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<p class="entry-meta"> by <span class="entry-author"><span class="entry-author-name">Jared Akers</span></span></p></header><div class="entry-content"><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">This is no fluff, straight to the point, action based information that can change your life.</span></p>
<p>To be happy and start living fearless, you only need to know this: <strong>You’re not here to win, you’re here to learn</strong>.</p>
<p>The more you accept this, the less fear, stress, and anxiety you’ll have in your life and the happier you will be.</p>
<p>All fear is imagined; thus the side effects of stress and anxiety are self-inflicted.</p>
<p><strong>The secret to living a fearless life is truth</strong>. Truth about yourself and the purpose you have in this world.</p>
<p><a href="https://jaredakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/how-to-live-fearless.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-3606 size-full" title="How to Be Happy and Live Fearless" src="https://jaredakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/how-to-live-fearless.jpg" alt="How to Live Fearless" width="800" height="320" srcset="https://jaredakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/how-to-live-fearless.jpg 800w, https://jaredakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/how-to-live-fearless-300x120.jpg 300w, https://jaredakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/how-to-live-fearless-768x307.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></p>
<h2>How to Be Happy</h2>
<p>If you put in the dedication of knowing yourself completely and un-dividing your mind, you’ll discover it’s the same with stress and anxiety; it’s all imagined or created in your mind. Yet, even though many accept this logic (of our mind being our biggest problem), then why is everyone still running around full of fear, stress, anxiety, and ultimately unhappiness?</p>
<p>One reason is <strong>we’re chasing an illusion</strong>; the illusion of success and winning defined by society, parents, friends, etc. I too lived the illusion for many years.</p>
<p>Since my early twenties I had this image in my mind of what success looked like. It consisted of a loft apartment overlooking the city and driving a Porsche. My idea of success had nothing to do with personal character or the individual I would become; it was based on status and materialism. I would set all these goals for myself, reach them, and then trudge on to the next one. I was never satisfied and still full of fear, anxiety, and stress.</p>
<p><strong>Are you stuck?</strong> Maybe you’re like I used to be. Trudging through life, not really sure what is wrong while disliking and fearing two things; <strong>the way things are</strong> and <strong>change</strong>.</p>
<p>I was lucky. I become desperate enough to seek a better way. Not <em>the</em> easier way—at first—but I’ve certainly discovered how to be happy. So can you.</p>
<h2>Are you ready to start loving yourself?</h2>
<p><a href="https://jaredakers.com/subscribe/">Click Here for my FREE eBook, “How to Be Happy Now: Finding Happiness in Everyday Living”</a></p>
</div></article><article class="post-4045 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-happiness category-love category-relationships-2 tag-happiness-2 tag-love entry" aria-label="31 Quotes About Love to Ignite Your Relationship"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://jaredakers.com/31-quotes-love-ignite-relationship/">31 Quotes About Love to Ignite Your Relationship</a></h2>
<p class="entry-meta"> by <span class="entry-author"><span class="entry-author-name">Jared Akers</span></span></p></header><div class="entry-content"><p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-4046 aligncenter" src="https://jaredakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/quotes-about-love.jpg" alt="quotes about love" width="475" height="316" srcset="https://jaredakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/quotes-about-love.jpg 475w, https://jaredakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/quotes-about-love-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px" /></p>
<p>We were married on a beach. It was amazing.</p>
<p>Our wedding service consisted of Emily and myself, our wedding official Caroline, and about a dozen chickens. As part of our service, Caroline read something that would be the foundation of our life together.</p>
<blockquote><p>Your “homework” is to practice an ancient Sufi tradition: In your life together, speak words to your beloved only if they can pass through 3 gates: First, is it truthful? Second, is it necessary? Third, is it kind? If your words are truthful &amp; necessary &amp; kind, then the love you have maintained up until today will be nourished and continue to grow &amp; your name will continue to remain safe in your beloved’s mouth.</p></blockquote>
<p>Love for self first and foremost is the <a href="http://amzn.to/2n8UWZO" target="_blank">Secret to Love that Lasts</a>.</p>
<p>Sometimes love is hard to put into words. Here are 31 quotes about love that will inspire your relationship: <a href="https://jaredakers.com/31-quotes-love-ignite-relationship/#more-4045" class="more-link">[Read more&#8230;]</a></p>
</div></article><article class="post-4028 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-happiness category-relationships-2 entry" aria-label="The Pain and Joy of Discovering Who You Are (and are not)"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://jaredakers.com/discovering-who-you-are/">The Pain and Joy of Discovering Who You Are (and are not)</a></h2>
<p class="entry-meta"> by <span class="entry-author"><span class="entry-author-name">Jared Akers</span></span></p></header><div class="entry-content"><p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4030" src="https://jaredakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/discovering-who-you-are.jpg" alt="discovering who you are" width="475" height="317" srcset="https://jaredakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/discovering-who-you-are.jpg 475w, https://jaredakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/discovering-who-you-are-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px" /></p>
<p>I was standing outside talking to a few friends when she came up and asked, “would you like to catch a movie?”</p>
<p>Quickly my mind started racing, I needed to come up with an excuse. It’s not that I didn’t want to hang out with her so much, I honestly just wanted to get home and relax.</p>
<p>“Sorry,” I said, “can’t, have groceries in the car and need to get the ice cream home.”</p>
<p>“What kind?” she asked.</p>
<p>“What?” I responded, as my brain needed a few milliseconds to come up with a flavor.</p>
<p>“What kind of ice cream?”</p>
<p>“Oh, rocky road.”</p>
<p>On my drive home I felt guilty, so I dropped by the store and picked up a pint of rocky road. And it occurred to me that I lied for no logical reason. I lied simply because I didn’t want to hurt her feelings.</p>
<p>In that moment a rush of memories flooded my consciousness; every time I’d ever lied to someone for no other reason than I didn’t want to hurt their feelings. I didn’t want to hurt their feelings because I needed them to like me. <a href="https://jaredakers.com/discovering-who-you-are/#more-4028" class="more-link">[Read more&#8230;]</a></p>
</div></article><article class="post-3951 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-happiness tag-circumstances tag-mindset tag-negative-thinking tag-optimism tag-positive-thinking entry" aria-label="5 Tips on How to Stay Positive no Matter What the Circumstances. #3 Saves me Everyday"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://jaredakers.com/5-tips-stay-positive-no-matter-circumstances-3-saves-everyday/">5 Tips on How to Stay Positive no Matter What the Circumstances. #3 Saves me Everyday</a></h2>
<p class="entry-meta"> by <span class="entry-author"><span class="entry-author-name">Jared Akers</span></span></p></header><div class="entry-content"><p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3946" src="https://jaredakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/stay-positive-no-matter-what-the-circumstances.jpg" alt="stay positive no matter what the circumstances" width="475" height="315" srcset="https://jaredakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/stay-positive-no-matter-what-the-circumstances.jpg 475w, https://jaredakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/stay-positive-no-matter-what-the-circumstances-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px" /></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">“You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.”<br />
&#8211; Joyce Meyer</p>
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<p>It was a typical July day in the Midwest. Hot. The previous night my wife Emily and I had returned home from a short trip to see my parents. My father, just ten days previously, had been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.</p>
<p>The phone rang, it was my mother. She said, “It’s dad…” and in the background I could hear something was going on; people talking and scurrying around. Then I heard my mother say to whomever else was there, “he wants to live!”</p>
<p>He didn’t live past that night. But he did live for 65 years. Which is more than some get.</p>
<h2>How Do You Stay Positive no Matter What the Circumstances?</h2>
<p>In pondering this question what first came to mind was: No matter how bad you think your circumstances are, someone else has it worse.<br />
 <a href="https://jaredakers.com/5-tips-stay-positive-no-matter-circumstances-3-saves-everyday/#more-3951" class="more-link">[Read more&#8230;]</a></p>
</div></article><article class="post-3791 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-happiness category-travel tag-budget tag-travel-2 tag-travel-tips entry" aria-label="How to Take an Awesome Vacation Every Six Months, 4 Tips on Finding Travel Deals"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://jaredakers.com/take-vacation-every-six-months-finding-travel-deals/">How to Take an Awesome Vacation Every Six Months, 4 Tips on Finding Travel Deals</a></h2>
<p class="entry-meta"> by <span class="entry-author"><span class="entry-author-name">Jared Akers</span></span></p></header><div class="entry-content"><p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3792" src="https://jaredakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/trip-tips.jpg" alt="trip tips" width="720" height="290" srcset="https://jaredakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/trip-tips.jpg 720w, https://jaredakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/trip-tips-300x121.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" /></p>
<p>We met online and it was my first date in almost a year. Just after her margarita and my iced tea arrived, I asked my qualifier question, “If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be?”</p>
<p>Her answer, “Las Vegas.”</p>
<p>She didn’t even think about it.</p>
<p>I have nothing against Las Vegas, but I was hoping for something a little more exotic or at least outside of the U.S.</p>
<p>The following day I had another date with a woman named Emily.</p>
<p>Again, “If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?”</p>
<p>Her answer, “Belize, because I want to learn how to SCUBA dive and hear the diving is good there.”<br />
 <a href="https://jaredakers.com/take-vacation-every-six-months-finding-travel-deals/#more-3791" class="more-link">[Read more&#8230;]</a></p>
</div></article><article class="post-3698 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-happiness entry" aria-label="How to Be Happy Everyday: 10 Tips (#8 is golden)"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://jaredakers.com/how-to-be-happy-everyday/">How to Be Happy Everyday: 10 Tips (#8 is golden)</a></h2>
<p class="entry-meta"> by <span class="entry-author"><span class="entry-author-name">Jared Akers</span></span></p></header><div class="entry-content"><p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-3700 size-full" src="https://jaredakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/RoseColoredGlasses_Dog_HappyEveryday_720x290.jpg" alt="How to Be Happy Everyday" width="720" height="290" srcset="https://jaredakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/RoseColoredGlasses_Dog_HappyEveryday_720x290.jpg 720w, https://jaredakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/RoseColoredGlasses_Dog_HappyEveryday_720x290-300x121.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" /></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever<br />
state I may be in, therein to be content.<br />
&#8211; Helen Keller</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Sometimes&#8230; I just don’t want to be happy; let alone worrying about how to be happy everyday.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I want to sit in a morass of self-pity.</p>
<p dir="ltr">But I don’t.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Because for me, feeling that way for too long <a href="https://jaredakers.com/the-greatest-gift/" target="_blank">can be dangerous</a>!</p>
<p dir="ltr">So I get off my ass and do something. I take action and and it starts with a choice.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Although it’s not realistic to be happy 24/7, you can make a choice to be happy (at least at some point in each day).</p>
<p dir="ltr">Below are ten tips on how to be happy everyday. Not all are required, but working through the list can produce happiness at some point everyday:</p>
<p> <a href="https://jaredakers.com/how-to-be-happy-everyday/#more-3698" class="more-link">[Read more&#8230;]</a></p>
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