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Happiness is in the journey
Happiness, as viewed by most people, is a sought
destination. It is something to be. It is something to become. To this unfortunate lot, happiness is the end of the rainbow, the pot of gold. They spend out a lifetime chasing rainbows. They might as well chase the shadows for they shall never find in the external that which only resides within.
Happiness is in the journey, not in the destination. Happy is he who has found self. Happy is he who knows God. Happy is he who has lofty and noble aspirations. Happy is he who is rising in the world, climbing higher and higher. Happy is he who is enriching the lives of all those about him. Happy is he who is contributing something to make this world a better place in which to live. Happy is he whose work, whose chores, whose daily tasks, are labours of love. Happy is he who loves love. Happy is he who loves life. Happy is he who is happy. Happiness is every day. Happiness is now. Happiness is in the journey.
Happiness is a state of mind. It can never be found in the material things about us, in such things as wealth, position or power. Disillusioned and disappointed are they who spend a lifetime harvesting and accumulating more wealth than they need, only to discover, too late, that all the money in the world won't buy a grain of happiness.
Happiness is an expression of appreciation for the things which we have now. Happiness is today. Happiness is now. Each new dawn signals the birth of a glorious new day wherein we can both give and find love, contentment, cheerfulness and unselfish service.
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Abraham Lincoln
