Highly happy people all share happy habits. It’s as simple as that. The happiest people I know share 7 very obvious habits. If you’re looking to expand your general happiness you may consider adopting these habits in your own life.

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
-Abraham Lincoln

Be a Part of Something You Believe In – This could be anything. People may take an active role in their local city council, find refuge in religious faith, join a social club supporting causes they believe in, or find passion in their careers. In each case the physiological outcome is the same. They engage themselves in something they strongly believe in. This engagement brings happiness and meaning into their lives.
Share Time with Friends and Family – A happy life is a life shared with friends and family. The stronger the personal relationships are and the higher the frequency of interaction, the happier a person will be.

Reflect on the Good – Quite often people concentrate too much of their attention on negative outcomes and leave no time to positively reflect on their successes. It’s natural for a person to want to correct undesirable circumstances and focus closely on doing so, but there must be a healthy balance in the allocation of personal awareness. It is important to mindfully reflect on the good while striving diligently to correct the bad. A continuous general awareness of your daily successes can have a noticeably positive affect on your overall emotional happiness.

Exploit the Resources You DO Have Access To – The average person is usually astonished when they see a physically handicap person show intense signs of emotional happiness. How could someone in such a restricted physical state be so happy? The answer rests in how they use the resources they do have. Stevie Wonder couldn’t see, so he exploited his sense of hearing into a passion for music, and he now has 25 Grammy Awards to prove it.

Create Happy Endings Whenever Possible – The power of endings is quite remarkable. The end of any experience has a profound impact on a person’s overall perception of the experience as a whole. Think about reading a fairly well written, thought provoking novel. Now imagine the ending totally sucks. Even if the story was captivating up until the ending, would you still be happy recommending the novel to a friend? People always remember the ending. If the ending is happy, the experience creates happiness. Always tie loose ends, leave things on a good note, and create happy endings in your life whenever possible.

Use Personal Strengths to Get Things Done – Everyone possesses unique personal strengths. We all have different talents and skill sets. Emotional happiness comes naturally to those who use their strengths to get things done. The state of completion always creates a sense of achievement. If this achievement is based exclusively on your own personal ability to get the job done, the physiological rewards are priceless.

Savor the Natural Joy of Simple Pleasures – I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the best things in life are free. They come in the form of simple pleasures and they appear right in front of you at various locations and arbitrary times. They are governed by Mother Nature and situational circumstance and captured by mindful awareness. It’s all about taking a moment to notice the orange and pink sunset reflecting off the pond water as you hold hands with someone you love. Noticing these moments and taking part in them regularly will bring unpredictable bursts of happiness into your life.

幸福的人都有著相同的習慣。我認識的最幸福的一個人就有著7種地球人都知道的習慣。如果你想讓自己更幸福些，不妨在日常生活中培養起這些習慣來。

1.成為你信仰中的一部分。這個信仰可以是任何事情。你可以是在議會中扮演重要角色，可以在宗教信仰中尋找情感上的避難所，可以加入那些符合你信仰的社會團體，也可以在你的事業中尋找激情。不管哪一種方式，目的都是一樣的，那就是讓你投入于自己的信仰，這種投入會給你的生活帶來幸福。

2.陪伴家人和朋友。幸福的生活是一種與家人和朋友分享的生活。個人關系越強的人會感覺越幸福。

3.想想自己好的一面。不少人會把過多的注意力放在自己不好的一面，而忽略自己積極的一面。人們會很自然地想要擺脫不好的狀況，并會專注于此，但是，人們還必須適當地自我嘉獎。

在努力改正缺點的同時，想想自己好的一面，這是相當重要的。不斷提醒自己生活的點點滴滴的成功時，這對你提高幸福感有著顯著的效果。

4.好好利用你的優勢去創造幸福。一般人看到那些殘疾人表現得無比幸福的時候都會覺得很震驚——為什么這些身體殘疾的人還能感覺那么幸福？原因就在于他們很好地發揮自己所有的優勢去創造幸福。史提芬伍德是個盲人，于是他利用自己優越的聽覺，在音樂世界里尋找激情，25項格萊美獎證明了他的實力。

5.盡可能地實現一個完美的結局。結局的力量是非常巨大的。任何一種經歷的結局都會對一個人產生深遠的影響，這種影響體現在一個人對這一經歷的總體認知上。就想象一下看小說吧，假如過程很精彩，但結局卻寫得非常糟糕，那你還會把這部小說介紹給朋友嗎？人們往往會牢記一件事情的結局，如果結局完美，那過程也就完美。把細枝末節的事情處理好，盡可能地創造一個完美的結局吧！

6.靠自己的能力去完成任務。每個人都擁有自己獨特的能力。我們都擁有不同的天賦和技能。如果一個人靠自己的能力去完成一件事情，那他會很自然地感覺到幸福的降臨。完成一件事情往往能給你帶來成就感。如果是憑借你自己獨有的能力去完成的話，那在情感上，對你來說將是無價的。

7.體會最簡單、最自然的樂趣。我以前已經說過，在這里我再次重申，生活中最幸福的事情就是自由。自由來自于簡單的樂趣，隨時隨地都會出現在你面前。自由掌握在大自然手中，被有心人所俘虜。事實上，自由就是花點時間在周圍的事物上——夕陽西下，湖光瀲滟，你和愛人十指緊扣欣賞著這一切。經常好好感受這樣的時光，那預想不到的幸福自然也就填滿你的生活。