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  **The 7 Habits of Highly Happy People **

Highly happy people all share [|happy habits] . It’s as simple as that. The happiest people share 7 very obvious habits. If you’re looking to expand  your general happiness you may consider adopting these habits in your own life. //Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. // //-Abraham Lincol //// n // 
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Be a Part of Something You Believe In **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> – <span style="background: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">This <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> could be anything. People may take an active role in their local city council, find refuge in religious faith, join a social club supporting causes they believe in, or find passion in their careers. They engage themselves in something they strongly believe in. This engagement brings happiness and meaning into their lives.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Share Time with Friends and Family **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">– A happy life is a life shared with friends and family. <span style="background: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> The stronger the personal relationships are and the higher the frequency of interaction, the happier a person w  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">ill be.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Reflect on the Good **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> – Quite often people concentrate too much of their attention on negative outcomes and leave no time to <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|positively reflect] on their successes. It is important to mindfully reflect on the good while striving diligently to correct the bad <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; font-family: Times New Roman; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">. A continuous general awareness of your daily successes can have a noticeably positive affecton your overall emotional happiness  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> **<span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; font-family: Times New Roman; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Exploit ** **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> the Resources You DO Have Access To **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> – The average person is usually astonished when they see a physically handicap person show intense signs of emotional happiness. How could someone in such a restricted physical state be so happy? The answer rests in how they use the resources they do have. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Stevie Wonder] couldn’t see, <span style="background: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">so he exploited his sense of hearing into a passion for music, and he now has 25 Grammy Awards to prove it.
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Create Happy Endings Whenever Possible **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> – The power of endings is quite remarkable. The end of any experience has a profound impact on a person’s overall perception of the experience as a whole. People always remember the ending. If the ending is happy, the experience creates happiness.
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Use Personal Strengths to Get Things Done **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> – Everyone possesses unique personal strengths. We all have different talents and <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|skill sets] . <span style="background: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Emotional happiness comes naturally to those who use their strengths to get things done.
 * 7) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Savor the Natural Joy of Simple Pleasures **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> –The best things in life are free. They come in the form of <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|simple pleasures] and they appear right in front of you at various locations and arbitrary times. <span style="background: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">They <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 27px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> are governed by Mother Nature and situational circumstance and captured by mindful awareness. It’s all about taking a moment to notice the orange and pink sunset reflecting off the pond water as you hold hands with someone you love. Noticing these moments and taking part in them regularly will bring unpredictable bursts of happiness into your life.

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