasure all the time Always feeling satisfied with life Never feeling negative emotions, pain, sadness, anger etc. HAPPINESS – a Natural State Happiness - RKJ 2

3.  Do acts of random kindness  Volunteer and help others  Keep a Gratitude journal  Forgive quickly  Practice Mindfulness  Self compassion TIPS to be HAPPY Happiness - RKJ 3

4. Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you . 4 Your ATTITUDE will Fetch HAPPINESS Happiness - RKJ

5. 1. Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure in simple things. 2. Make the best of your circumstances. No one has everything, and everyone has something 3. Don't take yourself too seriously. Don't think that somehow you should be protected from misfortune that befalls other people . Happiness - RKJ 5

6. 4. You can't please everybody. Don't let criticism worry you. 5. Don't let your neighbor set your standards. Be yourself 6. Do the things you enjoy doing but stay out of debt . Happiness - RKJ 6

7. 7. Never borrow troubles. Imaginary things are harder to bear than real ones. 8. Since hate poisons the soul , do not cherish jealousy. Avoid people who make you unhappy. 9. Have many interests. If you can't travel, read about new places . Happiness - RKJ 7

8. 10. Don't hold postmortems. Don't spend your time brooding over sorrows or mistakes. Don't be one who never gets over things. 11. Do what you can for those less fortunate than yourself. 12. Keep busy at something. A busy person never has time t o be unhappy Happiness - RKJ 8

9. What to do If you’re happy and you know it 9 Click on the image to play the video Happiness - RKJ

10. 4 Obstacles to the Pursuit of Happiness Every child is nothing but a bundle of joy, but as we grow up, somewhere, we lose that joy. A child smiles 400 times a day. When a child grows up and becomes an adolescent, he smiles only 17 times a day, and when he becomes an adult, he smiles occasionally and that too when someone else smiles. The whole question is, how do we reverse this? How do we get back to the innocence we were born with? This is the quest. There are four obstacles that prevent us from being joyful like a child. Happiness - RKJ

11. Happiness - RKJ 11 DESIRE Whenever happiness disappears from life, look deeper and you will see that it is because of Desire . And all that we desire is happiness! It is “My desires have killed my happiness ". Desire of looking smart or beautiful Desire of being rich Desire of recognition   Desire of power Desire of more comforts Desire of leadership ( Every one should follow my advice) When the Desire get mixed with ego then we loose our Happiness.

12. Happiness - RKJ 12 STRESS S tress is when one wants to accomplish a lot but lack the energy or time. Now to get rid of stress, either you have to reduce your needs or desires, or increase your energy. Within these options, what is most practical is not reducing your needs, but increasing your energy levels. Now how do we increase our energy levels? Through breathing exercises, pranayama, meditation, and yoga. All of these increase the energy levels of a person in a short period time of 15 to 20 minutes.

13. Happiness - RKJ 13 Examples of STRESS Examples of Stress : If you are not being treated like same by your spouse If your hairs are falling If your friend/ spouse  is praising some one else If you are beginning a new business If your child has secured less marks in comparison to your friend‘s child If someone better skilled has joined in your office and boss is asking for him again and again If you have purchased something at higher price and you feel your spouse will say something If you have spoken a lie and you are afraid that someone might expose you.

14. Happiness - RKJ 14 INSECURITY There is so much love and compassion on this planet; there is a higher power which is all love and it will give you what you need and when you need. So why be insecure? If you look at your own life, in the past, how many times have you felt insecure? All those moments you have spent feeling insecure, appear to be such a waste of time, isn’t it ?

15. Happiness - RKJ 15 Examples of INSECURITY Examples of Insecurity : If your children have gone for a picnic and the bus is late I f they are not coming on time from outside Tomorrow , I may lose my health Tomorrow, my children may disobey me Tomorrow, I may lose my job Tomorrow ,   My spouse may betray me Tomorrow, I may be ignored by my boss and someone may take my place Tomorrow, there could be an income tax raid

16. Happiness - RKJ 16 PREJUDICE The other name of Prejudice is lack of Compassion . There are many types of prejudice. There is prejudice between generations where young people will not sit and share with senior citizens . There is a generation gap . There is prejudice about class, about gender, about religion, culture, language, and so on. Wisdom is to rise above prejudice and see the whole world as one family . If everyone has this idea of a one world family, there will be no war, no crime and none of the problems that we are facing in the world today.

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18. Let us Enjoy the Happiness Song 18 Click on the image to play the video Happiness - RKJ

19. THANK YOU Happiness - RKJ 19