Do you have joy in your life?
<Just some little thoughts after watching "The Bucket List" ...>

As the old wisdom has always told, it is always WE, ourselves, to decide whether we would live a happy life. But it's always easier said than done. Many people have been struggling to be happy; wearing sad faces all days; complaining how bad their lives are. 

Though I have not completely mastered the "skill to happiness", I would say it's really about your mentality and it's your choice. You choose to be happy? It's much more likely that you will be happy; and at least get recovered from unhappiness much quicker than others.

So what could be the mentality / skills to happiness? As said, I am not the expert, here is just my two cents ......

- Open to the world around you -- people, environment, incidents, etc ... 
- Accept the fact that there are just things that you can't control / change -- control the things you can; accept / let go / work around the things you can't
- Have faith in what you believe and go for it, though it may conflict with what the social norms tell you

This can be a long list, but all in all, it's about how you view and live your life. I read one quote from the book <<The Last Lecture>> -- "You can't change the cards that the God gives you; so you should think about how to play a nice game with your cards." So ...... it's not to blame why you are given the bad cards, also not to think all days what if you are given better cards; and absolutely not to give up the games by playing it nasty or too casually as if you have a second chance.

I am lucky that I have so many angels in my life who have been helping me to keep my heart and my mind open. Of course, I wish I can stay happy all days (though it is quite challening ) and be even happier, I am satisfied with the happy index I have right now.

Wish you all a happy life!