Trying to Be Happy
"If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we'd have a pretty good time."
~Edith Wharton~
We can spend a lot of time, money, and energy trying to make ourselves happy - eating fancy meals, going on expensive vacations, throwing big parties, buying nice clothes. We think these things will bring us happiness but often our happiness is short-lived, lasting about as long as it takes to get heartburn from eating too much, return to work from vacation, clean up after the party, or realize that we don't look as nice in our clothes as we'd hoped we would.
If we could learn to find happiness from moment to moment in the small things of life, we'd always have a pretty good time.
I don't need something outside of myself to make me happy. Happiness is a choice I can make under almost any circumstances.
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