How To Totally Master The Art Of Being Happy In 6 Steps (Or Less!) Stop looking and start doing! Happiness seems to be the ultimate — yet most elusive — of goals. We want to understand how to be happy with our family, work, health, finances, relationships and future. And while we may feel happy for brief or fleeting moments, soaking in an adrenaline rush and energy, the feeling seems to fade quickly with the next less-than-positive person or situation that we encounter. Happiness in the moment can inspire fear of "What if this doesn't last and I go back to being sad or depressed?", which can put a real damper on the good feelings. Is it any wonder we don't see happiness as a long-term state of being? But here's a secret: Happy is a state of doing, not being. Happy people do things differently than unhappy ones, and you can too. Let's first look at how we got into this mess of striving for happiness without fully believing it's possible. Together, we can create something better than this dismal road to frustration and anxiety. We have a societal need to seek out what's wrong with everything and focus on the negative. That has got to stop. ---DECRYPTED---