happiness
Happiness, defined; things that help you find happiness, keep it, and share it with others.
True Love and Its Many Expressions
Many people say true love happens only once, like a huge, magical, unrepeatable experience. But I really don't think that's true. My own life has shown me that love is much bigger and more varied than that. I've felt truly deep and meaningful love more than just one time. I'm pretty sure there are lots of other people who also question the idea that true love is such a limited thing. I am confident that countless others share this perspective, questioning the exclusivity often associated with "true love."
By Nida Mahmood about a year ago in Motivation
The Spark Within
In a quiet village, nestled among the hills of a forgotten land, lived a boy named Kareem. His feet were bare, his clothes were torn, but his eyes carried the light of a thousand stars. He didn’t own much, but he had a dream — a dream too big for a place too small.
By Rahimullah Mohmandabout a year ago in Motivation
"I Gave Myself 24 Hours to Change My Life — Here's What Actually Happened"
I woke up that morning with a heaviness I couldn't shake. The kind that sits on your chest and makes breathing feel like a chore. It wasn’t the first time I’d felt this way — but something about that day was different. Maybe it was the unopened bills on the counter, the unanswered texts from friends I’d ghosted, or the job application I couldn’t bring myself to finish. Maybe it was the fact that I hadn't looked in a mirror in three days. Whatever it was, I stood in my kitchen, staring into my chipped coffee mug, and whispered something I’d never said out loud before: “This can’t be my life.” Then, like a scene from a movie I never asked to star in, I grabbed a notebook, scribbled a date and time, and wrote: "You have 24 hours to turn this around." No rules. No excuses. Just me, the clock, and one desperate shot to escape the quicksand I’d been sinking into for months. --- Hour 1: Clean Something. Anything. I started small. My room looked like a war zone of laundry, snack wrappers, and empty water bottles. I forced myself to make the bed. Then I did the dishes. Then I cleaned the bathroom. It didn’t fix my life. But for the first time in weeks, I felt like I could control something. --- Hour 3: Move Your Body, Move Your Mind I put on running shoes I hadn’t touched in over a year and walked. Not far. Just around the block. I didn’t track my steps or post it on social media. I just moved. As I walked, I remembered that I used to love music. I let Spotify surprise me and found myself humming along to a song I hadn’t heard since college. My heartbeat sped up — not just from the walk, but from the realization that joy wasn’t entirely gone. It was just buried. --- Hour 6: Apologize (Even if They Don’t Answer) I opened my messages and found three people I had hurt by disappearing — no explanations, just silence. I wrote them each a short, sincere message. Not to beg for forgiveness, but to own my mess. One replied within minutes: “I missed you. Let’s talk soon.” I cried harder than I had in months. --- Hour 10: Eat Like You Deserve to Feel Good Lunch wasn’t fancy. Just scrambled eggs, spinach, and toast. But I cooked it like I was on a cooking show, plating it with care. I sat at the table — not the couch — and ate without my phone in hand. I realized I hadn’t treated myself like someone worth feeding in a long time. --- Hour 12: Face the Mirror I stood in front of my mirror and didn’t look away. My hair was a mess. My eyes had dark circles. My face looked older than it should. But behind all of that, there was someone trying. Someone fighting. I whispered, “You're still in there.” And for the first time, I believed it. --- Hour 15: The One Thing You’ve Been Avoiding I opened the job application that had haunted my laptop for weeks. I finished it in 45 minutes. It wasn’t perfect. But it was done. Then I applied for two more jobs — just to remind myself that I could. --- Hour 18: Forgive Yourself This part hurt the most. I wrote a list of everything I hated myself for: the laziness, the self-sabotage, the isolation, the failed relationships. Then I ripped the page out of the notebook and burned it — in my kitchen sink, over a candle. Dramatic? Yes. Cathartic? Absolutely. --- Hour 21: Remember Who You Were Before the World Got Loud I pulled out an old photo of myself at 17. Wide-eyed, hopeful, scribbling dreams into a journal. I asked that version of me what they wanted — and the answer was immediate: “To make things that matter. To love without fear. To live fully.” --- Hour 23: Write the Plan I made a simple plan. Not a five-year vision board. Just the next five days: Wake up by 8 AM. Move for 20 minutes. Reach out to one person daily. Eat one real meal. Do one productive thing — just one. It didn’t feel like much. But it felt like momentum. --- Hour 24: Breathe. You Did It. As the 24-hour mark hit, I didn’t feel magically transformed. But I felt different. I felt awake. That day didn’t change everything. But it cracked the door open. I saw the light. And I stepped through it, one small action at a time. --- One Month Later… I got one of the jobs. It’s not my dream role, but it’s a start. I see my friends again. I walk daily. I even signed up for therapy. But more than that — I no longer wait for life to happen to me. I create it, 24 hours at a time. --- If you’re reading this at your breaking point, here’s your sign: Draw the line. Give yourself 24 hours. Take back one small piece of your life. You’d be shocked how much can change in a single day — when you finally decide you’re worth saving.
By Nizam khanabout a year ago in Motivation
💥 What If You Weren’t Afraid? How to Overcome the Fear of Failure and Finally Go After What You Want
Let’s be honest—fear of failure is something we all deal with. Whether you’re dreaming of starting your own business, changing careers, or just trying something new (like that salsa dance class you’ve been eyeing for months), that little voice inside often pipes up:
By Md Zillur Rahaman Chowdhuryabout a year ago in Motivation
🎯 This One Skill Could Change Your Life: Why Emotionally Intelligent People Always Win
Ever feel like life would be a whole lot easier if people just… made sense? Yeah, same here. There was a time when I’d get frustrated for no reason, blurt things out I didn’t mean, and then lie awake at night replaying awkward conversations in my head. Sound familiar? That’s when I stumbled across this thing called emotional intelligence—and let me tell you, it was a total game-changer.
By Md Zillur Rahaman Chowdhuryabout a year ago in Motivation
Feelings can be understood through feelings.
A feeling has no body, no eyes, no lips. There is no sound, no smell, no color. Yet that formless feeling—it touches the mind, brings tears to the eyes, makes the chest tremble, and can radically change life. You are sitting alone, there is silence all around, but suddenly a face comes to mind, and from that memory, an inexpressible wave begins to ripple inside your chest. This is the feeling—which cannot be touched, cannot be seen, can only be perceived in a secret room within yourself.
By Abdul Barikabout a year ago in Motivation
Love is one of the "purest" feelings in the world.
Love is the "purest" feeling in the world. And it is not just a play on poetic words; it is a truth that has been proven time and again throughout the ages, from nation to nation, from heart to heart. Love contains that purity that is not bound by any interest, does not love for any reason, does not take it in hand for any consequence. Love means a selfless, pure, completely heartfelt feeling, next to which no mathematical logic in the world can stand.
By Abdul Barikabout a year ago in Motivation
How to Save Your First $10K FAST in 2025
“It’s Not About How Much You Make — It’s What You Do With It” You’ve probably heard it before: “Just save more.” Okay, cool. But how? When everything costs more, rent keeps climbing, and you're working two jobs just to stay afloat?
By Wealthy movesabout a year ago in Motivation
People fall in love.
The feeling of love cannot really be fully expressed in any language or words. Love is an experience that can be felt, but can never be fully said. Language, due to its limitations, repeatedly fails to express the depth, pain, joy, or imperfection of love. Perhaps this is why there is so much wailing, so much poetry, so much singing, so much crying in the world about love—because people constantly try to express the countless unspoken love in their hearts, yet they repeatedly feel—they could not.
By Abdul Barikabout a year ago in Motivation
