Please teach me how to live happily?

India
March 1, 2013 2:18am CST
From my childhood I just wish to live happily, I mean I want my mind will be relax and happy, I do not feel safe and for that I am not relax, Happiness and to live happily is my wish but I surroned with situations and people who are not match my life at all. so everything is opposite of my will. Can anybody help me where I am wrong and what I have to do? sometimes I say to myself I have to affrim and say good things all time, I repeat them but still I am surronded with that situation and for that I lose my faith. are things we can not change them at all? if yes, then help me the way how to make changes in my life? Is my wish to be happy is that much unfair that God would reject my request?
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@thanks1961 (7035)
• India
1 Mar 13
To be happy for ever, for me, it is a simple technique and I am much happy with my forumla and it worked well in my life. To be happy for all times - just come out of the external world and make a world of our own. Think freely, get out from higher expections, if possible try to make happy others and be good with self. Don't expect from the extrems and try to be happy with what we have. Gone is gone, and don't shed anything for the lost and think about the presence and don't take too much of burden from any source. May be it would difficult to people who are already linked with so many people and other matters. But think free and act free is the simple technique what I follow and I am much happier than the earlie days, as compared with the new way that I adopted. Adjust with the things around and understand ourself first and try to cooperate with things that we may face. Talk freely with anyone, and be optimistic to matters. Too much faith (in whatever) is dangerous and again I am telling, be FREE within and this is the fundamental root cause for a better happy life.
• India
1 Mar 13
Hi, I don't even know what is your name also. Anyway, you are preparing to go to your own home country with grief and anxiety. Now, don't think much of issues and go peacefully and visit the place, perform the required rites to your dad and come back as a new women. Once you back in India, we will discuss all possible ways to resolve the issues slowly and stadily. It may be hard to thin, but easy to do it. So, wish you all the best for your journey and peace of mind.
• India
1 Mar 13
Thank you for your comment, But I do not know how can I make myself free of all those thins? is there any way for that?
• India
1 Mar 13
Thanks, I even do not know your name, but I am extremefun4fun and nice to meet you here in mylot. I know you as thanks1961, anyway, I just feel uncomfort... I do not know yet what to do and just wish he will change little after coming from there. there is new year in next 2 weeks in that country but we will not be able to perform it, so I just know I miss mylot too much, need just pray , tomorrow is my last day and have departure on sunday morning
@kourdapya (924)
• Philippines
1 Mar 13
Hi! It is really hard to be happy when you have so much responsibility, so many things to be done, and so many people depend and rely on you, and you have no one else to depend on but yourself. It's also hard when you feel alone and you have no one else to share the burden with. Sometimes I feel that way too, and most of the time I just pray and cry hard to God to release all the sadness and heaviness I feel in my heart. We can't change things around us, but we can change the way we feel and think about our lives. Sometimes, all it takes is to unload all these emotions to someone. I release all these to God, cry it all out, and just move on.
• India
1 Mar 13
Thanks to share with me, I do also recently, I have seen I have nobody except God, I do cry alot and pray and sometimes I feel that my heart is broken totally, so I try to leave all things to God and rest in Him, I wish for you that all of your problems will solve and you will be happier, Happiness is my wish and I think wish of all human, we do everything , we pray, and keep hope for better and happier life. I wish you will get whatever you want in your life. God bless you.
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• Philippines
1 Mar 13
Thanks, and I wish you happiness too. Even though I don't personally know you I will include you in my prayers. God bless you as well.
• India
1 Mar 13
Thank you so much, I do pray for you too and wish you the best and the most in your life.
• United States
2 Mar 13
G-d is with you. The one thing you have to do is get away from the people who are making you feel unsafe. Move as far away as you can. Have friends help.Once you are safe, then you just have to sit down and figure out what you Like to do and go do it. Getting to do what you want is the first step to being happy. You can do this. Best of Luck.
• United States
16 Mar 13
You are so welcome.
• India
16 Mar 13
Thank you so much for your nice advice.
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@as2006 (5040)
• Israel
2 Mar 13
You know!God helps thous who helps to themselves. Well',First I want to say that you are a very strong person,next I want to say that you know what you want.Thous are the basic. To bring a situation to happen or to be change is needed to do something. It's good to think positive,to hope positive and to prey - it's give you a good feeling shortly.but to make changes as you want and need must be a little more.And I mean to move.You must have need to take every day a free time for yourself like an hour a day for to do something that is yours and that you love.You need to think.in my opinion to do a plan that is only yours.Example:A plan that you think is good for you only to make change and pleas wrote everything.This is the beginning.And so everyday and you will see by yourself how the thing are changing and your brain can resolve for you exactly your wish. Wish you happiness and success.
@as2006 (5040)
• Israel
2 Mar 13
With all my hart I want to help you. But in this situation you must to help yourself and find the best way for your happiness.
• India
2 Mar 13
Well, I do want to do things on my will, I do try to think positive, but I have been just surronded with those who do evertything to hurt me and stop my happiness. I even can not remove them from my life as they are my husband's family and even I can not leave my husband as I have been so limited in his country. I have even made list of my wishes, looking at them each morning and every night. but whenever I see my husband still is like sitting with friends, drinking, using bad words and no hope at all on any of his family members as all are in the same way, I just pray and cry and ask help from God to open a door for me, I know that if they could not be in my life , I could have life of my own and on my own I could make some happiness. but what should I do?
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
16 Mar 13
In my experience, I've found that one of the most important things that you have to be able to do in order to be happy in your life is that you have to make sure that you are able to roll with the punches that you face in your life. What I guess I'm trying to say is that even though we would like to be able to believe that our lives are going to always be happy, this is something that is simply not going to happen. We have to understand that there are going to be some times in our lives where we aren't happy all the time.
• India
16 Mar 13
Yes, I agree with you. we are not happy all time and some situation are not perfect or match with what we want in the life. But any way how to deal with that situation?
@kokomo (1867)
• Philippines
3 Mar 13
Happiness is a choice not an option and so you are responsible for your own happiness. Just stay positive in life and do not think for the things that depresses you. Just stay inspired and focus. There is a saying "There is a sunshine after a rain" and "Not everyday is rainy day." Leave ll your burden to God and enjoy life. Life is too short to live with sorrows and miseries.
• India
16 Mar 13
You are right. but when we are in hard situation of life and surronded with not good ones, we will feel almost negative, the one who will be able to come over these situation with positive feeling and mind, is the most brave and strong one.
@judelen (428)
• Philippines
1 Mar 13
Hello! I could not get on the deeper reasons why you are unhappy in your life. Our life is what we made it as they say. In your situation you may ask yourself why i'm not happy? What are the things that make me sad? Try to look to yourself first and try to learn things out of it. Be reminded that life is not easy nor always in a happy situations. Life is full of sacrifices but when things go down try to look-up, there is God up high listen your voice and understands your feeling. Try to be contented and look on positive side in your life. Trust God, and try Him, and make the difference...
• India
1 Mar 13
Thank your for your reply, I do also look up and call God in the kind of situation that I have done all ways to solve but not any open door remains. I do also rest in him all time.
@alottodo (3056)
• Australia
2 Mar 13
Happiness comes from withing and no one can be happy 100% all the time that is quite difficult to achieve there are always things we have to deal with in life that may not be what we want but that is life! if we learn to accept life with its cons and pros we are on our way to happiness. You say you are in a situation with people who do not match your life! can you try to get away from them? and if not try to distance your self from them and seek friends with positive attitudes I know I have distanced my self from some friends who only bring doom and unhappiness to my life I see them sometimes but never go out of my way to meet them. No one can teach you happiness you are the only one who can do it!
• India
16 Mar 13
Thank you so much for your nice advice. I try my best. I hope I will be able to make some changes.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
1 Mar 13
I think that you should learn to see things through. Maybe there are situations wherein you expect that you wouldn't like it but you really haven't tried. Not all could be that bad. I am sure that if you would just understand things better and see it in a different way, then you will find happiness and some peace of mind.
• India
1 Mar 13
I do not know what more I have to do, I do also tried to see if I can find good thing in that, but what I say, that is why I have left all for God.
@Matpunk85 (1066)
• Italy
1 Mar 13
There is not a sure recipe for being happy. What I can suggest is too follow your hobbies and try to do funny things. When you think about your life try to look at all the good things you lived.
• India
1 Mar 13
Thanks for your nice advice.
@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
1 Mar 13
I think not that God rejects that which is good for us who ask. We need to ask over and over with a good heart as if we know it will arrive in due time. Waiting like we do is not so easy nor will it make us feel fine. So to live happy in a present state of mind is seeing what we do have that is pleasing to us and maintaining our thoughts to plans and ideas of a new day which we give to God for his delight as well as our own. In our shared dreams together
• India
2 Mar 13
Thank you dear, that is so nice of you to share me your nice comments.
@Angelpink (4035)
• Philippines
1 Mar 13
Hi friend ! How can i teach you when i myself is always sad . We are in different situation but common denominator for us ,we are sad always. That is okay , don't you know that some are really born to be sad ? That is me and i have accepted that ! I recycled my sadness , using it for me to be productive and to touch other lives also . I wrote all those sadness in poetry ! Hundreds of them i make , i am not only earning from it but i am healed as well ! Also because of sadness , my free time i devote in internet work so only sometime i come to entertain this feeling. It is okay to be sad friend , don't mind it so you won't become the saddest. What matters most is we are doing good things to ourself and to our neighbors. That we don't lived a sinful life. That we don't give troubles to others . That we are a law abiding citizen.
• India
1 Mar 13
Thank you so much for your reply, I do write poems too but in my mother language and as my English is not that ok, then I can not translate them so I have just collected my writing like that and want to publish them on day, in that country, if God wants me to do that, because these days whatever I do, goes wrong, and I do not know what to do , what to not do... I hope that you also be happy in your life and all of your sadness go out from your life as you are so kind hearted one, God bless you dear friend.
• India
1 Mar 13
there are a lot of people. some are handicapped some are having wors deisease such as cancer, some are orphans. but they all feel happiness in something. we have everything. parents, education, good health, money for subsistence. and it is human nature you know? we dont feeel secure on anything. more we get the more we want. its just like that. if we are paid low then our dreams end in that if we are paid somewhat higher then again our wants increases, some people are never happy with what they have. just learn to find happines in everything you have and not in what you dont have. and then you will find happiness in the way you live.. things like that happen. and that too happens for a reason. may be god is making you self sufficient by placing you with all the wrong people. so you may know how to handle things on your oown. just be an optimist thats the key to happines
• India
2 Mar 13
Thank you so much for your nice advice.
@aijisu (4)
• Philippines
1 Mar 13
Hello! They say that happiness is all about conditioning your mind. It's also about choice. No matter how difficult life is, we always have the choice whether to be happy or not. Stay positive always. You can start a little happiness project where you count or list down the simple things in your life that bring you happiness, such as dinners with friends, or unplanned trips. This will help you be more appreciative of the things in your life. :) It's like counting your blessings too. Have yourself surrounded by grateful, appreciative, and positive people also. Happiness is contagious so it would be good to be in the company of people who have positive vibes! Goodluck and smile always!
• India
2 Mar 13
Thank you so much, I also would like to do all those things, but there is somebody who has closed all doodrs on me, what should I do? sometimes there is time that we can not handle things alone or that is not in our will, that is I am leaving in God's hand, as he knows how to solve it.
@mohkanari (1957)
• India
1 Mar 13
Hello extremefun4fun, There is a famous saying as " Hell is other people" [Sartre]. When you feel or think that someone or something related to you as "Other", actions of that person or thing bring annoyance and unhappiness to you. So try to change that feeling of " Other" about persons or things unavoidable to you. As you hope to rely prayer to God try this famous "Serenity prayer" to bring changes in your life with peace and happiness. "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference."
• India
1 Mar 13
Thank you for your reply, but what is serenity prayer?
@roshigo58 (4859)
• Pune, India
1 Mar 13
Hi, Why are you so sad? you should be positive towards life. I want to give you example of my wife. She is disabled, she can not go outside the house. the house is the world for her. but she always try to live happily and try to enjoy every moment of life. She has two students who are poor but are very kind. She helps them in studying and give motivation to them in their problems. She always try to smile. She allows me to go out and she can stay alone in the house. She works online, or do some data entry job. She welcome guests with smiling face. Really everyone should learn the lessons of happiness from her. You should try to help other sad people who are more sad than you. you will be helped by God and you will be happy.
• India
1 Mar 13
Thanks for sharing and God bless you and your nice wife.
@kenshin2143 (1880)
• Philippines
1 Mar 13
Being and living happily is a choice and not a mere situational basis of occurence. Even if you have the most tragic situation and problem in life, you can still choose to be happy. It's really a matter of perception and attitude towards the things present in your life.
• India
1 Mar 13
you are right. I am agree with you. but sometimes situation effect so much on our happiness, it is like a boat, filling with water and going down.