Can one person make another happy?

No it is not possible for one person to make another happy. Happiness has to be found from within. A person has to look within for happiness. Happiness from the outside world is not be permanent. Another person can make you happy but it will not permanent. Maybe for a moment you may feel happy. But for real happiness you have to look within yourself.

There are many ways in which you can find permanent happiness from within you. It is not something that man has thought of today. It is there since the time human beings began to understand themselves. The following are a few of the time tested ways to find happiness from within you.

How your view yourself and your world are conscious choices and habits that you can make. It is all about how you view things and how you interpret what is happening around you. You can choose how to interpret. You can interpret what is happening around you in a positive or in a negative way. The choices are within your control. It is these choices that control the happiness in our lives.

Live in the present. The past is something that is already happened and you cannot do anything about it. Worrying about something that you cannot control is useless. It is nothing but wasting your time and losing the beautiful moments of the present. In the same way you cannot do anything about the future. The future is dependent on the events that are going to happen. Here again you cannot control that which is going to happen in the future. Under such conditions what is the purpose of worrying about the future. So learn to live in the present and enjoy life to its fullest extent. The present is within your control. You can make the choices on what you want to do now and how you want to do it.

Learn to be grateful when living in the present. You can feel grateful for the things you have now such as the sunshine and the weather. The house that you have to live, you health, your friends, families. Gratitude is all about the happiness that is already there in your life.

Find out what makes you happy. Do what makes you happy. There are many people who find happiness in making others happy. Happiness is a contagious disease. It spreads like a virus.

Limit your desires. There is no end to desires. When one desire gets satisfied you would have observed another one takes its place. So get rid of those desires that you don’t want or you feel they are not worth. In this way you can reduce your desires and get all your desires satisfied.