The festive season is one of happiness, joy and fun. We meet our loved ones and have good food and a good time together, filled with laughter and cheer. It’s truly a magical time.

The break from our normal monotonous lives where our happiness comes and goes on an almost installment basis, is really refreshing. Wouldn’t it be great if we could be happier at other times too just as we are during the festive seasons?

Well the ways that I think we can be happier than we generally are, might sound super cliché but who said clichés can’t be followed if they really do work, amirite?

So, let me talk about four such ways that you can enhance your happiness and live a more fulfilled life.

1. Forgive People

We live in a world where people often tend to step on others to move forward. In life, you will come across so many people that will wrong you in so many ways and therefore you may start holding grudges.

But the thing is, the more grudges you hold, the more detrimental it is for your well-being. You always carry that weight in your heart and in your mind and holding on to that weight is so much more painful that just letting go.

Just forgive people who have wronged you in any way and move on. You will notice that it will lift a huge weight off of your chest and suddenly you will be much happier, as your focus won’t be on the past and its pains but on the future and its gains!

2. Do A Lot Less Worrying

This is something that I am guilty of as well. I tend to overthink things to the point that I worry myself to sleep on several occasions but with time I am learning not to do that.

Worrying won’t change anything. In fact, most of the things that we worry about, don’t even end up happening. It’s just our minds trying to be prepared for every problem that one might face in the future.

The more you worry about a particular problem, the bigger it will seem to get. So, stop worrying and overthinking and take decisions based on logic and a cool head. If you can change the situation, that’s good. If you simply can’t change a situation, well, what good will worrying do?

3. Be Grateful For What You Have

I can’t stress the importance of this enough. Really. If you read my post about the Law of Attraction a few days ago, you will know that gratitude is the key to getting whatever you want in life.

Also, appreciating what you already have, like your friends and family, your work, your other possessions, will make you feel satisfied and the realization that over half the people in the world don’t even have what you have, will really make you appreciate those things even more.

So, be grateful my friends and you will attract more of the same in your lives. Also, it is a really good state of mind to be in because it is a natural state to foster happiness.

4. Be Kind To People

You know what I notice wherever I go? I notice that today’s world is in dire need of kindness. We are so caught up in our own world and the stress of it all that we are generally oblivious to the fact that others are going through the same.

As a result we may lack empathy and may not show kindness towards each other and instead be annoyed or frustrated at people all the time. Well, ok, it’s not that bad but still you get the point.

Be kind to people. Open doors for someone, tell someone that they look beautiful, give alms, speak with respect and love and treat every fellow human as your equal and learn to look past the exterior that everyone has built for themselves.