Mynoo Maryel
Embracing happiness is a decision that you make, a choice you take and an experience you decide to enjoy. Stepping confidently into this decision can instantly improve your daily experience. Where it gets convoluted is when you start second-guessing what makes others happy and let that drive your choices and actions. There is a 50-50 chance that it may not make you happy.
In this article, I will be discussing the importance of happiness and the simple steps you can implement to embrace happiness with the confidence to step forward in life. By focusing on what brings you joy and learning to navigate away from external pressures and expectations, you can create a more fulfilling and joyful existence.
Embrace joyful moments
The key to true happiness lies in embracing the H.O.P.E. formula – an insightful guide made up of four essential elements: Humility, Openness, Possibilities, and Enchanting moments. By integrating these principles into your daily life, the decision to be happy becomes a natural, joyful choice.
Happiness is intricately linked to the H.O.P.E formula, with each component contributing to your well-being. You are happy when you are open to enchanting possibilities, unconditionally accepting and receiving the blessings with grace and humility. The ego adds a toxin to the exquisite elixir of H.O.P.E.
Practising humility and openness, and actively seeking and appreciating enchanting possibilities, naturally attract happiness into your life. Happiness is a decision you make and is easier when you live in H.O.P.E. By choosing to live in humility, openness, and possibilities, you invite happiness.
Snap and BE happy
BE happy and snap out of whatever is causing stress. Happiness is a choice and there are many triggers that you can use as tools to switch your mode to happiness. It’s a state YOU choose, and joy returns in abundance. Here are some practices you can use to transform your state instantly.
- Smile; just the act of smiling switches your state in an instant. Try being sad and smiling; it takes some effort.
- Look at blooming flowers, savour a sunrise or a sunset, and look at the waves of the ocean and put your feet in it.
- See the colour orange in any form.
- If you have a pet, you should just BE with it and allow it to serve you in its way. Smile, a big, beaming smile at it.
Happiness returns, rejoicing ignites, and you break free from whatever was holding you
back. You snap your fingers, create an association, and from that point on, anytime you
snap your fingers, you become happy and snap out of distress.
Reclaim your happiness
There is only one way of depleting the amount of happiness you allow yourself to enjoy. That is, to give control of your happiness to other people or external circumstances. Seeking validation from others to justify happiness diminishes it.
Only you can make yourself happy. Everyone else is just getting on with what they choose to do. Even natural disasters or big global events outside your control just happen. We have the choice to allow these to make us happy, sad, angry, or fearful. Our response or reaction to anyone or anything is of our choosing. Owning your power allows you to regain control and steer the direction and speed of your life, as you wish.
While the controls are outside of us, we allow ourselves to be shunted around, and our life becomes a collection of reactive experiences. You perceive yourself as powerless, and the confinement you ensnare yourself in envelops you. You feel as though you’re burying yourself alive, with only a small gap to breathe. So how about it, then? Reclaim your happiness. It is only a matter of your choice. You decide if you’re happy, sad or angry. These are reactions of your choosing. What is your choice?
In conclusion, embracing happiness involves a few transformative steps. Firstly, by implementing the H.O.P.E formula to help attract happiness naturally. When faced with negativity, or a challenge, practice snapping out of it with simple steps like smiling, savouring a beautiful sunset, or spending time on activities they love. Lastly, take proactive steps to reclaim your happiness by setting intentions and making choices aligned with your well-being. Integrating these practices into daily life creates a foundation for sustained happiness, making it easier to navigate life’s ups and downs with a positive outlook.
This is an adapted extract from The Flourishing Code! by Mynoo Maryel
About Mynoo Maryel
As a best-selling author, visionary thought leader, business mentor, and spiritual confidant, Mynoo Maryel embodies a dedication to enriching lives and restoring dignity on a global scale. Through initiatives like the World Dignity Forum (WDF) and the DignifyLife campaign, she champions causes such as nourishing and nurturing every child, empowering women, and fostering flourishing leadership.
Renowned for her bestselling book “THE BE BOOK” and her co-founding of impactful organizations like the Federation 100, JEGO, the POEM Foundation, and FLOW Incubator, Mynoo is a guiding light in fostering holistic growth and extraordinary results.
In her new book, The Flourishing Code, Mynoo draws upon her inspiring journey to help readers live, share and enjoy a life of aliveness. Both supportive and challenging, the book contains 121 revolutionary codes, to instil harmony and gratitude to guide readers towards enlightened self-discovery. Carefully designed to be easily digestible and implemented, the hand-picked codes are accompanied by self-reflective growth prompts to guide the reader in determining how they could implement the code in their circumstances and build a roadmap towards a life of vitality, wealth, romance and prosperity.