I have a very humble garden on my balcony. The other day I was transfixed by the beauty of this lavender flower. Despite many many blessings in my life, I often allow little things to rob me of joy and get me depressed, irritated, anxious or stressed. My friend Anna J got a phrase stuck in my mind a while ago- "Attitude of Gratitude!" and I've been repeating it to myself as a cure for whenever I feel tempted to complain. Here are my favourite happiness quotes:
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
-Rabindranath Tagore
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
-Leo Tolstoy.
The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. ~George Bernard Shaw
Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have. – Unknown
"Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full." John 16:24
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. ~Mark Twain
"The joy of the Lord is your strength." Nehemiah 8:10
Here's a photo of a little person that gives me great joy. Photo (and chook) courtesy of my sister.
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