“Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.” – C.S. Lewis
“Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.” – C.S. Lewis
Many people are trying to get through life as best as they can, with the least amount of unnecessary hassle. I have known people whose lives have hit rock-bottom, but they managed to bounce back and then they continued to work on their own personal development. Unless we have growth, we stagnate. One of the …
Bliadhna mhath ùr Wishing you all good health and happiness for the new year. As you navigate through life’s storms, may you be guided by the light of goodness and love, and have the strength to aid others who need a helping hand along the way. Stay on this righteous path and you will be …
Love is like the wind, It blows into emptiness And plants the seeds That grow into happiness.
Come to me when the night is lonely And dream of faraway places Where teardrops dry in the sun. Allow the cool gentle breeze of twilight time To penetrate the corners of your mind And blow away bad memories forever. Then you can become free from The dark lingering clouds of sadness That prevent you …
You floated into my life On a gentle breeze And caressed my soul, I hoped you would never leave. You took me to places High up in the clouds, I wanted it to last forever And never come down. When I awoke in the morning You looked so beautiful as you slept, A whole day …
HAPPINESS A tiring quest for the rich, a daily routine for the poor.
Bliadhna Mhath Ùr Thank you to everyone who has been following this blog. You are very much appreciated. I wish you all love, peace and happiness for 2016 and beyond.
“Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.” Helen Keller
“Seek happiness in tranquillity and avoid ambition even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries.” Mary Shelley
This is for Prekshaaa who has not been feeling too cheerful lately.
And now behold this sulking boy, His costly presents bring no joy; Harsh tears of anger fill his eye Tho’ he has all that wealth can buy. What profits it that he employs His many gifts to make a noise? His playroom is so placed that he Can cause his folks no agony. MORAL: Mere …
Drunkenness – that fierce rage for the slow, sure poison, that oversteps every other consideration; that casts aside wife, children, friends, happiness, and station; and hurries its victims madly on to degradation and death. Charles Dickens
Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own. H. Jackson Brown Jr.
“To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness.” Mary Stuart (Scottish Queen, 1542-1587) Mary, Queen of Scots
We find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve. Maxwell Maltz
Love yourself—accept yourself—forgive yourself—and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.” Leo F. Buscaglia There are things like these – forgiveness for example, that will make a huge difference in our lives and the lives of those around us, helping us remove many of the …