No Reason Needed
Children are often happy without reason — it is part of their charm. Often you can catch a child laughing for the sheer joy of it, smiling for the sake…
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Happiness Is Not Selfish.
Happiness is made to be shared. The martyr ethic is built upon a number of erroneous and fearful beliefs about happiness, the major one being that happiness is selfish. Another…
Value Joy.
The only value suffering has is that it points out that you’re running low on happiness. The function of suffering is, therefore, to remind you to choose happiness, choose love,…
You Don’t Deserve Happiness!
Ask yourself now: “Do I deserve to be happy?” Be careful how you answer this question, however, for there’s a catch. If you answer no, then no matter what you…
Teaching Ourselves
You cannot teach others that they’re guilty if you’re to be free of guilt yourself. It’s important to understand that, on the level of consciousness, thoughts are never given away;…
Happiness and Guilt
You enjoy as much happiness as you believe you’re worthy of. Happiness is natural, easy, and effortless when your Self-acceptance is high, but happiness is blasphemous when your Self-acceptance is…
Time to Be Happy
It takes as much time to be happy as it does to be depressed or resentful. Happiness requires no extra time. In fact, it requires no time at all. As…
The Deciding Vote
The perception that happiness is a decision affirms that attitude is first, circumstance is second. It teaches you that whatever is happening, you always carry the deciding vote when it…
Your Choice
Nothing in the world can make you happy; everything in the world can encourage you to be happy…. The world cannot take away your right to happiness or sadness. It…
Pursuing Happiness
It’s ironic that the only joy you ever experience while pursuing happiness is when you very occasionally allow yourself to rest, relax, and stop pursuing happiness. Think of what joy…