TIPS FOR LIVING A HAPPY LIFE.

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One day or another, in our lifetime, we are confronted with existential questions and questioning. The trials, the unfortunate events, the various irritants that come our way have a great influence on our progress. How can we stay positive in the face of adversity? Some people have predispositions to happiness, others will need psychological support or medical assistance during a depression, for example.

Here are some ways to help preserve the balance of happiness.

1. Forget the past
   Living in the moment! At the risk of being saturated by this concept, it is however a council more than precious. We can not change the past, often punctuated by unfortunate events that we regret. Ruminating these thoughts prevents us from living serenely and positively.
   As for the future, we do not know anything about it and we can not guarantee it. To live fully in the present moment by accomplishing all the tasks attached to it enables us to appreciate the life and the riches that it offers us.

2. Believe in yourself
   To stop seeking the approval of others and to trust one's own convictions is not easy. We want to satisfy everyone, for a need of love and for fear of rejection. Self-reliance requires patience and indulgence towards oneself, but when it is attained, it becomes an invaluable force for coping positively with life.

3. Appreciate what life offers us
   Nothing is perfect, we all know it. It is beneficial to learn to enjoy every moment, to savor every moment. People who have gone through hardships opt for this fresh look on life. When we are afraid of losing everything, the details take on their importance. If we are rarely ill, if our relations with our loved ones are harmonious and if our work satisfies us, we are privileged.

4. Forgive
   Learning to forgive is an act that frees us from negative feelings that can contaminate our lives. Of course, there is no question of approving the wrongdoing, but rather of understanding it. All the energy spent feeding our resentment towards those who have hurt us is a poison to the soul. To forgive is to realize that we are all human beings.

5. Exploit his talents
   The ambition well balanced in order to succeed is extremely positive, because the feeling of accomplishment is really satisfying. Exploiting our talents in order to create becomes a gift for ourselves, a gift that we can share with others.

6. Helping others while preserving themselves
   It is very rewarding to listen to others, to provide support and empathy. However, it is essential to protect yourself against the aggression and negativity of the person in distress. If we become the receptacle of the negative emotions and frustrations of others, we risk to carry this heaviness in us. This is often the case for professionals in care who are exposed to this kind of situation. If they do not preserve themselves, they eventually face depression. You have to learn to be empathetic and attentive while understanding that the problems of others belong to them and that it is up to them to deal with them.

7. Bring a positive look to others
   We can always improve our relationships with those around us, our family members and friends, accepting them as they are and appreciating their qualities rather than focusing on them.

8. Laugh
   When we were kids, every opportunity was good to laugh. Adult life and its lot of stress today prevent us from laughing and even sometimes from smiling. Several studies show the beneficial effects of laughter to drive out negative thoughts and counteract the consequences of stress. Unlike anxiety that accelerates the heart rate, laughter triggers more respiratory exchanges facilitating a better oxygenation of the blood. When we are stressed, our muscles are tense. Laughter causes muscular relaxation at the level of the body as a whole. Researchers seem to say that a giggle equals ten minutes of complete relaxation!

9. Give
   Give without counting, offering your time, attention or affection makes you feel good. Helping one's neighbor without waiting for the return, without calculating, doing it for free with the feeling of accomplished duty brings an intense satisfaction. Many volunteers say they are happy to bring some happiness to others for the pure pleasure of helping others. Is not that really the meaning of life? Some experts even say that turning more toward the other might, in some cases, move the depression away. Thus, when one gives to the next, one would think a little less of one's own misfortune and one would find meaning in one's life.

10. Request psychological support
    Some people, despite the various efforts provided, such as physical activities, different methods of relaxation and control of emotions, can not live in a positive way. They must then resort to external support, in the form of behavioral, analytical or cognitive psychotherapies. For deep depressions, this support will often have to be accompanied by a treatment of a medicinal nature (antidepressants).

Being positive and living happily is also a matter of attitude. Our brain allows us to better evaluate events and generally provides us with the tools to take advantage of all situations.

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