Friday, November 30, 2012

Seeking happiness, I passed many travelers headed in the opposite direction, seeking happiness.
Robert Brault

It is an individual journey. You don't have to take it alone, but no one else can tell you which direction to turn first.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Happiness is distraction from the human tragedy.
J.M. Reinoso

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable.
Joseph Roux


Tuesday, November 27, 2012

It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
Berke Breathed

As a good friend reminded me yesterday, it is never too late to enjoy Macaroni and Cheese and gummy bears. It is the little things that matter more. 

Monday, November 26, 2012

One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
Chinese Proverb

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Mark a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
Psalm 100

Saturday, November 24, 2012

You won't be happy with more until you're happy with what you've got.
Viki King

Friday, November 23, 2012

There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy.
Ralph H. Blum

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am grateful for what I am and have.
My thanksgiving is perpetual...
O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches.
No run on my bank can drain it
for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.
Henry David Thoreau

Of course I am thankful for all the usual things this year 
The Gospel, My Savior, My Husband, My Child, family, friends, a home 
but there have been additions to my list in the last 12 months that has given my life new meaning 
"Hi" Walking Communication Teeth Hair
 Couch Frames Crafts Books Escape
And even more love this year than I had last year 
for the man who made me his over 53 months ago.  

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.
Denis Waitley

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy.
David Steindl-Rast

Monday, November 19, 2012

If the day and night be such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more immortal - that is your success. All nature is your congratulation, and you have cause momentarily to bless yourself.
Henry David Thoreau

Sunday, November 18, 2012

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
Colossians 3:14-15

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
Ambrose Bierce
The Devil's Dictionary

All too often we play the comparison game and only then do we think we are happy. Happiness is an individual sport, enhanced by playing for a team... kind of like tennis.

Friday, November 16, 2012

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.
Walter Savage Landor

So true. As soon as we think there is more happiness out there to be had, we stop looking at the happiness we have.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.
Thornton Wilder

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

One filled with joy preaches without preaching.
Mother Teresa

Monday, November 12, 2012

A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.
Seneca

Our minds are powerful tools, might as well put them to good use.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

In the end, happiness does not spring from perfection but applying divine principles, even in small steps.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Saturday, November 10, 2012

So long as we can lose any happiness, we possess some.
Booth Tarkington

Friday, November 9, 2012

I have only two kinds of days: happy and hysterically happy.
Allen J. Lefferdink

This is the kind of statement we all should be able to make... I guess we are all able... This is the kind of statement we should all choose to make, and not be lying.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now, and there will never be a time when it is not now.
Gerald Jampolsky

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.
Thich Nhat Hanh

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.
John Stuart Mill

Monday, November 5, 2012

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.
William Shakespeare

Sunday, November 4, 2012

If we will follow the advice and counsel that the Lord has given, our pathway will be one of happiness. It will be a pathway, perhaps not of ease and comfort always, but in the end it will terminate in the presence of our Heavenly Father, and glory, immortality and eternal lives will be our portion.
George Albert Smith

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Cheerfulness is what greases the axles of the world. Don't go through life creaking.
H.W. Byles

Friday, November 2, 2012

The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.
Doug Larson

Thursday, November 1, 2012

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
Eric Hoffer