by Audrey Busciglio

Created on: February 19, 2010   Last Updated: January 23, 2011

We experience happiness when we can to see  the good in  the many  situations  we encounter, and we have a  positive feeling that comes from  inside. The mood we are in and the attitude we  display will positively, or negatively affect the feelings that we have and how we handel our lives.   If there is too much guilt and resentment that we keep  in our hearts from past experiences  it is almost impossible to be happy with our current condition.  Nothing will ever be  good enough,  and despair will  control our thoughts.

 Handling every situation with a feeling of assurance and no self doubt will in turn foster a positive outlook that will empower us to do what we need to do  and be happy about it.   Adopting this ideology will help bring about a feeling of  joy in our lives. Happiness makes us content  and helps us to function   the best way possible.  Everyone that  we encounter will benefit from the  positivity we display , and this will in turn cause others to also obtain  happiness in their lives.  

It is easy to reflect back on things in the past  and look at  situations we once  were part of  and say things were not that bad then, even though we thought our  world was coming to an end  at that particular time.  We got through those tough  times  and hopefully grew more and became stronger individuals for "weathering the storm" sort of speak.  It is hard to be happy when we feel our world has crumbled, but the attitude we display and the positive approach  we project will help us see that happiness is there and within our reach. Knowing  that  the hard times may  be short lived and good times may  be ahead   will make us happy and put us in a more positive frame of mind.

 We should never look back with dismay  for past experiences we may not be happy  about. This thinking will cause us to sink into an abyss of negativity, and sadness.  It will then be much  harder to get back to a happy  feeling of joy.    Happiness can not enter through the strong feelings of sadness unless we change our mind set  for the

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