You Can Be Happy

"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking." - Marcus Aurelius

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature." - Marcus Aurelius

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To the uninitiated, happiness may depend on happenings like a crutch. This would be sad as your happiness would then be subject to the toss and turns of relationship with other people, your opportunities or the lack it, and your entire external environment. 

No doubt, there will be setbacks and disappointments in life. Paraphrasing from Marcus Aurelius' "Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil", you will find that life is neither happy or sad, but only a place for happiness or sadness. 

Circumstances, including other people, are a given and may not be changed instantly. Whether you respond with happiness or sadness, your circumstances will not give you a hoot.

You are the one who suffer if you choose to to view your challenges negatively.

Therefore, choose happiness. Happiness is free and holds manifest benefits. Think yourself happy until you're happy!

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