5 Ways To Spread Happiness

How often do you consciously try to be selfless and focus on someone else’s happiness? It’s difficult to remember that the entire world does not revolve around us and that we need to give and put into the world just as much as we expect to receive. Our mission to find the answers for ourselves to learn how to be happy makes us blind to others’ own feelings. Happiness is the universal currency and you can choose how you spend it.A very simple way to spread more happiness in your own little world is through kindness. It's often an easy and quick thing you can do as you move through your daily life.

* Express your gratitude

Think about what you can be grateful for about someone in your life.Maybe that he is a good listener, that he often is quick to help out or that he always adds great songs to a Spotify playlist. Or simply that he held up the door for you.Then express that gratitude in a simple “thank you!” or in a sincere sentence or two.

* Replace the judgments

No one likes to be judged. And the more you judge other people the more you tend to judge yourself.So despite the temporary benefit of deriving pleasure from the judgments it is not a good or smart long-term habit.When you feel the urge to judge ask yourself: what is one kind thing I can think or do in this situation instead?

* Replace the unconstructive criticism

Try encouragement instead of excessive criticism. It helps people to both raise their self-esteem and to do a better job.And it will make things more fun and more light-hearted in the long run.

* Recall how people’s kindness made you feel

Just sit down for a few minutes and try to recall one time or a few times when other people’s kindness really touched you and helped you out.Then think about how you can do those very same things for someone in your life.

* Express kindness for something you may often take for granted

It is easy to remember and to feel motivated to express kindness when someone is having a rough time or have just finished an important project.But also remember to express kindness for how someone continues to put so much love into the dinners you eat. Or for being on time every day and doing their job well and keeping deadlines.