Mykim Tran

True happiness

“There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.”

David Burns

“Nothing can bring you happiness but

yourself.”Ralph Waldo

Emerson

IntroductionHave your ever lost someone who you

love or admire, and then you believe that in order to get that happiness back, you have to find someone else to replace that person?

Or have you ever think to yourself that if you cannot get this or that, then you would not be happy?

True Happiness• If you ever found yourself believing that you

have to find someone or to get this or that in order to bring you happiness, then you are counting on external factors for your happiness

• However, happiness can only exist within you

• You are the only person who can bring yourself happiness

• Even though other people or things might bring you some joy, they are not happiness

“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to

find it elsewhere.”Agnes Repplier

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do not risk your happiness• When you rely on other people for

your happiness, you are taking the risk on your own happiness

• Your happiness could be gone in any second because other people could decide to walk out of your life at any time because you do not have control over them

Guarantee your happiness• The happiness that you can always

control and have forever is the happiness that you develop within yourself

• No one can take away your happiness when you are the one creating it

• The only time when other people can take away your happiness is when they give it to you

“No one outside ourselves can rule us inwardly.

When we know this, we become free.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

The happiness theoryAccording to the happiness theory,

75% of true happiness is based on your strength, courage, and confidence, and how well you treat yourself, and 25% is from external factors such as materialism and other people

In this case, it is all about what you are doing to bring yourself happiness

Create your own happinessWhen you develop, build, and keep your

happiness within yourself, then it does not matter what happen or how other people treat you, no one and nothing can take your happiness away

In addition, when you have happiness within you, you will have the strength and courage to move on in life quicker when someone makes you suffer compared to other people who do not have happiness within themselves

“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside

cannot hurt you.”  African Proverb

Action Steps• 1. write down what you want to

accomplish that you are afraid to fail. This include taking risks, challenges, or things that are out of your comfort zone

• 2. write down how your life would be different in a positive way if you are able to accomplish what you are afraid of

• 3. for each one, research and develop an action plan for it

• 4. take action right away

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