Happiness is something you can choose to have. You can also choose to be sure no one takes it away from you.

Ron

1. Your core. Get back to the CORE of who you are. What is that? Your mind is a massive computer – just stating that to yourself and letting yourself GRAVITATE to that core is a good start. Don’t force it, just feel it. What is that core? its different for everybody, but if, when you do that, you feel angry, BE ANGRY. Say “*&$&” if you want. Don’t put pre conceived, bogus notions on what “happiness” is – you will feel satisfied getting back to your CORE, the gravitational center of who you have become – and BEING THAT. “im supposed to be nice” – “I’m not supposed to say that” – “I’m supposed to z,y or L to be happy”. BULL BULL BULL. You will feel centered and satisfied just being yourself, whatever that is. You’ll know it. But it often doesn’t come in the form of dancing with flowers and a happy face. Sometimes it comes with a much needed and over denied “F&(#&*#(*#”. Sometimes it doesn’t. Different for everybody.

2. Start thinking of goals that you like. Not “I need to do x y or z and that is my goal” – Goals that your actually excited about. And they may not be grand. Go to china next year, buy a new TV, get a new home, move from this city to that. THAN…define the exact steps to get that done. The more time you spend your days going towards goals that actually EXCITE you – not ones that make you feel fearful, or things ” you should be doing” – but things you just WANT to do – want to have etc- the more time you spend GOING TOWARDS those things – the better.

3. Diet, exercise, sleep. Your a machine of sorts. Figure out your rhythm. Its different for everybody. Figure it out. Eating only plants and meditating every day may make you miserable. Warren Buffet is VERY happy and OLD and FULL OF ENERGY eating nothing but burgers and drinking coke and pepsi. Some are happy being vegetarian. Do what feels right but better yet, what feels good to you.

4. Go towards what FEELS RIGHT (feels ‘happy’, ‘good’, exciting, interesting, etc) – drop things that sap your energy, even if its certain friends, family, etc. BE RUTHLESS in this regard

5. As best you can, let go of the past. Seriously. Those people that you can’t figure out, try to impress, blah blah blah…drop them. Love them in your hearts, say thank you and move on. Let ‘em go. Sometimes its just the realization: “holy crap, I actually DONT NEED those people” and than move on.

you’d be surprised what you do and go towards when you stop doing things that are supposed to make you happy and you just go towards and do things you feel like doing – based on your gravitational center – your being – which you arrive at by literally snapping your fingers and saying “dude, go towards my center – go towards me” and just letting the internal shift happen. “To be happy, grow flowers, ,listen to music, go on a walk, pet a dog, blah blah blah” is a bunch of horseshit. It wont make you happy no matter how flowery it is until you address your soul and go towards what you want. Pepsis or vegan food, yelling or sitting in silence, music or a dog…it dont matter. if its coming from your internal core, you will feel better, and perhaps good.

and stop thinking.