Happiness is a choice.
Decide to be happy. And realize that you are not the center of other people's universe. Most of the unhappy and/or angry people I know chose to be the victim in every situation. example: If a clerk is rude that day they think the clerk is being rude specifically to them. When a clerk is rude to me I think wow he/she is having bad day (going through a divorce, a family member's illness, a boss you just yelled at them, 3 rude customers that came before me, whatever...I just never assume the rudeness was because of me so I let it roll over my back and don't react in a way to escalate the situation and think I put the incident out of my mind)
In my opinion the closest thing to a single key would be self worth. Happiness comes from within and from what I have witnessed if there is no self worth, a person feels they have no right to happiness. If you don't have it, no matter what wonderful things life presents to you, you will dismiss it and turn away because after all, you're not worthy...
Just to add to this, if you accept every aspect of your-self, then all the other relationships in your life will be wonderful. Why? Because we only have subjective reality, or subjective consciousness. If there is nothing unacceptable about us, then there will be nothing unacceptable in those who come into our lives/consciousness.
And, when we are able to love, to really love everyone in our lives as we love our self, then we are in partnership with the Creator. This will bring us joy.
Be Well...
Decide to be happy. And realize that you are not the center of other people's universe. Most of the unhappy and/or angry people I know chose to be the victim in every situation. example: If a clerk is rude that day they think the clerk is being rude specifically to them. When a clerk is rude to me I think wow he/she is having bad day (going through a divorce, a family member's illness, a boss you just yelled at them, 3 rude customers that came before me, whatever...I just never assume the rudeness was because of me so I let it roll over my back and don't react in a way to escalate the situation and think I put the incident out of my mind)
In my opinion the closest thing to a single key would be self worth. Happiness comes from within and from what I have witnessed if there is no self worth, a person feels they have no right to happiness. If you don't have it, no matter what wonderful things life presents to you, you will dismiss it and turn away because after all, you're not worthy...
Just to add to this, if you accept every aspect of your-self, then all the other relationships in your life will be wonderful. Why? Because we only have subjective reality, or subjective consciousness. If there is nothing unacceptable about us, then there will be nothing unacceptable in those who come into our lives/consciousness.
And, when we are able to love, to really love everyone in our lives as we love our self, then we are in partnership with the Creator. This will bring us joy.
Be Well...