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“Happy” is a challenging word. To some, it suggests spiritual bliss. To others, it indicates sensual pleasure. To me, it means a fundamental, persistent state of contentment and serenity. From that place, a person can still experience a variety of emotional highs and lows, knowing that these are fleeting by nature and that contentment will return.

How to Make Your Days Wonderful and Enjoyable:

How about making every day a wonderful and enjoyable day, different and better than how you live your life now?

You can create and enjoy beautiful, satisfying and wonderful days by making small changes in your daily life.

Everyone encounters problems, difficulties and obstacles, which can spoil one’s day. However, with a changed attitude and a few tips, even during such days, you will be able to make your days, at least to some extent, better and more enjoyable.

Morning Steps for a Wonderful Day:

Sit down on your bed, just before going to sleep at night, and tell yourself that you will wake up tomorrow 30 minutes earlier than usual.

Repeat a few affirmations, so that your mind accepts this idea.

For a while, think about the benefits you will gain by waking and getting up earlier, and about the things you can do in these extra 30 minutes.

Set your alarm clock to the appointed hour, and lie down on your bed. While in bed, watch the thoughts that pop up into your mind, but try to do so detachedly and without any tension. Just watch them calmly and in a relaxed mood, until you fall asleep.

When the alarm clock rings in the morning, get up immediately, with a smile on your face.

Don’t give in to the desire to stay some more minutes in bed. Don’t listen to your mind, which will probably persuade you to stay in bed a little longer, because it is too early to get up.

Get up, wash, change your clothes, and do something you enjoy doing, such as reading a book, taking a short walk, visualizing, or practicing meditation. You may also just sit down and visualize some pleasurable and happy events from your past.

One powerful method for increasing your ability to feel and express gratitude is keeping a gratitude journal. Spending a specific time each day or week recording things for which you’re grateful has been shown to boost subjective happiness levels in as little as three weeks. A less formal practice—and one that I follow—is to devote a few moments of your morning meditation session to feel and silently give thanks for all of the good things in your life. As a result of doing this for several years, I find myself often making mental notes throughout the day of blessings such as rain here in my desert home, flowers that are blooming in my garden, or a glorious sunset.

Of all of the practices, learning to feel and express gratitude may be the most important in achieving and maintaining a happy life.