with small gestures you can consciously widen the circle of your empathy and be stronger for the effort not only will be you more resilient but your life may well be more filled with love 3 ways to boost your empathy in my opinion being happy is not easy or hard and shouldnt be viewed with a passfail mindset its an emotional state that you can develop and incorporate into your daily life but it doesnt just happen count your lucky stars thats the power of what ifs their capacity to create neverending questions neverending questions can rob you of a sense of closure and robbed of closure people find it difficult to move on footballs deflategate and the wonder of what if