HAPPINESS IS AN INSIDE JOB

You deserve to be happy, no matter what you are told or have experienced, we all do. Sometimes so many of us get brainwashed into thinking we don't deserve happiness maybe because of the hardships of life, personal failures and short comings, our little wrong doings for which we perceive we're being punished. Whatever the case, the ability to attain happiness is a gift given to all of humanity by God and one should never deprive themselves or others of the gift.

Happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being which can be defined by, among others, positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. Happiness for some people comes easy and for others is extremely elusive, this is by no means due to any form of deserving qualities or any form of worthiness the happy might possess. As long as you are human and are alive you can be happy.

Happiness for me stems first of all from being able to accept yourself completely just the way you are whether you're ugly, shy, short, overweight, missing a limb, poor, disabled and whatever other form of disadvantage you think being you brings. Being happy is inborn, it comes from within you and from your ability to allow things affect you positively. Being happy also stems from being content, being enough for yourself, being self-sufficient and should never be a thing you strive for.

"happiness is not a goal, it's a by-product" Eleanor Roosevelt

You will be exactly as happy as you decide to be. This is always the case but alas life tries it's very best in some cases to make sure happiness is an almost impossible feat to achieve. What do you do in times like this? Simple, gain happiness from the mundane, simple things of life like a good conversation, keeping a promise, being in love, in gratitude, in a fond memory and in all the little beauties of life.

"the key to being happy is knowing you have the power to choose what to accept and what to let go"
Dodinsky

Another key to being happy is helping others, being a positive impact to somebody, putting a smile on a face that isn't yours, loving a soul you have no obligations to and putting warmth in the heart of another human being.

Well this is my own bit on happiness, let me know how you stay happy in the comments section, have a great day steemians and don't forget
Happiness is not out there, it's in you.