Lead a Happy Life

Looking around we see a world that has lost its priorities. Is life all about eating, drinking and making merry? Should happiness in life be equated with the wealth one amasses irrespective of the means? This world can be made a better place only by people who know what real happiness is.

Let us see what life is and what changes we can bring about in life to lead a happy life. Life is an interval between birth and death. The length can be between one minute and 100 years. Even shorter or longer. Many things we do in life are based on our past experiences, upbringing and the values imbibed by us from our immediate surrounding.

All of us want to lead a happy life. Here are some important rules to live a happy life:-

1st Rule – Do to others as you would like them to do to you. You don’t like to be cheated, you want to be loved, you want to be respected, and you want others to behave well. I f you behave well with others, others will behave well with you.

2nd Rule – Be slow to anger. If you think being short tempered is a fashion you are mistaken. The most admired person will be the one who has learned to control his anger.

3rd Rule – Don’t be a hypocrite or a person having two faces, one in front of others and one evil side which only you are aware of. Always translate into action the good you preach.

4th Rule – Put some principles in your life that is going to bring happiness to you and others.

5th Rule – It is always better to give than to receive. When you do favors for others don’t expect anything in return. Once in a while do favors to people who won’t be able to repay you.

6th Rule – If you are not a professional lender of money, lend money to those people from whom you don’t mind not being paid back. Lend only the amount you can afford not to want back. Borrowing and lending of money has spoiled many relations.

7th Rule – Learn to say ‘No’ to people some people are “people pleasures” they just don’t like to displease people by saying “No” even though they have no intention of keeping their “yes”. This will eventually make you an unreliable person.

8th Rule - Be fast to forgive.

9th Rule – Train yourself to always use the magical words “please” “sorry” and “thank you” in your conversation. Mean it also. It can do wonders for you.

10th Rule – Do not let your right hand know the kind deed your left hand did. People want to be appreciated, people want to be somebody. So most of the time their deeds are directed towards getting the necessary outside attention, even when they are doing charity work they make it a point to be sure that people have seen it and they will be glorified.

11th Rule – Always have an urge to refine yourself from what you already are.

12th Rule – It is not what goes into your mouth and then your stomach that makes you impure, but what comes out of your mouth, as a result of your evil thoughts and your evil actions that makes you impure. Many religions make a big hue and cry about eating non-vegetarian food. Even vegetables have got life.


13th Rule – if it is up to you to avoid a fight or quarrel please do it. You can disagree with people or say firmly no to people without crossing the line to end up in a quarrel or even a fight.

14th Rule – Be a disciplined person. Always set a time table for yourself. The time you get up, time you go to sleep, time you spend working, time you spend with your family, the things you want to do with your family, the time you spend for yourself, the time you spend partying etc.

15th Rule – Always be a student. Throughout your lifetime, try to acquire some new skill or another. Do some correspondence course.

16th Rule – Grow old gracefully. Even if you are physically old, you can be young at heart and keep your body in shape.

17th Rule - Always be ready to gift a smile and have a sense of humor. Let the butt of your jokes be always yourself.

18th Rule - Don’t use foul language. If you do you will fall in the eyes of others and in your own eyes.