Every person has a period of life when he feels that he is useless, his life is terrible, and everything is going wrong. For someone such thoughts come for not so long time and then disappear, but for someone it can be difficult and they may even fall into depression. Most people do not realize that they should be happy just because they are given life.
The ability of appreciating life is a part of happiness. You can be happy, but you will never feel fullness of happiness, if you do not hurry to take the value of your life.
And what about you? Do you appreciate your own life? It can be very easy to answer “Yes”; but how is this feeling deep?
Probably, a lot of times you heard from people who had really huge problems in life: “Appreciate life, enjoy it every day, live as much fully as it possible, like it is your last day!” These people were face to face with danger, and in those fateful moments they realized how precious their lives to them. But we don’t need to wait until our lives will be under threat! We can begin to keep everything right now.
You must remember that you will not live forever!
Time of your life is limited and we have to decide how to use it. Stop to wait the special signs from faith and begin to like your life! Make it more interesting and colorful. If you don’t like your job, change it! Sometimes it seems to be impossible, because you depend on many reasons (salary, family and fear), but if you realize that you want to live another way, you need to risk. Because it is YOUR LIFE and nobody can help you with it!
You should write down in a special notebook all actions that pleased you.
It doesn’t mean that you need to write down just very global and important moments, like as the birth of child or marriage. It will be very useful if you set a very low bar to celebrate. Begin to enjoy even such things like the ray of sun, which illuminates your room early in the morning, or a coin, even the small one, which was found by you on the sidewalk. It will be a good workout for you, and very soon you will learn how to see and appreciate things. You must enjoy life not only for well-paid job or the expensive car!
Everywhere and in everything try to look for good things
If you are dissatisfied with something, try to imagine a situation in which people did not have that thing, which you do not like now. Do you complain that you can not find anything interesting on TV, despite the huge number of channels? But some times ago, people didn’t know about television and computers and other realities of your time. Is your apartment small? A few thousand years ago, you could live only in a cave. It’s great that you were born now!
Every night, before going to bed, remember what have happened with you today! Count all interesting and pleasant moments!Even if you had nothing interesting, remember how you smiled when saw the funny cat in the street or something else. It will help you to become happier!
Smile. Just a smile is all you need sometimes! Smile even when no one is near, and no one will see your smile.
Hug! It gives a powerful positive charge. Hug baby, your beloved woman, friend, hug as often as possible.
Use every day things which you like — perfumes , good clothes, favorite food.
Enjoy nature. Sunrises and sunsets, the smell of flowers, the sound of rain and you will see, how those simple things will show you how to appreciate life. The beauty of nature is a great way to forget the worries and bring a smile to you.
Nobody says that to be happy is easy. But sometimes we are so focused on how to make our lives better, that we forget to appreciate what we already have.