It is difficult to find someone who would not want to be happy. However, the very concept of happiness is very ambiguous, for different people it can be associated with completely different things. Nevertheless, there are some universal criteria to determine what it means to be a happy person.
Among the successful people who have made a career and seemingly achieved everything that you can dream of, there are not many who can call themselves a truly happy person. It has been said many times by a variety of people that happiness is not in money - then what is it?
Criteria of happiness
As a rule, when asked what happiness is, people give standard answers. For some, this is a family, children, a loved one. For the other, good work; for the third, health, etc. etc. Analyzing the answers, we can conclude: a person is happy when he is well. It is hard to be happy when you are sick, alone, when you do not like your work. This is the case when being determines consciousness - you feel good when everything is in order with you.
But the opposite situation is also possible, when it is consciousness that determines being. A man chooses his path, focusing on his most cherished goals and desires. It is this path, following it that makes him truly happy.
It is important to understand that true goals and aspirations are determined by the soul of a person. The soul will never strive for money, fame - it is not interesting to her. The soul loves to create, so many people choose creative professions and professions related to the ability to create, explore something.
Personal growth is very important for the soul. Hence the desire of many people to overcome, to achieve new horizons. Cross the ocean, conquer a mountain peak, achieve some success - but not for the sake of success as such, but for personal growth. A man is happy when he succeeds when he is engaged in what gives him pleasure. On the way, he may have many obstacles and difficulties, but they are perceived not as another misfortune, but as a challenge, as an opportunity to overcome oneself once again.
Man is happy when soul is happy
True happiness is possible only when the soul is happy. Why do so many people choose this or that hobby? Because it gives them the opportunity to feel happy, to get away from the routine of ordinary uninteresting affairs. The soul is interested in a lot of things - it will be equally pleased to examine postage stamps and display a new tomato sor, admire the stars through a telescope and collect a perpetual motion machine in the garage.
And when is a person unhappy? Then, when his soul does not find application for his talents. When she wants to do one thing, but her interests are unceremoniously pushed aside and force her to do something completely different. Maybe she will try to express herself in a new field, to create within the framework that has been established for her, but the result will already be completely different.