Happiness is like white light. It constitutes
SPIRE stands for “Spiritual, Physical, Intellectual, Relational and Emotional”.
Spirituality: Finding a sense of purpose and meaning in life, work, and at home. We are more likely to overcome barriers.
Physical: Stress management, the problem is not stress it's the lack of recovery from stress.
Intellectual: Curiosity leads to a happier and longer life. Deeply engaging with material (state of flow)
Relational: Spending quality time with people we care about and the people who care about us. This is the most important factor of happiness. The number 1 condition to increase the likelihood of antifragility.
Emotional: Embracing painful emotions is important but we also need to cultivate pleasurable emotions. When we appreciate the good in life we have more of it.
It's not necessary for things that happen to be for the best but rather we need to make the best out of things that happen with us.
Happiness is a whole being. Happiness is not a destination, but rather a journey.
