The 9 Ways To Be Happy
Gordon B. Hinckley
1. Be Grateful
9 Ways to BE HAPPY and Make Something of your Life
Gordon B. Hinckley
1. Be Grateful
Grateful is having feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness or being thankful. Grateful shows how you appreciate what others do for you and how good of a person you are. Being grateful can determine your attitude towards others that care for you. This also shows what kind of a person you are for example; mean, nice, rude, kind, hateful, ect. If you woke up every morning and thought of things you are grateful for, you will have happier life and a positive attitude. You can start being grateful by saying thank you and please whenever people do you a favor or give you something special. When you are grateful you will almost never be depressed or frustrated, you will always be happy and see the positive side. "Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need," what this quote means is people should be grateful that they have roof over their heads instead of wanting things they do not in life. No one ever sees that they should be grateful for the important things in life for example; having both parent, food, a house, love, and etc. Most people do not appreciate what they have and think that what they have is for reason. I will apply by being thankful for what I have and by saying "thank you" and "please".
.2. Be Smart
3. Be Involved in Good Work
Be involved in good work means to when you do good thing to help the community, other people, or yourself. Being involved with good work can help you become a person and have a better future. Being involved in good work can be like helping old people cross the street, donating, helping the environment, and ect. When you're involved in good work you are most likely to be a better person and sometimes be a hero to others. Caring about others and being friendly is a way of being involved in good work. Helping your community in a way where you doing something to change something that hurts other peoples health. " You only do good work when you're taking risks and pushing yourself" by Sally Hawkins is a quote saying that if you push yourself you will do something good for others. Taking risks involves doing good work, many thing involves doing good work. When you are involved in good work you have a happier life and positive attitude. You will have a successful life and high expectations.
4.Be Clean
To be clean means to be organized, innocent, and pure. Being cleans also involves being clean with yourself and others. Being mentally clean helps your mind be relaxed and conscience aware of things around you. Being clean also means not doing drugs, drinking, and having a clean record with the law. Having a clean environment can help you concentrate with homework, project, an reading. Having a clean heart can help you bond with others and having an open relationship with people you love. “Keep the environment clean and the waters clear as crystal” this means that you should help clean environment and help clean the oceans so it could be nice and beautiful. Cleaning agter yourself determines what kind of person you are.
5.Be True
True means to be always say the truth to your family and friend. Being true is being loyal and honest with everyone. When you are a true person you will always be there when a friend needs you no matter what. If you always stay a true person people will be able to trust and have faith you and you will be able to make more friends. Being true means always saying whats right, doing the right thing, and say the truth when someone is lying. If you are always a true person you will be happy and have a bright future. For example, if your friend is cheating on a test, you have to be true and tell the teacher because its the right thing to do. If you always want someone to trust you, you need to prove that person that you are a true person and that they can trust you. Being true to yourself is a healthy way of loving and caring for yourself. It is always better to be true than a liar because people will trust you and will respect you.
6. Be Positive
Positive means when you see the optimistic viewpoint in a negative situation. When you are positive with thoughts and feelings everything goods well in life and everybody is more happy. Being positive can help you have a higher self-esteem and can allow you to help others. being positive can lead you in the pathway of always choosing the right.7. Be Humble
Humble means a person may have accomplished a lot, or be a lot but doesn't feel it is necessary to advertise or brag about it. Being humble is the key of being ahead in life. It helps you be better in work, relationships, and school. People who are humble are mostly likely to offer help to the people who need it. Humble are also more generous and nice to others. They seem to have a happier life and a more successful life. People who are humble are mostly to have a bight future and be successful in the goals they have set for themselves. " Aim high in your career but stay humble in your heart."
8. Be Still
To be still means to not move and stay in a certain places. This is a call for those involved in the war to stop fighting, to be still. This means to be able to accept your mistakes and turn them into a lesson. In life you shouldn't force anything to happen. Everything comes when it supposed to it just takes time and you should be still and patient. Being still means to let everything happen when it is supposed to happen because when you rush things they tend to mess up or go wrong. “Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still.” This quotes means that just because you are fast you dont have to rush things.
9. Be Prayerful
Final Reflection
Nine ways to be happy help you become a better person and always be happy. By applying these nice ways in life can help you change your and other people's life. People will look up to you and follow your steps to success. You will feel better about yourself and have a higher self-esteem. When you apply these nine ways you are teaching the next generation how be happy and how to enjoy their life.
"There they are, nine Be’s which, if observed, will bring handsome dividends to any young man or woman. They will add sparkle to your days and peace to your nights. They will save you from heartache and pain. They will bring purpose into your life and give direction to your energies.
They will bring you friends of your own kind. They will protect you from associations that would pull you down and deflect you from your course
This is a time to be happy. This is a time to feel joy and make friends and enjoy the best this life has to offer. What I have tried to put forth .... are simply a few suggestions, gained from many years of living, to help you do just that. The world will tell that certain kinds of things will bring you happiness – things such as popularity and possessions and satisfying your baser desires.
If today you find yourself only drifting as a leaf in a stream, get hold of yourself and determine you will do better.
At railroad grade crossings, signs of warning were once common. Two cross arms were emblazoned with the words, “Stop, Look, Listen.” They meant that a train could be roaring down the tracks and you had better be alert.
I was riding a train in the Midwest years ago. I looked out the window to my left. A road ran parallel to the tracks. A car with a boy and a girl was speeding down the road a little faster than the train. The car moved ahead until I can no longer see it. Suddenly, the locomotive whistle sounded and the train screeched to a halt as the brakes gripped the wheels. We looked out the window on to the other side. There was a mangled car. Police cars soon converged, followed by the ambulance. The boy and girl were both dead. The road they were traveling crossed the tracks. They did not stop, look, or listen. It all happened in an instant.
The better way to Be is the way of these nine Be’s.
The years will inevitably pass, and pass quickly. Today is your day of resolution. Promise yourself to make something good of (your) precious life."
The 9 Ways Concluding words by Gordon B. Hinckley
They will bring you friends of your own kind. They will protect you from associations that would pull you down and deflect you from your course
This is a time to be happy. This is a time to feel joy and make friends and enjoy the best this life has to offer. What I have tried to put forth .... are simply a few suggestions, gained from many years of living, to help you do just that. The world will tell that certain kinds of things will bring you happiness – things such as popularity and possessions and satisfying your baser desires.
If today you find yourself only drifting as a leaf in a stream, get hold of yourself and determine you will do better.
At railroad grade crossings, signs of warning were once common. Two cross arms were emblazoned with the words, “Stop, Look, Listen.” They meant that a train could be roaring down the tracks and you had better be alert.
I was riding a train in the Midwest years ago. I looked out the window to my left. A road ran parallel to the tracks. A car with a boy and a girl was speeding down the road a little faster than the train. The car moved ahead until I can no longer see it. Suddenly, the locomotive whistle sounded and the train screeched to a halt as the brakes gripped the wheels. We looked out the window on to the other side. There was a mangled car. Police cars soon converged, followed by the ambulance. The boy and girl were both dead. The road they were traveling crossed the tracks. They did not stop, look, or listen. It all happened in an instant.
The better way to Be is the way of these nine Be’s.
The years will inevitably pass, and pass quickly. Today is your day of resolution. Promise yourself to make something good of (your) precious life."
