How to: Find Joy and Happiness in your life everyday.

                                          By: Ashley Baird

Date: October 1st, 2015

How to: Find Joy and Happiness in your life everyday.

Having joy and happiness in your life is very important! As it says in 2 Nephi 2:25, “Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.” God sent us to this earth to have experiences. He wanted us to know what sadness was and trial and yes, happiness. But, we cannot have happiness and joy if we don’t know how to find it. So hopefully, I will be able to make it clear to you just how to that. Here we go!

Step 1 - Personal Prayer!

Believe it or not, this can really help with finding joy. About a year ago, I wasn’t saying my own personal prayer every morning. I wanted to change that! So I made a goal to remember to say my prayer right when I wake up. And now, It’s the first thing I do in the morning! I feel Happier, and closer to God! Knowing that we have a reason to be here, and that there is someone who loves us without compare, will surely bring at least a good reason to start finding happiness! So, everyday when you wake up, and go to bed, make sure to say your personal prayer! This can help us feel close to God and we will be able to have his guiding influence all through our day. Also, pray frequently through the day! I think, the more we pray, the more we’ll be happy!

Step 2 - Remembering God!

Remember God throughout the day. Doing this will cause us to really think about our decisions. For example, you’re listening to the radio and a song comes on that you really like. However, just the other day, you found out that there is a swear word hidden in the chorus. You can’t hear it very well, but you know it’s there! If you remember that God is right there by your side, would you listen to the song? Even if you really like it, and you can’t hear the word very well anyways?

Step 3 - Service!

In the Church, we are reminded to serve on a regular basis. Whenever I am able to serve, I feel so good after and I feel like I can have the Spirit with me! If you are confused about how to serve, it’s really quite easy!

1. Look and see if you can find opportunities to lend a hand to someone who looks like they could use a little help.
2. Offer your help. Kindly walk up to them and tell them that you are here to help lighten their burden.
3. Serving is not, nor should not be, seeking praise. Try to stay humble if they give you thanks. If they don’t, try not to think badly of them. They might have a lot on their mind and innocently spaced it.
4. Once you’re done with that service, start over! Keep looking for more and more opportunities to bring a little light into someone else’s life.

Step 4 - “Love thy neighbor”

They say that “charity is the pure love of Christ.”  Well, if love can lead to happiness and joy, than charity must be a good way to love, and therefore, it must be a good way to find happiness, joy, and even love in our lives!

So, to find happiness and joy in life, we need to: 1st, Pray!  2nd, Remeber God!  3rd, Serve!  And 4th, “Love thy neighbor”! If we do all these things, then we can easily find reasons to be happy in our everyday lives!