We have only control over ourselves. If our happiness depends on other people ,you waste so much energy on what you have no control over. You become frustrated and create negative emotions. It is so hard even to change the closest of friends or an immediate family member. But to find peace and happiness you just have to change yourself and your perceptions. It is so much easier. If you do not depend on anyone, or on any situation , and just focus on yourself , the whole world changes so beautifully . By being in the present moment and aware of my mind and my emotions, I am not concerned what others think. I take control of my mind and what I am about to create. This technique of "Right here, Right now" is so beautiful. We only have to change oneself , because when we change ourselves our perception shifts and the world starts to look so beautiful for each of us. It’s what’s going within our mind that effects the way we see things. This changes the way I see in the world in front of me. If I feel good, automatically I notice positive things. If I feel bad, even the good things will starts looks not so good and I will create worry.
So everything is about the change within. So one starts to understand the whole concept of life from a new point of view. Its not about what is happening around me, its more about the way I perceive it and feel about it. Change your mind and make your life beautiful and happy. This is why we are all living, for us to experience joy and be happy. Living in the moment is such a beautiful way to make us do that .