Lessons on Happiness

Happiness is a Journey, Not a Destination:

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions. - Dalai Lama

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling. - Margaret Lee Runbeck

Mindfulness Matters:

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. - Mahatma Gandhi

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happiness is a Choice:

Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be. - Abraham Lincoln

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. - Aeschylus

Give and Receive:

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. - Mahatma Gandhi

Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give. - Ben Carson

Happiness is not the goal:

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. - Eleanor Roosevelt

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Until next week,
Isaac Wooden | Dalton Howell

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