Happiness is a habit, a byproduct of right thinking and living.
1. Live a simple life. Be temperate in your habits. Avoid self-seeking and
selfishness. Make simplicity the keynote of your daily plans. Simple things are
best.
2. Spend less than you earn. It may be difficult, but it pays large dividends in
contentment. Keep out of debt. Cultivate frugality, prudence and self -denial.
Avoid extravagance.
3. Think constructively. Train yourself to think clearly and accurately. Store your
mind with useful thoughts. Stand porter at the door of your mind.
4. Cultivate a yielding disposition. Resist the common
tendency to want your own way. See the other’s viewpoint.
5. Be grateful. Begin the day with gratitude for your opportunities. Be glad
for the privilege of life and work.
6. Rule your moods. Cultivate a mental attitude of peace and goodwill.
7. Give generously. There is no greater joy in life than to render happiness to
others by means of intelligent giving.
8. Work with right motives. The highest purpose of your life should be to grow in
spiritual grace and power.
9. Be interested in others. Divert your mind from self-centeredness. In the degree that
you give, serve and help, you will experience the byproduct of happiness.
10. Live in a day tight compartment. That is live one
day at a time. Concentrate on your immediate task. Make the most of today.
