"I have come to see that our problem is that we don't know what happiness is. We confuse it with a life uncluttered by feelings of anxiety, rage, doubt, and sadness. But happiness is something entirely different. It's the ability to receive the pleasant without grasping and the unpleasant without condemning." -- Mark Epstein
(Photo: Spitalfields Markets, last Friday.)
It really does lower the stress level to realize that life doesn't have to be perfect in order for me to be happy. :)
ReplyDeletethis is profound.
ReplyDeleteI find happiness to be as slippery and illusive as a slick fish. I just think I've found it to realize it's not the real thing after all.
ReplyDeleteA great friend tells me all the time that happiness is for children. I tend to agree, I look for joy, calmness and contentment in life.
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