Steps to Happiness – Secondary RoadsSecondary Roads

I came across the following as I was sorting papers. It appears to have come from October 2008, but the message is timeless. How can we experience happiness?

Here are five steps:

Connect
Developing relationships with family, friends, colleagues and neighbors will enrich your life and bring you support

Be active
Sports, hobbies such as gardening or dancing, or just a daily stroll will make you feel good and maintain mobility and fitness

Be curious
Noting the beauty of everyday moments as well as the unusual and reflecting on them helps you to appreciate what matters to you

Learn
Fixing a bike, learning an instrument, cooking – the challenge and satisfaction brings fun and confidence

Give
Helping friends and strangers links your happiness to a wider community and is very rewarding

(Source: Foresight report)

I can see that many of you are practicing some, or all, of these on a regular basis. What works best for you?

6 thoughts on “Steps to Happiness”

Vanilla, Right. Never underestimate the power of a cup of hot coffee.

Shutterbug, I agree, but I also have to learn something new almost everyday.

Lin, Excellent point.

Sharkbytes, Some of the items are more important, and the order is not the same for all of us.

Cai, Good point there friend.

This are all cool Chuck, it works for me all but what works best for me is "Be active". Thanks for the wonderful post. Have a good day my friend.

THOUGHTS, IDEAS, and RESOURCES

That's very interesting. Even though I made up my "quality day" components all on my own, they really are the same as this list except I didn't include the connect one (that anti-social me again)

I would add that you need to find something good in the day.

All of these are important and I think that being curious and noticing the simplicity in life is most important.

Those steps are indeed crucial to happiness.

And, 6. A pot of hot coffee at hand.

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