In very simple terms, a core personal objective that can be applied to everyone is seeking to feel good.  While subjective in its determination, feeling good is about having happy and positive feelings about your life.

It is a pleasurable feeling.  Things that create pleasure can be motivating and seeking a state of happiness is one of these. 

Are you happy?

Although happiness is a subjective assessment, our feelings are very real to us and we generally know what they are quite definitively (although mixed feelings do exist).

Although it sounds a bit trite, we all recognize when we are happy and when we are not.  Contextually the drivers of happiness may be different but the ability to recognize it’s presence is not. 

Creating Joy 

Creating joy for others is one way to create your own happiness.  It can be the key to a pleasurable life.  Simply put, when we make other people happy we make ourselves happy. 

The real joy in gifts is not in the receiving (although we do enjoy that) but rather in the giving.  It makes us feel good to make others happy.  

I have often noted in my posts, “it’s all about me” and although today’s post seems to have an altruistic perspective the self-interest aspect of my beliefs is satisfied by the pleasure received through giving others pleasure.  

So don’t hesitate, be the joy that others crave.