EP 443: How to be Happy for no Reason

I always thought that happiness was something that was out there somewhere and if I wanted it, I’d need to go get it. I thought happiness existed in the car, or the job, or the new gadget, or the certain relationship with that one special person. But last year, something really interesting happened to me. In the midst of the coronavirus lockdown, when we couldn’t buy toilet paper or pasta; when my income was slashed and my wife had to go to work full time; when I was stuck inside the house with two young kids who were bored and confused, I had plenty of reasons to be unhappy. And yet, I found myself, as the world fell apart around me, sitting in an unshakeable happiness. I was happy for no reason. It wasn’t denial! It was simply the skill of happiness. In today’s episode, I talk about the four basic qualities that uncover the happiness that exists in each of us. With just a little practice, you can cultivate these qualities for yourself and you, too, can be happy for no reason.