It's funny. If there were "tips and tricks" to finding happiness... damn near everyone would be happy! Unfortunately, there really aren't. Every single person has to go their own way to find happiness. People makes millions selling books claiming to have the answers... when they don't. They might have some good ideas... but in the end it's all superficial.
The best advice I can give you on "The pursuit of Happiness" is simply to be patient, and open-minded... and realize nobody can tell you how to be happy. You have to figure it out on your own.
Warning! Opinions below!
[mini-rant]I personally find "the pursuit of happiness" (life long happiness) to be silly, and somewhat useless. I don't expect to, or want to be happy for the rest of my life. I want life experiences... the good, the bad, and the ugly. I want to be able to be on my deathbed, look back on life, and be content and proud of my life. Surely my life will be full of happiness, sadness, anger, hate... but it will all be experiences. I believe in living a "full" or "whole" life. Now that I think about it, my "pursuit of happiness" has nothing to do with being happy now... and everything to do with dying content. If I look back on my life and see all happy memories, I'll feel it was a waste... because happiness is only a very minor fraction of what life has to offer. There are so many learning experiences that can only be had... but only if you're open to them. If you want to ignore all the problems in the world, and your own life... if you want to be happy all the time... then you're cutting yourself off from soo much. I want to lose loved ones, I want to get angry, I want to cry, I want to hurt. Because in the end (or near the end) I'll be able to look back on it all and learn from it.[/mini-rant]
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