What Are The Principles For Living A Happy Life
What Are The Principles For Living A Happy Life
Human beings are on this earth for a short period of time and we all deserve to live our true, joyful, meaningful, purposeful, harmonious, and happy life.
People who are successful at living a happy life all follow and live by some personal principles.
So, what exactly are principles?
Principles for living a happy life are rules that guide your beliefs, behaviour, reasoning, and all of your decision-making so you can create, experience, and live your happy life.
You may now be wondering what the exact principles are to live a happy life. Read more to find out!
34 Principles to live a happy life
Here are some principles to help you live your own happy life. Know that this is not an exhausting list and feel free to add more to suit your personal and happy life.
Know yourself
Know that you are a spirit having a temporary experience on this earth. You are an individualized expression of God. You are a powerful, peaceful, loving, abundant, and compassionate soul.
We are all created equally by our creator and are connected because we all came from the same place.
We are here for a reason and deserve a life full of joy and happiness despite our colour, sex, religion, titles, roles, possessions and credentials.
Authenticity
Be your true self and do not worry about others’ likes, comments, and opinions about you that will affect you.
Live a life that is aligned to your core values, purpose, and Soul’s calling.
Potential
Know that your life has infinite possibilities. There is nothing you can’t do, be, or have.
Self-Care
Learn to love, respect and take care of yourself, especially first thing in the morning.
Do rituals that give you joy like praying, repeating empowering affirmations, reading something inspirational, motivational, and setting intentions for your day.
Start your day proactively by energizing yourself first.
Meditate
Schedule time to meditate every day. Experience inner peace, connect with your creator and listen to the guidance that is available to fulfill your purpose.
Gratitude
Be content and learn to practice gratitude every day, especially first thing in the morning for the brand new day.
Be grateful for everything you have been blessed with such as your life, body, intellect, health, relationships, and all of the people in your life.
Spend time out in nature and appreciate all the beauty around you that you have been blessed with from mother nature such as the clouds, sunsets, sunrise, trees, flowers, bodies of water, etc.
Blessings
Send blessings to people instead of judging them. Know that expectations lead to disappointments. Everyone lives life based on their own perspective and beliefs, however, we are all the same at the soul level.
Forgive
Practice forgiveness towards yourself and others. When you do not forgive, you release toxins in your body that harm you and block your abundance.
Practice kindness and compassion towards others and yourself. It is aligned with your true nature. Everybody you encounter in life, even people you do not like, serve you in some capacity.
Health
Take care of your body. Move it by dancing or exercising, fueling it by drinking enough water, eating nutritious food for vitality, getting enough restful and restorative sleep.
Remember your body houses your soul and there are lots of benefits to being healthy.
Positivity
Have a positive mindset and know that life happens for you. Everything is in divine order. You are meant to learn from your mistakes so that you can grow and serve in a bigger and better way.
Have a plan and support in place when you need to borrow someone else’s courage and coping skills.
Trust
Give up attachment to titles, occupations, possessions, roles, and lifestyles which are temporary and learn to trust the universal timing for manifesting your desires.
Integrity
Always be trustworthy. Keep your word and be where you said you would be on time. Follow the Golden rule and treat people the way you want to be treated.
Energy
Eliminate and stop tolerating everything in your life that is negative and drains your energy. Increase what gives you joy and inspires you.
Reserves
Learn to have extra reserves for peace of mind and to eliminate worries and fear. Especially setting aside some money in case of unexpected needs and expenses.
Respond
Always be disciplined and exercise your freedom by responding to the situations instead of reacting and losing your temper.
Grow
Be open-minded and aim to grow and learn new things every day. Don’t make assumptions and take things personally.
Surround yourself with environments and people that continually challenge you and support your growth which is on the other side of comfort.
Simplify
Live your life on your terms and learn to eliminate tasks and goals that add stress and complicate your life.
Do not let societal rules dictate how you live your life to your detriment.
Automate and delegate tasks that do not give you joy.
Words
Be impeccable with your words and only speak the absolute truth.
Decide
Decide and permit yourself to be happy in the moments you experience every day, rather than waiting for someday when you have ……
Give
Love and help others experience happiness. Always aim to leave them better than when you first found them.
You will experience happiness by serving, blessing others, and helping them get what you want for yourself. It is the purpose of every human being to grow and serve others.
Nurture
Nurture and spend time with family and friends. Create memories and unbelievable experiences with them.
Inside out
Live life from the inside out. Know that you have the wisdom within you to find solutions to any problems and challenges that you may be going through.
You also have your creator’s guidance, love, strength, and intellect available to you always.
Belief
Alter and let go of any beliefs that do not serve you, your purpose, and fulfillment of your Soul’s calling.
Time
Discover your purpose and grow and serve others before it is too late and it is time to leave. Spend your time wisely while on earth school.
Do something you are passionate about and love daily. Earn a living by doing work that you love to do and is aligned to your purpose.
Vision
Have a clear vision for your life that pulls you towards achieving your purpose. Set SMART(Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound) yearly, quarterly, monthly, weekly, and daily goals.
Be resourceful and seek knowledge and support as needed.
Legacy
Imagine what kind of impact you want to make and how you would want to better the world for our future generations. How you would want to be remembered when you are no longer here.
Humor
Incorporate fun and lots of laughter in life. Watch funny movies and listen to funny shows. Don’t take life too seriously.
Celebrate
Remember to celebrate small wins with family and friends. Acknowledge and celebrate birthdays no matter how old you are turning.
Each moment that you are alive should be appreciated and celebrated.
Create
Engage in creative activities such as writing, painting, drawing, and playing musical instruments. All of the above is known to make people happier.
Love
Embrace and love all aspects of yourself including the imperfections as it is impossible to always be perfect.
Always do your best and learn to serve others with whatever you have.
Excitement
Create surprises and excitement in your life by experiencing something fun, new, and are outside of your comfort zone.
Music
Listen to music and sing and move your body freely. Your brain releases dopamine which is a feel-good chemical when you do so.
Enjoy
Appreciate and learn to enjoy your life and stop comparing yourself to others. Nobody will experience life exactly like you. You are as unique as everybody else.
Collaborate
Collaborate with others and cultivate an abundance mindset. There are more than enough resources for everyone.
In conclusion, life is a gift and we all deserve to live a true, joyful, meaningful, purposeful, harmonious, and happy life.
It is important to have personal principles, which are rules that guide our beliefs, behaviour, reasonings, and all decisions to live a happy life.
Take some time now to figure out what principles work for your life and feel free to add some of your own. Check out my “What does it mean to be living your best life?” blog next to start designing your own happy life before it is too late!