9 Ways to Be Happy and Make Something
of Your Life
Gordon B. Hinckley
1. Be Grateful
Reflection: To be grateful you can give thanks to those who helped you achieve goals in your life like your parents, teachers, friends, etc. Instead of complaining of how hard your life is, look on the bright side and make something out of what you have. This will make you appreciative and grateful in many ways. Someone who is not grateful will always look on the negative side and be complaining for a better way. This will make them forget about what they have and make them think of the stuff they WANT rather than NEED. When you are grateful you appreciate the little things you have and make the best out of it. You give more value to things you have and will get in the future. In the quote, "Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful" by John wooden, we can see how important it is to be humble and grateful. People can become ungrateful when you start to think about the things you want rather than the things you need. When you plan to choose the right, being grateful can play a big role. You will able to become more happy and life a better life. This are the things why being grateful is really important to everyone not just those who decide to be CTR persons 24/7.
2. Be Smart
Reflection: To make something out of your life being smart plays a big role. Being educated gives you the advantage to be more competitive and get more opportunities. When you educate yourself, you're setting yourself up to have a successful life. Not being educated is setting yourself up for a hard and difficult life. Most jobs today want people who have at least a high school diploma. The more education, the more jobs you can apply for and the more you'll get paid. Showing you studied for many years at a college can show the business that you have the educational skills and will not be lazy to come to work. Having more information is having more knowledge and being able to put more out there than the others who may not have as many knowledge. In order to have a healthy country, we need educated people in all subjects. Some might be checking for pollution while others might study economics. If people are uneducated, the country will suffer and probably will be unable to have a sustainable economy.
3. Be Involved
4. Be Clean
Reflection: Being clean can help you become a successful person and have a happy life. This can help you become successful because by being clean, it will help you stay organized and on task. This being said, it'll help you stay focused and not be falling behind. When you stay on the task, you will learn the subject and have no difficulties and or need any help. An example of this can be like if you have to work on your car but you are having trouble because you have all of your tools all over the place. This will set you back from becoming a happy person because you will struggle to achieve your goal to fix your car. Having a messy house is like having a messy life. This "messy" and "not clean" life can be seen as having problems and them preventing you from being successful and moving forward. This is how being unclean can prevent you from having a happy and living a successful life. If your heart isn't clean, you won't live a happy life because you will cause trouble and will not get along with others. That is why being a clean person can help a lot to becoming a happy and successful person.
5. Be True
Reflection: I think this way does play a role in your success and happy life. By being true, you will be happy. This is because you won't lie and be honest to others. This will bring happiness between the two individuals. Being true can make you successful because you will not rely on others for answers. This can be like being true to never cheat which can make you self-dependent. When you are not true and decide to cheat, you will ALWAYS feel guilty about the things you did that you knew you were not supposed to do. Being true is doing what you think is right without worrying about others opinions. This is important because then you can focus on yourself and do whatever you want to make yourself a happier person. Being true will nourish the human spirit and will bring you happiness and success. Having a happy spirit ALWAYS bring positive attitude and happiness to those around you. This is because there will be no trash talking, bad language, dirty jokes, mean comments, etc.
Reflection: I think that being involved plays a HUGE role in becoming successful. When you're involved, you expand your network and have more opportunities and make yourself be known. Also just being involved in school clubs can allow you to meet new people and have new conversations with some people you have never talked to. This can make you a happy person because having people to can motivate you to go to school everyday. An example of being involved can be like going to car meets. If you are a car enthusiast then going to car meets can make you get introduced to many new people. Sharing similarities you both like can instantly start up a new friendship. This way you can be happy and go to more car meets and get introduced to even more people. Being successful takes you to be involved as we can see in the quote, "People who get involved with the success of something have to be given at least some share of that success" Michael Ironside. This quote clearly shows how being involved can get you to become successful. It only takes you to become involved and not be shy to introduce yourself to new people.This will lead you to become successful and to become an happy individual.
4. Be Clean
Reflection: Being clean can help you become a successful person and have a happy life. This can help you become successful because by being clean, it will help you stay organized and on task. This being said, it'll help you stay focused and not be falling behind. When you stay on the task, you will learn the subject and have no difficulties and or need any help. An example of this can be like if you have to work on your car but you are having trouble because you have all of your tools all over the place. This will set you back from becoming a happy person because you will struggle to achieve your goal to fix your car. Having a messy house is like having a messy life. This "messy" and "not clean" life can be seen as having problems and them preventing you from being successful and moving forward. This is how being unclean can prevent you from having a happy and living a successful life. If your heart isn't clean, you won't live a happy life because you will cause trouble and will not get along with others. That is why being a clean person can help a lot to becoming a happy and successful person.
5. Be True
Reflection: I think this way does play a role in your success and happy life. By being true, you will be happy. This is because you won't lie and be honest to others. This will bring happiness between the two individuals. Being true can make you successful because you will not rely on others for answers. This can be like being true to never cheat which can make you self-dependent. When you are not true and decide to cheat, you will ALWAYS feel guilty about the things you did that you knew you were not supposed to do. Being true is doing what you think is right without worrying about others opinions. This is important because then you can focus on yourself and do whatever you want to make yourself a happier person. Being true will nourish the human spirit and will bring you happiness and success. Having a happy spirit ALWAYS bring positive attitude and happiness to those around you. This is because there will be no trash talking, bad language, dirty jokes, mean comments, etc.
6. Be Positive
Reflection: I think that being positive plays a HUGE part in being successful and living a happy life. This will make you live a happy life because you will not be worrying about the negatives in life. When you are positive, you will be looking at the bright side of things and not be so worried about the negatives which will lead to you being happy. When you are positive, you will be more motivated to be a happy person. Being happy and a positive person, will affect those around you with happiness as well. Being successful also requires you to be a positive person. A reason can be because if you have a job and are not a positive person to customers, you can reduce business or even lose your job. Losing your job or reduce customers, will affect your successful life. Being positive will bring good outcomes as seen in the quote, "Think positive, be positive, and positive things will happen." This is because if you will receive what you put in. If you are a negative person then negative things will soon be in your way. That is how being positive plays a role in your success and positive life.
8. Be Still
Reflection: To be still is just to sit back, hear, and watch and this will make your non-conceptual intelligence to activate. This is because you can stay still and watch and still get educated to become successful in the future. To be still won't get you in trouble because you will not put yourself in a negative situation. An example of this can be like not going out with your friends to a party. You know there will be alcohol and your underage friends will be drinking. Instead of going, stay home and read a book. By staying home and reading a book, you are being still and not risking yourself getting in trouble. This can make you a happy person because you will stay home and by reading a book, you will make yourself superior and this will make you feel happy inside. This will also bring happiness to your parents because they know you are being productive rather than worrying about you getting drunk and doing anything out-of-hand. This what I think about being still. This can also be seen in the quote, "Wisdom comes when we learn to become still."
9. Be Prayerful
Reflection: I think that praying is very important. I think that this builds relationships between you and God an or whomever your believe. You can pray for forgiveness and this will bring happiness to your life. Also, praying to me is important because its a way to release whatever you have on your chest in a respectful manner. Praying will bring success because you will not put yourself in bad situations and will be taken care of. I think that when you pray, you show that you care of your and others well-being. If you don't pray, personally I think that you will live with guilt and regret. Regret because you did not pray for forgiveness for some mistakes you might have made. Praying will bring happiness because you are talking to God and God is all about happiness and peace. An example of praying can be like to pray to God so he can watch over you at any time as well as others. This will give you confidence and hope because you know that God will protect you and he will watch over you and others. These are ONLY MY believes!
Final Reflection
Reflection: I think that overall these 9 Ways are really helpful and very good to follow. When you choose to follow these 9 Ways it will make you a better person successfully and make you live a happy life. I can relate to this because I almost daily read and write in my Life Planning Journal and take my time to be still. This helps me release stress and be a more happy person at the end of the day. I have seen progress with being happy while following some of these 9 Ways. I think that if you try to follow all, you WILL be a happy and successful life. An example of someone who doesn't choose any of these can be like robbers, criminals, and big companies. An example of these in real life is a big company might get greedy. This will cause them to forget about being humble and will probably sell expensive items and items that can cause harm to the consumer/customer. These are some ways I can see and use real life examples of the 9 Ways.
Reflection: I think that being positive plays a HUGE part in being successful and living a happy life. This will make you live a happy life because you will not be worrying about the negatives in life. When you are positive, you will be looking at the bright side of things and not be so worried about the negatives which will lead to you being happy. When you are positive, you will be more motivated to be a happy person. Being happy and a positive person, will affect those around you with happiness as well. Being successful also requires you to be a positive person. A reason can be because if you have a job and are not a positive person to customers, you can reduce business or even lose your job. Losing your job or reduce customers, will affect your successful life. Being positive will bring good outcomes as seen in the quote, "Think positive, be positive, and positive things will happen." This is because if you will receive what you put in. If you are a negative person then negative things will soon be in your way. That is how being positive plays a role in your success and positive life.
7. Be Humble
Reflection: I think being humble is very important than just to be happy and a successful person. When you are humble you appreciate the little things in life and will not be upset for the things you don't have. This will make you happy because you will always be happy for what you have and not be sad for the things you wish you had. Being happy requires you to be humble as seen in the quote, "Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where others see nothing." This is very important because you will always look on the bright side of things. I can apply this to my everyday life by appreciating that i have a roof over my head. I am very humble for this because not many people have somewhere to live to call "home." Although I may not have the best looking modern home, I am grateful that my parents can provide us with a home, food, cars, clothing, and other things we want. By being humble you will strive for success because when you choose the right good things come your way. An example of being successful by being humble is like not caring to make more money when you are already happy. People who only worry about money don't live happy lives and can end up less happy and even without any money. That is why being humble is important to being happy and a successful person.
8. Be Still
Reflection: To be still is just to sit back, hear, and watch and this will make your non-conceptual intelligence to activate. This is because you can stay still and watch and still get educated to become successful in the future. To be still won't get you in trouble because you will not put yourself in a negative situation. An example of this can be like not going out with your friends to a party. You know there will be alcohol and your underage friends will be drinking. Instead of going, stay home and read a book. By staying home and reading a book, you are being still and not risking yourself getting in trouble. This can make you a happy person because you will stay home and by reading a book, you will make yourself superior and this will make you feel happy inside. This will also bring happiness to your parents because they know you are being productive rather than worrying about you getting drunk and doing anything out-of-hand. This what I think about being still. This can also be seen in the quote, "Wisdom comes when we learn to become still."
9. Be Prayerful
Reflection: I think that praying is very important. I think that this builds relationships between you and God an or whomever your believe. You can pray for forgiveness and this will bring happiness to your life. Also, praying to me is important because its a way to release whatever you have on your chest in a respectful manner. Praying will bring success because you will not put yourself in bad situations and will be taken care of. I think that when you pray, you show that you care of your and others well-being. If you don't pray, personally I think that you will live with guilt and regret. Regret because you did not pray for forgiveness for some mistakes you might have made. Praying will bring happiness because you are talking to God and God is all about happiness and peace. An example of praying can be like to pray to God so he can watch over you at any time as well as others. This will give you confidence and hope because you know that God will protect you and he will watch over you and others. These are ONLY MY believes!
Final Reflection
Reflection: I think that overall these 9 Ways are really helpful and very good to follow. When you choose to follow these 9 Ways it will make you a better person successfully and make you live a happy life. I can relate to this because I almost daily read and write in my Life Planning Journal and take my time to be still. This helps me release stress and be a more happy person at the end of the day. I have seen progress with being happy while following some of these 9 Ways. I think that if you try to follow all, you WILL be a happy and successful life. An example of someone who doesn't choose any of these can be like robbers, criminals, and big companies. An example of these in real life is a big company might get greedy. This will cause them to forget about being humble and will probably sell expensive items and items that can cause harm to the consumer/customer. These are some ways I can see and use real life examples of the 9 Ways.
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