We all want to be happy. We often talk about how badly we want happiness, yet we keep repeating the same unhealthy habits over and over again.

The best way to achieve happiness is by eliminating things that aren’t serving us anymore.

So read the following list of what you should stop doing, and make your life happier today:

1. Stop complaining about what’s missing. Instead, be grateful for what you already have.

2. Stop being a jerk to people you love. Instead, open up about what’s bothering you deep inside.

3. Stop comparing yourself to others, because you’ll never feel good enough. Instead, focus on your strengths and let them shine.

4. Stop pushing people away with your criticism. Instead, accept your imperfections...

Often times people get lost in the negative stories they tell themselves. Many believe that the world is an awful place and that nothing good can ever happen. Being stuck in such bad thoughts is a sure way to prevent yourself from being the positive change that you wish to see around you. And we all want to live in a nicer and friendlier environment, right? Then why don’t we make it so? It doesn’t take so much of an effort and to prove that, here is a list of 10 simple things that can make a big change in the world.

Eye contact

Often times we are so busy thinking about our own problems or staring at the screens of our smartphones that we forget that the people around us are human beings who love being appreciated, just like us. When being around people, one of the easiest and most efficient ways to make them feel special or at least, acknowledged, is making good eye contacts...

HJ: You are phenomenally capable of whatever it is you set your heart and mind creating.  There is nothing… NOTHING you cannot do.  Your only task is to get to the root of your feelings of inadequacy and then realize that nothing could be further from the truth.  You are infinitely powerful…  Remember your essence.

- Truth

7 Keys to Increasing Your Self-Esteem Today!

7 Keys to Enhancing Self-Esteem

By Preston Ni, M.S.B.A. | Ni Preston | Psychology Today

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“When our emotional health is in a bad state, so is our level of self-esteem. We have to slow down and deal with what is troubling us, so that we can enjoy the simple joy of being happy and at peace with ourselves.”

by Kathy Biehl

January 4-5, 2015

8:53 PM PST / 11:53 PM EST /  4:53 AM GMT

14 Cancer 30 / 14 Capricorn 30

The Cancer Full Moon, the first Full Moon of 2015 reawakens the most challenging energies of 2014 and reveals how far we’ve come.

Even if you’re faring well, the reveal promises discomfort and, ultimately, growth. Although Cancer is the sign of nesting, clucking and kissing booboos to make them better, we are more likely to be craving all that, rather than experiencing it. 

The Cancer Full Moon stirs fundamental questions that have plagued us on and off for six years, and most pointedly since last April: How safe, nourished and nurtured do you feel? Do you feel at home in your skin? In the world? How? Where? What role do your relationships play in all your answers?

Written by Wes Annac, The Culture of Awareness

We aren’t the only ones who go through hard times, and everyone has their struggles in life. We’re all trying to get by in this crazy world, and it helps to detach from any stress or pressure we’ve put on ourselves or the people in our lives.

Things get easier when we realize that everyone’s doing their best from their level of consciousness, and even people we think are ‘negative’ are trying their best to get through life with the greatest degree of happiness and wholeness they can attain.

It’s understandable to feel like this world should live up to the standards we strive to live up to. It’s easy to convince ourselves we should be treated a certain way by others, but we’re bound to be unhappy if we follow this mindset.

As hard as it can be, decreasing our mind-driven attachment to the world will help us flow with everything we experience – the good and the bad. It’ll be easier to forgive...

The fear of the unknown is not a fear at all. The fear exists in how you feel you will act in and react to it. People constantly change and so will the situations. Why hold onto the fear of an ever-changing reality? Let go………….just be…………..and all will be well. ~ Creator