1. What is happiness?
Happiness is a heartfelt emotion and a clear and beautiful inner feeling. I enjoy myself because others don't understand me. Zhuangzi believes that life should be cheerful, without desire or desire, and true happiness is the natural expression of the essence of life, which comes from one's own spirit, not from external things.
The so-called success does not mean going out for a ride in a black veil, but just making your body and mind happy beyond measure. In real life, people generally have two understandings of happiness. First, some people regard the enjoyment of material life and the sensory stimulation of the body as "happiness". In order to get this kind of "happiness", the mind is trapped by fame and fortune, lust and wealth, adding a lot of troubles, and losing the true colors of life in order to get "happiness". This kind of material and sensory happiness is illusory and short-lived, which can only be said to be the fall of life and the end of life. China's royal aristocrats and wealthy businessmen were prominent in the past dynasties, and many people pursued the material enjoyment of "awakening the world, sleeping on their knees" and "extravagant style, doing whatever they want". The light person is troubled, but the heavy person is not destroyed. Is to die young. Zhuangzi said: "The sex addict is shallow", which refers to the consequences caused by this kind of "pleasure". Second, some people pursue indifferent and pure soul and elegant cultural accomplishment all their lives, and never bend over for five buckets of rice, and regard it as the happiness of life, that is, the happiness of upright literati in China; Some people are not rich, but they are satisfied. They regard life as a simple happiness, that is, the happiness of the villagers in China mountain village. It can be said that such happiness is the real happiness in life and the happiness worth pursuing.
2. The healthy meaning of happiness
For modern people, the happiness of material enjoyment is understandable, but we must make happiness more lasting and noble, and life will benefit more. This is the real happiness of the world and the real interest of life.
The external expression of happiness is laughter. It can be said that happiness is the basis of laughter, and laughter is the expression of happiness. Psychologists have found that there are 18 kinds of smiles in human beings, of which only 1 kind is a natural and heartfelt smile, which is beneficial to health. Other 17 kinds of laughter, such as funny, fake smile, fake smile, are just artificial smiles that are not good for health.
Modern medicine has confirmed that happy laughter from the heart can stimulate endocrine glands to secrete hormones, accelerate blood flow, enhance the phagocytosis of cells, and increase antibodies and interferon. In addition, heartfelt laughter is closely related to the enhancement of brain function, which can make the pituitary gland release a pleasant substance to relieve stress, cheer up the spirit, regulate the function of the nervous system and block the vicious circle of diseases.
The doctor also found that all organs of the human body are doing health care massage gymnastics during the process of happy laughter from the heart, especially the nervous system, respiratory system, chest and abdomen organs and diaphragm will carry out beneficial exercises to enhance their functions. Laughter can also accelerate facial blood circulation and have a cosmetic effect, so happy people don't look old. In short, people who are happy inside eat sweetly and sleep soundly; Happy laughter from the heart can play a role that drugs can't.
There are many examples of understanding that laughter can cure diseases and keep fit. An American doctor wrote a book, Laughter is Good for Blood. At the beginning of the book, the first real and vivid example tells that an American journalist named Cousins suddenly suffered from a disease of "serious damage to connective tissue". The reporter struggled and was in great pain.
The doctor told him that it was an incurable disease. However, the strong cousins did not despair. He remembered the adage that "sadness will lead to illness, and happiness will cure it". So, I came up with a wonderful self-treatment method. First, I cheered up and despised the pain. At the same time, I made some comedies for the nurse to show him. Cousins was surprised to find that ten minutes of laughter had obvious analgesic effect, and even her sleep was much more stable than before. Later, he simply moved out of the hospital and arranged his own life. Laughter from the heart has become an indispensable part of his daily life. Ten years later, Cousins is still miraculously alive, relieved of illness and healthy.
There is also an Iranian birthday girl born in 1823. When the reporter interviewed his longevity, he was 156 years old. The old man named Abazi Hassa only answered one sentence: "I am cheerful." The famous physiologist Pavlov once said: "Happiness can make the body developed and strong."
However, laughter should be moderate and restrained. Because sudden joy or surprise or excessive laughter is a kind of stimulation. After the brain is stimulated, the sympathetic nerve will release a lot of adrenaline, which will accelerate the heart rate, blood pressure and breathing. If it exceeds people's adaptability, it will cause physical disorder, especially for people with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases or just had surgery, as well as pregnant women, which is a serious threat and should be avoided.
From ancient times to the present, there are many people who can be happy for a while and laugh for a while, but few people can always maintain a happy mood. Examples at all times and all over the world show that whoever can be happy all his life, who laughs for a long time and laughs last, will live the best.
So, don't lament the injustice of fate and bad luck. Happiness, joy, sadness and troubles are all controlled by ourselves, and each of us reports to the world by crying. I hope we can walk on the journey of life with a happy heart and inner smile. This is the real interest of life and the perfection of life.
Happiness and mental health
A person full of energy and happiness must be mentally healthy, and mental health is an important guarantee for physical health. It is scientifically proved that mental health is closely related to the occurrence and development of diseases, families, society and occupations. Therefore, the psychological state of optimists is one of the four indicators of life health.
After a long period of 10 years, American psychologists conducted a detailed survey of more than 100 people in more than 100 countries and regions, and found that happiness is a unique psychological feeling of human beings. An optimist, living in the same situation, is often healthy and sound, even if he is sick occasionally, it is easy to heal himself without medication. This is because optimists can immerse themselves in the world of endorphins. Endorphins are an interesting substance. Whenever a person feels happy, this substance is secreted in the brain to help relieve mental tension. David Felton, a professor of neurophysiology at the University of Chester who studies the brain's immune system, points out that when the brain secretes endorphins, the human immunity will be improved, thus defending against diseases and maintaining health.
It can be seen that if a person wants to live the life he deserves, he must learn to be happy, share happiness and grasp happiness. There are happy factors everywhere in life. Everything, everything, a word, even a look, contains happiness factors, but we usually lack discovery and grasp. Only by letting your mind learn to relax first can you meet happiness and stimulate health.