How to be Happy

...this is a good question i guess...
this below is kind of good article actually... i think its possible to train yourself to be happy but most of all it is in your head and its positive thinking- it is true, doesnt matter how stupid it sounds. Some of these points are funny too....! Heeeeeeee...! Enjoy!

• Be as healthy as you can
  
• Recognise that happiness is a state of mind and not something which can be defined objectively.
  
• More importantly than anything else, live with a partner whom you love and respect and who feels the same about you. Kiss and cuddle and compliment often and regularly buy unexpected little gifts.
  
• Have a cat or a dog. Stroke often.
  
• Keep in close touch with relatives and a small circle of friends.
  
• Conversely, if there is a person in your life who is a negative influence and who is dragging you down in some way, don't be afraid to get remove such a person from your life.
  
• Smile a lot. Smiles make you miles better - and you smiling will make others smile.
  
• Laugh a lot.
  
• Say what you mean and mean what you say. Honesty really is the best policy.
  
• Be politely assertive. Say how you feel and explain what you want. Friends and colleagues can't be mind readers.
  
• Give lots of compliments. You will make others feel good about themselves and find that this gives you pleasure too.
  
• Give small gifts to your friends. To give is even more pleasurable than to receive.
  
• Spend less than you earn- good to say, we all trying to do this!
  
• Use your credit card as a convenient way to pay for your major expenditures on a monthly basis - not to obtain credit at an outrageous level of interest.
  
• Don't gamble. There's enough uncertainty in your life without you adding more - and anyway, in the long run, you can't win. (A little flutter on the lottery is allowed.)
  
• Give regularly to the charities of your choice.
  
• Wear the most expensive after-shave (usually men!) or perfume (usually women!!) you can afford.
  
• Get your hair done. This will always make you feel better about yourself.
  
• Surround yourself with pleasant smells. Have flowers, pot-pourri or scented candles in most rooms of the house and in your office.
  
• Stay close to nature.
  
• Read a quality newspaper on a daily basis. Learning is fun and the easiest way to learn is to check out news and features each day so that, over time, your knowledge and interests grow and deepen.
  
• Take a weekly or monthly magazine reflecting a personal interest. You'll come to really look forward to each new issue, like a visit from a friend.
  
• Read regularly and widely. Good fiction will widen your vocabulary and put you in touch with your emotions, while a range of non-fiction will extend your knowledge and interests.
  
• Listen to some good music.
  
• Treat yourself often to something 'cheap and cheerful' that you like - chocolates, flowers, a magazine, a cake, a CD. It costs little and you're worth it.
  
• Stretch yourself physically. At the mimimum, regularly go for a brisk walk - it will raise your spirits. If you can, join a gym and take more vigorous exercise - it will make you feel good and lengthen your life.
  
• Stretch yourself mentally. Go on courses on different subjects - they don't have to be academic courses (they can be at your local college) and they don't have to be long (they can be as short as a day or even half day).
  
• Stretch yourself geographically. Go to places you've never seen before. Even in your home town, try taking a different route than usual and notice the different locations that you've never seen before.
  
• Do something you've never done before, like visiting a particular art gallery or museum or going to a ballet or opera (or even just taking a different route to a familiar location).
• Keep a diary or journal. It will give structure to your life, an easy way to revisit good times, and a reminder that bad times don't last.
  
• Take lots of photos. You'll love looking at happy times and old friends.
  
• Have a political vision on how to create a better world - and do something to make that vision more of a reality.
  
• One way of dealing with a difficult problem is to imagine how you will feel about that problem next week, next month, next year. Now try to bring those feelings into the present. It will give you a sense of perspective. Problems rarely look so formidable in retrospect.
  
• If you are uncomfortable or frightened about a situation, try to take yourself to a mental safe place which you have previously created in your mind and where you feel relaxed and comfortable. It might be an imaginary garden or beach or just an image of your study or bedroom.
  
• Whatever your age, it's never too young to start planning your retirement. Regularly increase your mortgage repayments and pension contributions - this is a sensible use of the money you don't need for current expenditure and it will increase your longer-term lifestyle options.
  
• Make a will, detailing the arrangement for your funeral and the dispersion of your assets. The only thing certain about your life is that it will end, so have peace of mind that the circumstances that follow your death will as far as possible be as you wish them to be.
  
• Make arrangements to donate your organs on your death. That way, even your leaving of this world will give something special to others.
  
• If all else has failed, view this video: click here