Craig chats about International Day of Happiness and how we can create more happiness in the world.
The recent International Day of Happiness caused me to reflect on the idea of creating happiness in the world. I believe creating happiness could cause an amazing ‘positive revolution’ (bear with me on this one). What I mean by this is if I’m happy, and I genuinely feel happiness and I’m grateful for what I have within the world, some of my happiness will rub off on others, causing a ‘positive revolution’.
The theme this year was ‘Caring and sharing’, reminding us that lasting happiness comes from caring for each other, feeling connected and being part of something bigger. Connectivity is something we talk about so much at Rambutan. An amazing book on this is ‘Belonging’ by Owen Eastwood. The feeling of connection to other humans is vital for our health, physical and mental wellbeing, as well as fulfilment in life. It’s one of those amazing human elements that make us feel part of something bigger and goes a long way to helping us create a feeling of happiness and self-worth. If we all choose to adopt the mindset of ‘I want to create a life of happiness for myself and those that I interact with’, we could potentially create a ‘positive revolution’!
As I’ve mentioned in some of my previous blogs, my reason for being is to do what I can to improve other people’s lives through our interactions together. For example, every day I think, what can I do to help someone through their interactions with me? We often don’t know when we’ve done something that improves someone else’s happiness, because we do it without even realising it. So, imagine how much we could do if this was a choice we actively made. What mindset can you choose to help you think about this more? What can you do for yourself? What can you do for others?
Some easy ways I believe we could help to spread happiness are:
- listening better to others
- being genuinely interested in the other person
- choosing to reach out to one person every single day
- doing something (no matter how small) to help someone else
I’d love to know what International Day of Happiness means to you. Is there something you do to help spread happiness in the world?