This beautiful book is comforting and reminds us that life is a shared journey, that our hearts truly do want to console and love our fellow sojourners, and that living happily is indeed the best way to live. How we respond to life's events do form the basis of our happiness, and often that unhappiness is rooted in unskillful responses to those incidents. Founder of Tracking Happiness, with over 100 interviews and a focus on practical advice, our content extends beyond happiness tracking. BJ has been featured on CBS Evening News, the Today Show, Fox News, PBS, CNN, and other television and radio programs. So in the times when I've been unhappy and that's kind of another reason why we don't like to admit that we can't make other people happy because that also means that when we're miserable in some instances, it's because of the choices that we've made.

There are many people who are afraid of the ocean, people that would rather go to a big loud party than have a ‘boring’ dinner at home, lots of people don’t like coffee (including my own sister which sometimes makes me question if we’re actually related. And it also explains why you hear about studies that show people who live in slums in third world counties are just as happy as we are – they don’t think they have another choice in life.Is it the people you surround yourself with, listening or playing music, spending time drawing or painting. Do they maybe look at us and think we’ve got it all wrong because we let materialistic things rule our life? It starts with each and every one of us, making a choice to be happy regardless of our circumstances, regardless of situations, regardless of what evidence we have to the contrary. The author seemed to be offering platitudes aimed toward people who were already familiar with practice.

I had no one to blame but myself because I'm the one who decided to give and I'm the one who didn't stop myself and that's really hard. I know someone is experiencing a gift of recovery when despite all the turmoil, he or she says, "You know, I am really still pretty happy. So extremely helpful for helping to remember the way the mind can get started and how to recognize that without letting it consume you.If your automatic reaction to failure is a thought: “I’ll never be successful at this”, ask yourself what you gain from thinking that way? You say you're definitely falling apart but you're okay with that you're not okay with falling apart. It can be very interesting in some ways for your brain because you're like, “What is— how do I fix this? Building positive relationships with others can also contribute to our overall happiness, as social connection is an important aspect of well-being. If I sum up my keys learnings from this, they are mostly that I need to stop and breathe before I react, (oh boy, do I what!

Once again, there will be something you are thinking that is creating those feelings and you will be omitting energy at that frequency.Every moment spent projecting into the future with the thoughts of, "When I have _____, then I will be happy," is a present moment not experienced.

Because happiness is an inside job; worldly success is an inside job; and peace of mind is an inside job. But once you make that leap to be true to yourself, the universe has a way of catching you with big open arms. By practicing, you’ll get better and better at shielding your happiness from the effects of negative events. In other words, to become happy regardless of what destiny throws on our path, we need to learn to be optimistic.This includes things like getting enough sleep, eating well, exercising, and taking time for ourselves to do things that we enjoy.