“Some people CHASE happiness. And some people CHOOSE happiness…” -Robert Holden
I have a confession to make. I have made the most amateur mistake you can make when following your dreams. The one that even your grandma could have predicted. Yeah, it’s pretty embarrassing. Yet I’m going to open up and be vulnerable here, because I think there’s something you can learn from it.
There are some people who seem to think that happiness is the result of all the right wheels turning at just the right time. You’re walking down the street, find twenty dollars, get a compliment from a stranger, meet the perfect guy or girl (and don’t totally make a fool of yourself), go to your favorite store and get 50% off, etc., etc.
It’s easy to be happy when everything seems to be going your way, but I think that defining happiness that way reduces it to a byproduct of luck, or an accident, which it is not. In fact, I might even argue that luck is a byproduct of happiness, if I was in a particularly feisty mood.
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart. – Thich Nhat Hanh Who doesn’t want to be happy? Just take a look at any moment of your life, …
