“Sadly, many of us continually postpone our happiness – indefinitely. It’s not that we consciously set out to do so, but that we keep convincing ourselves, “Someday I’ll be happy.” We tell ourselves we’ll be happy when our bills are paid, when we get out of school, get our first job, a promotion. We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, and then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren’t old enough – we’ll be more content when they are. After that, we’re frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation when we retire. And on and on and on!

Meanwhile, life keeps moving forward. The truth is, there’s no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when? Your life will always be filled with challenges. It’s best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway.”

Richard Carlson, PH.D., in “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff”

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“Nobody knows when the world will end. It may end tomorrow, next week, or never. Everything is in a state of flux. This is nothing new, it has always been so.

Instead of worrying and lamenting, rejoice. Rejoice in supreme gratitude for the magnificent thrill of every moment, however strenuous or weird that moment may be. This does not mean you should walk around in ignorance of the dangers facing you on this planet at this present time, but simply that you don’t let that prevent you from being fully alert and able to respond effectively, appropriately, and cheerfully to whatever’s happening in the present moment at this time.

At times, fear of the danger, sadness at the needless destruction and despair at the suffering will inevitably overwhelm you. At these times apply yourself with redoubled vigor to doing everything you can to preserve an nurture life, and as you do that, rejoice, i.e., literally feel joy again. It’s the only thing for a (spiritual) warrior to do.”

Stephen Russell, in “Barefoot Doctor’s Guide to the TAO”

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“If people want happiness so badly, why don’t they attempt to understand their false beliefs? First, because it never occurs to them to see them as false or even as beliefs. They see them as facts and reality, so deeply have they been programmed. Second, because they are scared to lose the only world they know: the world of desires, attachments, fears, social pressures, tensions, ambitions, worries, guilt, with flashes of the pleasure and relief and excitement which these things bring. Think of someone who is afraid to let go of a nightmare because, after all, that is the only world he knows. There you have the picture of yourself and of other people.”

Fr. Anthony DeMello, S.J., in “The Way to Love”

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“You would not be able to handle it if every thought you had was created instantly. Your life would change too quickly. Your home would be different from day to day. Your world would not function if everything changed with the rapidity of your thoughts. So you have created a veil that stands between you and manifesting your thoughts.

You will be able to manifest your thoughts more quickly in the areas where they are loving and high. If you have not mastered the unloving thoughts in an area, it would be too destructive to manifest your thoughts in that area instantly. If you are trying to get something and it is not coming, look at all of the thoughts you are having about that area of your life, and substitute thoughts of a higher quality for any negative thoughts you discover.”

Sanaya Roman, in “Personal Power through Awareness”

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“The essence of all religions is love, compassion, and tolerance. Kindness is my true religion. No matter whether you are learned or not, whether you believe in the next life or not, whether you believe in God or Buddha, or some other religion or not, in day-to-day life you MUST be a kind person. When you are motivated by kindness, it doesn’t matter whether you are a practitioner, a lawyer, a politician, an administrator, a worker, or an engineer: whatever your profession or field, deep down you are a kind person.”

The Dalai Lama

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“If you have to force someone or something into your life that is not part of your highest good, remember that what you fight to get, you fight to keep.”

Catherine Ponder, in “Open Your Mind to Prosperity”

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