Happiness doesn?t just happen. You have to make it happen. If you?re waiting around for it to come to you, expecting someone to bring it with them or waiting for something to happen before you can be happy you?ll be waiting for a long while.

When you jump out of bed every morning, all fired up with enthusiasm and eagerness to... Huh? What's that? You don't do much jumping in the mornings? Well, okay, when you ease out of bed every morning, all eager and enthusiastic to... Huh? What's that? You don't do that either? Well, okay, when you're lying there in bed every morning wondering why the heck you should get up...

When your mind is full of doubts and negative thoughts, it is difficult to find inner peace. The problem with these thinkers is that they lack the ability to set goals and achieve them often therefore inner peace seems out of reach.

Living a happy, resilient and optimistic life is wonderful, and is also good for your health. Being happy actually protects you from the stresses of life. Stress is linked to top causes of death such as heart disease, cancer and stroke. Be happy now!

Have you had that experience when all of a sudden you just had this huge hunch that something is about to happen, and to your surprise, that intuition was eventually translated to reality?

Life isn?t the sweetest candy. Sometimes, when I feel like the world is just too heavy, I look around and find people who continued to live fascinating and wonderful lives. And then thoughts come popping into my mind like bubbles from nowhere ? ?How did their life become so adorably sweet? How come they still can manage to laugh and play around despite a busy stressful life??

I'm sure you have a bright idea hidden somewhere in the back of your mind that you just can't wait to test out. Of course you're not the only one with the bright idea. So what motivates you to churn those creative, or even inspiring juices to its utmost flavor?

Pay close attention to what you might learn on the day Ivan Kroutikin went quite mad.

How much are your emotions affected by outside stimuli? This will be a difficult question to answer for anyone - Are You Happy? If yes, how much? Are you happy under all circumstances? At all the times?

What do you say when someone gives you a compliment? What does your body language communicate? More importantly how do you feel? America?s, Mark Twain, felt this way: "I have been complimented myself a great many times, and they always embarrass me ? I always feel they have not said enough."