What is the one thing everyone wants? We believe it is happiness. Happiness is that feeling of well-being when what you are doing works and feels right. Here are some thoughts on happiness.

Being Present and Grateful

Be grateful for what you have and live one day at a time. This pretty much summarizes One Love: using energy with purpose, which is being present. Living one day at a time makes perfect sense—yesterday is gone and tomorrow is not here. What is happening now is what truly matters. No illusions, just consciousness, which is the awareness of what is going on.

The V-MAP for Future Planning

You can plan for what might happen tomorrow, and we recommend V-MAP. These are the first letters of Vision, Mission, Action, and Product. Living one day at a time while keeping some focus on the future reduces stress. It allows you to do your best work now by being present and realizing that if you do what you enjoy, it naturally builds toward tomorrow.

Detaching from Constant Craving

The idea of being grateful for what you have goes hand in hand with happiness. You can always want more, but what you have now is the result of everything that came before. Gratitude helps with planning and allows you to detach from constant craving. If something is meant to happen in the future, it either will or it won’t. With V-MAP, you can put energy toward an outcome, but not control it. This freedom allows you to enjoy what you already have.

The Secret of Humor

Having a sense of humor really helps. Telling jokes or simply enjoying life through conversation often puts you in a positive state of mind. This is definitely one of the secrets of life. Look at the world around us—we have leaders acting like clowns, governing through fear and self-interest. Taken too seriously, it can feel overwhelming. Seen with humor, it becomes clear that these approaches do not work in the long run. People want happiness, and happiness goes hand in hand with freedom.