9 Ways to be Happy and Make Something of your Life Gordon B. Hinckley Be Grateful Complaining and being ungrateful for what we have or dont get can sometimes damage the human brain. What that does to us is condition us to not conform in a bad way and make other feel bad or hurt feelings sometimes unintentionally. We have to learn the difference from conforming to look for something bigger and better but in a good way, for example education don't always choose the easy classes or the easy ways always challenge yourself to do better set goals to get you to motivation. Being grateful for what we have and who we have can be the start to happiness, we may not have what we want in life, but we always have to learn to appreciate, and if you dont like something then change it if you think you can do better then go for it, but always appreciating what you have. If your grades are not good enough for college dont drop out get help do extra work and learn from your mista