What do you think is the link between hope and happiness?
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What do you think is the link between hope and happiness?
What do you think is the link between hope and happiness?
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I can totally relate to this. I am always in the best of moods whenever I am extremely busy. There is this happiness that exists when you know that you are working towards achieving something positive.Gerry Steen wrote: ↑11 Dec 2023, 10:02 Hi, Melisa, I know that I am happiest when I am busy. Especially if, I am busy on a mission. The anticipation of reaching my end goal with the completion of the task keeps me in the zone. I am elated when the task is completed and my goal has been reached. This happiness lasts for some time and turns into contentment. I then start to work towards my next goal to keep the feeling of happiness flowing. In sum, I am a person who lives with hope. This process of hope entails working toward a goal with a plan. This keeps me happy. This is the link between hope and happiness! Have a good day.
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Hi, Nenye. Great minds think alike! LOL. I think the author of Fireproof Happiness would be happy to know that so many of his readers are happy when they are busy actively and strategically hoping. Have a great day!Nenye Lauraa wrote: ↑13 Dec 2023, 08:12I can totally relate to this. I am always in the best of moods whenever I am extremely busy. There is this happiness that exists when you know that you are working towards achieving something positive.Gerry Steen wrote: ↑11 Dec 2023, 10:02 Hi, Melisa, I know that I am happiest when I am busy. Especially if, I am busy on a mission. The anticipation of reaching my end goal with the completion of the task keeps me in the zone. I am elated when the task is completed and my goal has been reached. This happiness lasts for some time and turns into contentment. I then start to work towards my next goal to keep the feeling of happiness flowing. In sum, I am a person who lives with hope. This process of hope entails working toward a goal with a plan. This keeps me happy. This is the link between hope and happiness! Have a good day.
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For me, hope is the fuel for proactive effort, ensuring fulfillment by transforming wishful thinking into a confident anticipation of positive outcomes, cultivating happiness through invested certainty.Kigen Valarie wrote: ↑13 Dec 2023, 04:27 Maybe my explanation may be a bit different from that of Dr. Randy. He said that hope is a strategy. This for me means that having hope means that you put in all the desired effort and it's not just wishful thinking but something you can be at least certain will turn out well (even when it won't sometimes). This brings a sense of fulfillment. For example, now that you put in the required effort, say in an assignment, you are not stressed about it and you are awaiting a positive outcome. For me, that's happiness as a result of hope.
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I feel overwhelmed thinking of all the obstacles I've to overcome. But at the same time, I feel excited and happy for the future. I credit that excitement and happiness to my belief and hope that as long as I'm taking baby steps every day, I'm getting closer to my goals.
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Dr.Randy Ross proved in his book, whether through life examples or science, that "Hope" will be a helpful tool and, simultaneously, something that will make someone happy. This argument is entirely logical; after all, how can someone live in harmony with the world if they think everything will always work out?
On the other hand, the work would seem childish and lacking scientific rigor if he had not provided these examples and scientific arguments.
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