7 Secret Habits of Very Content and Satisfied People

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. - the Dalai Lama
What’s the secret to happiness? Depending on who you ask, you’ll get various different answers. Yet, finding contentment and satisfaction with life isn’t necessarily a hard science.
Most people who report feeling happy with their lives have certain thought patterns and habits. The theme is that it comes from within. No outside source can give you feelings of happiness, contentment, and satisfaction. Yet, society makes us believe that our happiness relies on external influence.
But the moment you realize that contentment is completely within your power, everything changes. When you realize you don’t necessarily need anything to be happy, your world opens up. Your life becomes better.
So, what are the habits and traits of highly content people? And how can you start being more like them?