4 . You only live once, and life is short. It’s easy to look at people who are happy and assume that they don’t understand your pain. The older you get, the more you realize that happiness takes work. People who smile in public have been through as much as people who cry, scream, etc.     1     So how can you live life to the fullest? Here are some tips to help you out:

Decide what’s important to you. It doesn’t matter what it is.     2     Your parents, friends and society in general all have their opinions, but you’re the only person who will be around for every moment of your life. Do what makes you happy, and everything else will fall into place.

Ready to take risks. Sometimes, there’s danger involved in life, but every reward carries risk with it.     3     However, if you never take risks, you’ll never get anywhere in life. When people look back on their lives, they regret the chances they didn’t take more than the ones they did.

Ignore the haters. No matter what you decide to do with your life, there will always be someone around to point out the many ways you will fail. Know that every winner loses, but not every loser wins.     4     Instead, they keep pushing through failure.

    5     Your being right about something doesn’t mean there aren’t other ways to look at it. Listening to ideas you don’t agree with or understand keeps your brain active and healthy.