Happiness is built from small things

It may surprise you. If we look in the RAE dictionary, The definition of the word “happiness” tells us that it is an “estate of mind that takes pleasure in the possession of a good“. Obviously our admired institution of language does not have to know about psychology. It is clear that an idea like this once again supports that false image that to achieve happiness one must accumulate things: houses, cars…

We cannot deny that people need these material goods to live, have a job and an economic remuneration with which to have a basic step to our happiness. Although we must be very aware that The material does not always cover all our complex needs as human beings..

People have aspirations, basic needs such as love, self-improvement, personal satisfaction, daily well-being, tranquility, emotional balance, achieving a dream, feeling fulfilled… Invisible dimensions that a good checkbook does not always cover.

Just as that famous phrase says, Happiness is not a goal, but a path that we have to build day by day. Do you agree?

Happiness is hidden in the little things

We are sure that you know more than one person who talks to you daily about their projects as final goals to achieve authentic happiness.

If you fix your happiness in a more or less near future, how are you living your present? It’s more, Since when can happiness be planned? It’s a mistake. We can set an objective as a goal, but never our own happiness.. It is worth taking into account the following aspects:

What matters is our “here and now”. The present that you live is what defines you, the path that you are traveling now and that you deserve to cross with happiness, balance and tranquility.The future does not exist yet. You can anchor personal or professional goals in it that motivate your daily life, but while you reach them, try to be happy. May every daily step towards those goals be worth it because you have done it while being happy. Happiness is not something that is found by chance. Nor is it a momentary and ephemeral entity. Happiness is built and found in the smallest, most insignificant things.

Happiness has no magic recipes

Stop for a moment your steps or that look that you have fixed on the future. Now look at what you have around you:

You have family, friends who make you laugh, you have someone who holds your hand to give you support.. You can hear your children’s laughter every day, you have health, pets that give you unconditional love. You have your moments of privacy to dream.You feel the sun and the smell of the trees, you wake up in the morning with hope and enjoy from reading a good book or getting excited about a good movie. You feel free when you walk, when you run in the rain… All of that, believe it or not, is also happiness.

There is no magic recipe to be happy, we must be clear about it. We must also be aware that Happiness is not always permanent. There are curves, drops, small and large black holes that sometimes drag us and disintegrate us a little inside.

There is no life without pain and there is no medicine more effective than suffering to know what happiness is, hence sometimes, what we should value most is calm, that serene tranquility in which we can be good with our loved ones and with ourselves. .

Your idea of ​​happiness is the best for you

Sometimes, there are those who only aspire to accumulate things, to get things and even to collect people… But their heart is still empty. No matter how much effort he makes, his happiness will always be fleeting because he is unable to understand the true secret of this life. That is, living calmly, appreciating the small things and being good with yourself. Learn to be humble and be happy with everything that surrounds us.

In the words of illustrious Spanish philosopher Julián Marías (1989) “Happiness is not simply about being well, but about doing something that fulfills your life, starting from a certain level that each era sets.” We have to reflect, learn and act.

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