In honor of International Happiness Day, I have compiled a list of things that either reminds us of what happiness can be or what we can do to get to a state of happiness.

1. People demonstrate what they are. We don’t pay attention to the signs.
2. People are what they are, not what you want them to be.
3. Life doesn’t happen to you. You have to play an active role in shaping it.
4. You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do. Identify the reason things are compelling you to do the things that you don’t want to do/that don’t make you happy.
5. Sometimes you only realize someone’s worth when they are gone.
6. Spending time with someone that doesn’t make you happy delays your happiness and theirs.
7. You choose all that you allow in your life.