A quick search on the internet reveals some confusion about what the secret of happiness actually is…
- Keep changing something if you’re not happy, until you are (what exactly to change is missing information).
- Make others believe they are the cause of it (!?)
- Count your blessings while others are adding to their troubles.
- Admire without desiring (!?)
- Not to chase it. It’s like a butterfly so you must pay attention to other things and it will land on your shoulder (a smidgen of truth, but largely useless information).
These web results leave me dumbfounded! These aren’t the way to happiness, they’ll just confuse someone in genuine need of advice that works…
Given that the only thing we really want is happiness, this muddle of confusion won’t do…
Where to look for the secret to happiness?
Well… you could ask a happy person, or you could ask a thousand happy people, and quiz them all about it. Unfortunately they won’t know.
They will probably get you closer than the above “wisdom” because what will happen is they will tend to describe what it is LIKE to be happy… “I feel blessed, spontaneous, energetic, free, loving and I love to help people.” So they might deduce that the secret is “gratitude, spontaneity, energy, freedom, loving and giving.”
These are certainly some of the qualities of happiness but they are not the secret. That would be putting the cart before the horse. Happy people don’t get happy by doing these things. They ARE happy FIRST, and so they do these things naturally.
So how can we find it?
The answer is to ask someone who has CREATED happiness from misery — someone who’s been through hell. They will know! Ask someone who has done all the seeking, researching and experimenting; someone who’s already taken the journey you want to take. I AM that person and after over 20 years of research and experimentation, the secret of happiness is now crystal clear to me.
There’s only ONE master key
There’s only ONE underlying root cause, just one, and I’ve explained it in the very first chapter of Happy Guide. This ONE cause holds, contains and makes effective, all the other causes…
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Scroll down to the Contents and click on “DISCOVER THE HAPPINESS SECRET” which will take you right to the beginning of the chapter.
Happy reading!
“Thanks for putting The Happiness Secret together. You have put it in a nutshell in a few short pages. Excellent!”
— Dr. Ed Dodge, USA
“Wow! What an incredible journey you have been on! Aren’t we all blessed that you decided to share your learnings with us and write your Happiness Secret. Thank you so much.”
— Rebecca, UK
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Michael Kinnaird is the author of Happy Guide, the result of a 20 year exploration into what works for health and happiness.
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simple, but true. it resonated. thank you very much.
lola
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Happy is someone who learn and put it practice. the bible says that my people perish bcos of lack of knowledge. I am glad to read this book.
Thanks to you Michael Kinnaird & James Riddett
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Hi Michael,
Thank you for the happiness secret I’ve just started a new course and was beginning to fall back into old habits so it arrived just in time. I going to make those changes to get happiness and energy and peace of mind back into my life. Once again thank you Michael and James may you have peace and happiness always.
Mary.
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This has put things in a new light. I know I have issues, I know I’m not happy, this may just be the most common sense logic to give me a start at breaking bad habits and starting new/good habits.
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Such a well known basic word… habit! I liked your guide, and after having a bad day where I flew off the handle and carried on… which effectively did nothing to solve my problem! I realized that if I maintained the habit of controlling my emotions that I would not get so upset by what people tried to upset me with. If I get into the habit of keeping my peace no matter what is thrown my way I can maintain my happiness within myself and hence show happiness on the outside… much to the annoyance of the very people trying to upset me! So I shall keep this in mind and exercise good habits of thought, good habits of diet and good habits of physical exercise which should then in turn give me the peace and happiness I wish to sustain continually in my life.
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