Action for Happiness, a mass movement to improve people's wellbeing, claims there are 10 key steps to achieving contentment in life, it was reported in yesterday's Daily Telegraph. These are:
1. GIVING
Do things for others - volunteer to work for a charity in your spare time.
2. RELATING
Connect with people - get in touch with friends with whom you have lost contact.
3. EXERCISING
Take care of your body - go for a run.
4. APPRECIATING
Notice the world around - take time to appreciate wildlife in your area.
5. TRYING OUT
Keep learning new things - learn a new language.
6. DIRECTION
Have goals to look forward to - make resolutions and stick to them.
7. RESILIENCE
Find ways to bounce back - learn from defeats to do things better in the future.
8. EMOTION
Take a positive approach - focus on the happy moments of your life rather than the sad.
9. ACCEPTANCE
Be comfortable with who you are - do not dwell on your flaws.
10. MEANING
Be part of something bigger - join a society or club.
I could, I suppose, enlarge on those points but they seem to me to be concise and succinct and well worth taking on board just as they are.
Yessir, that was worth repeating... probably on a daily basis.
ReplyDeleteBy taking an active part in a Lions Club one could cover quite a few of those points.
ReplyDeleteAnd I thought you are/were away?