Five Rules For Living Happy - Ways to Be Positive About Life

1. Stop thinking about yourself so much. Replace self-absorbed thoughts with thoughts about how you can help someone else.

2. Stay active. Frantic rushing around with scattered thoughts and an exhausted state-of-mind is not the same as a healthy, mindful and active life. Choose how you spend your time, and put most of the effort in each day on those things you love. We all have tasks and mundane chores to take care of, so make a habit of getting them done quickly and efficiently. This frees your main energy for the work and relationship that bring deep satisfaction to you.

3. Each time you realize your thoughts have become negative, and you are repeating negative or critical things to yourself and others, make a decided effort to turn those thoughts around 180 degrees until they are positive. At first, you may be able to only be a bit less negative, but with practice and discipline, you will teach your mind to focus on positive outcomes. This will give you more energy, and boost your happiness level.

4. Laugh often. Even if - or especially if - you're in a low mood, be sure to fit time in your life for frequent laughter. Subscribe to a website that sends out daily jokes or cartoons to your email. A search in your browser for "daily humor" should get you a good selection. A good un-self-conscious chuckle or outright guffaw will elevate your vibratory level to a high energy positive mood, that will radiate from you like light beams. You'll cheer yourself up, along with anyone who comes near your orbit.

5. When you are feeling discouraged or upset about something specific, remind yourself "this too will pass" - that is a time-proven proverb that is easy to remember and it really does help to gain perspective about the relative unimportance of what is going on in your life. Even if it is a major stressor, such as moving or the death of a loved on, paying attention to your own life journey will help you stay positive. You can choose to remain focused on what you need to take care of now, without getting lost in the emotions that could disable you from moving forward. Have courage (fear that said its prayers) to keep going with the next right action in front of you for today.

Learning how to be positive about your life is a vital ingredient of being happy for no particular reason, but only because it feels good and you are glad to be alive.