5 actions that make us truly happy

When we help others, in our brain are activated area responsible for pleasure. That is why in times of trouble is to bet on human communication.

Today, a group of economists from the Anglo-Saxon countries and in France, philosopher and economist Patrick Vivre struggling to hit the country's well-being was measured by its citizens, rather than the production of weapons and building prisons. Exploring what really makes people happy, they have come to an accurate conclusion: that everyday activities that are not related to the consumption and can do without the material conditions that the economic crisis threatens. Each of us must act so that such employment was more in his life, and our governments should help us in this.

1. Set the communication with other people

Invest in human relationships - with family members, with friends, colleagues, neighbors. These relationships will enrich your life, and every day more and more will support you.

2. Be active

Walk on foot. Ride your bike. Play football. Delve into the garden. Dance. Find a way to get your body moving, which would you like and amuse you. When the body is working, the mood rises.

3. Focus on the present moment

Be curious. Notice all the beautiful and unusual. Enjoy the moment that you live, whether it is breakfast with a friend or on foot to work. Focus on your bodily sensations, emotions, thoughts. Notes that the most important thing to you today.

4. Never stop learning. Try something new

Take singing, dancing, cooking or painting. Ask yourself the high standard that we would like to overcome, and then overcome it.

5. Give yourself another

Do something to help a friend or a stranger. Smile in the subway. Become a volunteer in community organizations.

Think of your future is inextricably linked to the future of others. When you have someone provide a service, it activates the deep areas of the brain responsible for pleasure. Surprisingly, it took the world economic crisis, to the eternal values ​​of our simple a place in the public debate. But is the Chinese character for crisis is not made up of the characters "danger" and "opportunity"?