What is the secret of a happy life

Numerous studies among today’s youth show that most young people dream of becoming rich, famous, and influential, and make this a goal of their lives. The question is another: Will this trend make today’s young people happy? And what makes us truly happy throughout life, from childhood to old age?

Back in 1938, scientists at Harvard University began conducting the longest and most unique study in the history of research, in order to get one clear and unambiguous answer to the question, “What makes people happy and healthy throughout life?”

After 75 years of observation, scientists concluded that only good relationships make people happier and healthier. They identified three major lessons and conclusions of their study.

  1. CONSTANT LONELINESS IS A SERIOUS THREAT TO HUMANS.
    It turned out that people who have a strong bond with family, friends, and community are much happier, healthier physically, and live longer than people who are deprived of the company of others. The state of loneliness has been proven to poison a person’s life, depriving it of meaning. A person’s life is full and brings joy mostly when a person feels useful, needed by someone and significant in this world. That is why it is extremely difficult to be happy when one is alone.
  2. THE QUALITY OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PEOPLE CLOSE TO YOU IS IMPORTANT.
    Living in a state of conflict is extremely detrimental to our health. Conflicting families, for example, where there is not enough love and warmth between partners, are very detrimental to health, much more serious and dangerous than divorce. Too much internal tension and a constant state of stress in families can become the norm. That is why it is so important to learn how to build strong, trusting relationships, moreover such relationships serve as a certain protection for a person from blows of fate and from aging, both physical and psychological. Living in a spiritual environment is a protection for a person.
  3. GOOD RELATIONSHIPS PROTECT NOT ONLY OUR BODIES BUT ALSO OUR BRAINS.
    It turns out that a secure and strong attachment to another person protects us. People in relationships where they can really rely on each other during difficult times in life retain a good memory longer, while people whose relationships don’t allow them to truly rely on each other have memory problems much earlier.

Over 75 years of research by Harvard scientists confirmed that the better lived those people who relied on relationships within family, with friends and like-minded people.

The main conclusion: a happy life is built on good quality relationships.