Happiness is … a state of mind.
As I read through Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, I keep thinking that I must have read it before. I find myself agreeing with everything I read, and realizing that I practice what he preaches. I am not bragging or boasting, merely observing.
One of the chapters deals with happiness and the observation that one can choose to be happy … or not. Just as I have chosen not to worry, I have chosen to be happy. Now lest you think that I am a self-righteous fool who thinks himself to be a saint, let me assure you that I am far from perfect. Coworkers tell me I don’t smile enough. My excuse is that I am just deep in thought usually trying to find a solution to some work-related problem. Even so, I must work on smiling more.
In conclusion, you can choose to be happy. Why not do so?
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Contrafactual 
Mr. Carnagie also says ” Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.”
http://enhancethehumanexperience.wordpress.com/the-pursuite-of-happiness/
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Woof! Sound philosophy! (tail wag)
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One can learn from one’s cats. My cats didn’t teach me this, but they reminded me of one valuable life lesson: Make your own fun!
It’s all about [c]attitude, really.
I have a disease (in remission) that can kill me. I could chose to feel sorry for myself and be miserable.
Instead, I find each day I don’t have to deal with the effects of an active disease a blessing. How can one NOT be happy under those circumstances?
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