The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult.

Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult.

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like morning light it scattered the read more

It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.

It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into read more

It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into a darkened room and turn on the light, it doesn't matter if the room ahs been dark for a day, a week, or ten thousand years - we turn on the light and it is illuminated. Once we control our capacity for love and happiness, the light has been turned on. . -Sharon Salzberg.

Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances.

Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances.

My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. read more

My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right?rn

. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.

. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.

Happiness is not pleasure, it's victory.

Happiness is not pleasure, it's victory.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness.
Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten read more

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness.
Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten
lost.