One of the most sure-fire ways to connect to our happiness is by practicing gratitude. Gratitude springs from our appreciation of what we have, the idea of focusing on counting our blessings.

“people enter your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.”

You never fail until you stop trying. —Albert Einstein

“Tell the truth about who I am and what I see,”

Perfection is a fallacy. It doesn’t exist, and never will. There is good, great, and excellent. But there is no perfect.

When a person stops spending their days being their own torturer, it leaves a lot more time for happiness.

Whenever I was afraid, it was of about what might happen, not what was happening.

Living a wabi-sabi life allows us to come to gentle acceptance of the imperfections in our own lives.

Who knew that complimenting people was a twofer? The person who gives the compliment feels just as good as the person who gets it.