Recently,
I have come across a very interesting website called www.tickle.com. I encourage you to log on to this site and
enroll yourself , and take a number of online tests, that can help you identify
your personality, your instincts, and much more of yourself, which you are
unconsciously unaware of . Anyone
interested in self development, will find this resource very valuable.
I
recently took a test called the “Happiness Test” and this test revealed to me a
new perception of Happiness. We all have different definition of happiness, and
it is different from person to person. To some earning a lot of money is
happiness; to some the love of their family members is happiness, to some their
success in a chosen activity is happiness.
To me, the very purpose of life is itself to experience the many happy
moments, this world has to offer. If there is no reason to be happy, then there
is no purpose to be alive.
This
test points out that the baseline of happiness is dependent on one of the seven
factors, I have listed below:
1.
Contentment
2.
Confidence
3.
Personal Growth
4.
Relationship
5.
Gratitude
6.
Optimism
7.
Cheerfulness
This
test revealed that my happiness factor was my Confidence. This was news to
me. But thinking about it, I feel it is
true. It is not my success rate, but the confidence level I have in myself and
my abilities, makes me a happy person. Therefore, irrespective of how many ever
times I fail, as long as I have confidence that I will win, I will be happy.
This also means, I would feel unhappy whenever I lose my confidence.
Likewise,
it will be different for different people based on one of these seven happiness
factors.
True
happiness with yourself and your life comes from having a strong, balanced,
consistently positive approach to yourself and your world. Psychologists claim,
that Happiness is a state of mind, a life perception, and a series of good
habits. This is good news. If happiness is a skill set, then you can learn to be happier. Some people seem
to be born happy. This may be true. Or perhaps these "happier" people
have simply already learned these happiness skills through their interactions,
through reading, or by having a keen perception into human nature.
Finally,
even happy people have down days. It's unrealistic to expect permanent, nonstop
happiness. Such a thing doesn't exist in reality. However, you can learn to be
more content with your life, confident in yourself, grateful for what you have,
committed to your personal growth, full of laughter and good cheer, and
optimistic. You can also learn to develop positive, supportive relationships
with the people around you. In fact, by focusing yourself steadfastly on these
seven areas, you can quite readily achieve them.
Happy Reading,
D. Senthil Kannan
Article
Dated Sep 2007
