Way to Be

9 Ways to be Happy and Make Something of your Life

Gordon B. Hinckley

1. Be Grateful - Remember that everything you have, others may need. Be grateful for everyday because many people will not live to see another. Being grateful is a great way to be happy because when you are grateful, you only thank the good in your life which means you don't have time to think about the unpleasant things in life.

 

2. Be Smart - To be smart is to know what to do. To be wise is to know when to do it. When people are smart and know how to use it to their advantage they are capable of many great things in the world.

 

3. Be Involved in Good Work - To do good things, brings great rewards. Good Works are the things that not only benefit you but also benefit others and it is best done when no reward is to be expected to come out of it.

 

4. Be Clean - Be clean in everything you do, whether it may be your thinking, your physical, your emotions, your actions, your reactions, or your spirit. It is important to be FULLY clean to be able to enjoy every aspect in life and not have any regrets.

5. Be True - Be true because it is the only way to be happy. When you are being true to yourself, you are completely honest with what you feel, deeply value, and desire. It also means communicating your feelings wholeheartedly both with yourself and others, allowing your truth to flow through you and into the world.

6. Be Positive – If you keep thinking the same thoughts, day and night, they might, sooner or later, manifest in your world, becoming your reality. This means that if you want your life to be as you want it to be, you have to be careful of what you think. With a little work and effort, you can change your attitude, expectations, actions and reactions, and this will lead to more motivation, happiness, and improved life conditions. 

7. Be Humble – To be humble means to accomplish something great and not seek admiration from others. It means that a person may have accomplished a lot, or be a lot but doesn't feel it is necessary to advertise or brag about it. A person who is humble would think less of him/her-self  than other people would think of them. I agree with the definition above that being humble is a rare quality because it is necessary to succeed in today’s society because if you don’t brag then you are rarely noticed through the hustle and bustle of daily competition be it in education, work or just social conversation. 

8. Be Still – In this modern world, activity and movement are normal to us, if not with our bodies then at least with our minds. We rush around all day, doing things, talking, emailing, sending and reading messages, clicking from one browser tab to the next, one link to the next. We are always on, always connected, always thinking, always talking. There is no time to be still (and sitting in front of a frenetic computer all day, and then in front of the hyperactive television, doesn’t count as stillness). Because of this, we lose that time for contemplation, for observing and listening. We lose peace. That is why it is important to take some time for ourselves and learn to be still and absorb the smallest things around us and admire their beauty.

9. Be Prayerful

Reflection:
This Nine Ways Post took nine days  to complete and I can truly say that I have honestly tried to implement these ways into my life and I along with many other people have noticed a great difference in me. These nine ways to be are a magnificent way to lead a life of happiness and no regrets. The first day we wrote about this post, I just wrote the way and treated it like just another class post, but as the days past and I got to work on this post more and more, I realized all of the things I would see online about these attributes and I admired the happy life these people were living.  This is what motivated me to live a CTR life, too.