the secret of the secret (II)

1. Accept your flaws and don’t dwell on them
2. Adopt an optimistic outlook, which is different from positive thinking
3. Be a realist – don’t live through your fantasies
4. Show some gratitude for what you have
5. Don’t prejudge people or situations
6. Observe what is going on around you
7. Manifest reasonable dreams by acting on them
8. Relax
9. Maintain social ties
10. Care – for yourself and others
11. Laugh

The science of happiness lies in controlling our thought and getting though from sources of healthy life. When your mind is diverted from possibly the long habit of thinking and living in the gloomy side of things and admitting gloomy thoughts, you will find to your surprise that the very place the sight of which gave you pain will give you pleasure. Because you have banished a certain unhealthy mental condition into which you have allowed yourself to drift.