9 ways to be Happy and Make Something of your Life
1. Be Grateful
To be grateful you have to appreciate what you have for example I am grateful for having a nice place to call home. To be grateful means you don't complain about not having something better like probably the new shoes that came out. The most I personally am grateful for is my families health and mine as well. You should also be grateful for having a free education and should appreciate it and come to school everyday ready to learn. Be grateful that your parents raised you to be the best person you could be of yourself.
2. Be Smart
To be smart means making right choices in life when having to choose between a bad situation. You can also be smart educational wise as in doing your classwork or homework correctly. Also, passing your exams with a good score. Being smart can also be doing the right thing with out someone telling you and it just coming out of you. An example of being smart or making a smart decision can be when someone tries presser you to ditch school and you say no I'm going to go to school and you go to school.
To be smart means making right choices in life when having to choose between a bad situation. You can also be smart educational wise as in doing your classwork or homework correctly. Also, passing your exams with a good score. Being smart can also be doing the right thing with out someone telling you and it just coming out of you. An example of being smart or making a smart decision can be when someone tries presser you to ditch school and you say no I'm going to go to school and you go to school.
3. Be Involved
My understanding of being involved is to participate in school events. For example, our senior events coming up. You can also be involved in class by participating, asking questions, or helping others when they need help. For example, when you are in math class and your teacher asked a question you raise your hand and answer her question. Involved school wise may also be to join a club during lunch or after school. Being involved may also be volunteering in your city hall, or probably a middle school and making a difference.
4. Be Clean
To be clean means to shower, brush your teeth, and eat healthy. It can also mean to not have a criminal record, for example to not be in trouble with the police. To be clean means living and think positively and enjoying your surroundings.
5. Be True
To be true means to be honest at all time, not lying to yourself or others. True is accepting whats wrong and not making excuses towards it and trying to make it better lying to your self. For example when you go to your English class with your essay not done and you start making up excuses to why it wasn't done. So instead you come upfront with the truth and say I honesty forgot to do my essay. Being true to a friend is also important don't lie to your fiends nor hide things from them be honest and true.
6. Be Positive
Staying positive throughout the day is very important, you'll just enjoy your day more and enjoy everyday. Being positive makes you think clear and see situations better. Also, having a positive attitude helps you be a better person, and achieve the goals you have planned to achieve. "Train your mind to see the good in everything. Positivity is a choice. The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts." This quote means that your thoughts are random sometimes they are good and sometimes they are bad but if you think about everything in a positive way, you'll find happiness in your life.
7. Be Humble
To be humble means to not mind others achievements and live to achieve your own goals without trying to be better than others. "Being humble does not mean being weak, reticent, self effacing. It means recognizing principle, and putting it ahead of self. It means standing firmly for principle, even in the fact of opposition." This quote means that humbleness doesn't make you a weak person, it makes you a better living person. "Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom." This quote is saying that wisdom comes with humbleness and having pride negativity comes within.
8. Be Still
To be still means to be peaceful, patient, and let things go. Don't hold grudges and let things follow in a positive way.
9. Be Prayerful
To be prayerful means to pray to god not only when something is needed but everyday to give thanks for having another day of life and health. Sometimes to pray and give thanks to the lord is all you need to have a great day. God is someone that never leaves you alone and is always with you no matter what you are doing the last thing you may do in return is to pray to him, and spend at least 30 min. with him and pray.
Reflection: These nine ways to be happy are probably some you'd like to follow to have a positive life. To live happy and be a good person. I personally am going to live by these nine ways because I found them important to my self and way of being.
