If you’ve ever tried unsuccessfully to create a bigger vision for your life, you are among the many people who struggle to recognize their full potential.

There are many reasons this happens, but most often it is the result of childhood conditioning or limiting inner beliefs. If your parents were always belittling your dreams of greatness, or if someone gave you the impression that you would never amount to anything, you may struggle to see any possible way to improve upon your life.

You know those people who seem to have it all together because they have endless amounts of passion and determination; the people who are always coming up with great ideas and aren’t afraid to act on them?

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When you think of being happy, you probably think about external factors in your life, such as having a comfortable place to live, money to fund your lifestyle, and more. While those things can certainly contribute to a greater sense of well-being and contentment, they rarely create happiness on their own.

Rather, genuine happiness is usually the result of less tangible factors. Below you’ll find three of the major factors that can help you to create a life of true joy and happiness, regardless of the state of your outer circumstances:

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By Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

Some say that the purpose of life is to seek happiness. Is happiness the purpose, or is happiness the result of another purpose? Is happiness the meaning of life, or is happiness the result of discovering what has heart and meaning for you? There is not one right answer to this question. The answer lies within each of us regarding what gives meaning to our life.

What Gives Meaning to Your Life?

Perhaps, in seeking happiness, we discover what has heart and meaning for us. Is this how it is for you? Or is it the other way around for you? Is happiness for you the result of loving yourself and others? Do you find that when you are open and loving, that you feel filled with happiness? Maybe love and happiness are inseparable. Maybe when we are happy, we are naturally loving, and maybe when we are loving, we experience happiness.

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