Best Happiness Quotes This Week



Stop making people feel
bad for liking things that
make them happy.         ///




 


“There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.” — Logan Pearsall Smith
Happy has five letters. Pizza has five letters.
This is no coincidence.




YOU FIND IT OFFENSIVE...?
...i find it funny

THAT'S WHY I'M HAPPIER THAN YOU.

And then one student said that happiness is what happens when you go to bed on the hottest summer night, a nigh so hot you can't even wear a tee-shirt and you sleep on top of the sheets instead of under them, although try to sleep is probably more accurate. And then some point late,late,late at night, say just a bit before dawn, the heat finally breaks and the night turns cool and when you briefly wake up, you notice that you're almost chilly and, in your  groggy, half-counciousness, you reach over and pull the sheet around you and just that flimsy sheet makes it warm enough and you drift back off into a deep sleep. And it's that reaching, that gesture, that  reflex we have to pull what's warm-- whether it's something or someone-- toward us, that feeling we get when we do that, that feelings of being safe in the world and ready for sleep, that's happiness.



I think
the reason why so many people are unhappy
is because they are waiting for a time
when everything is perfect.
They are waiting for a day
when they wake up and everything clicks,
where nothing is going wrong.
That day won't ever come.
There will always be suffering,
things will always be going wrong.
That isn’t a reason to be upset.

You don’t wait for all the suffering to be gone,
you find happiness through the suffering.

 


Fifteen Small Steps To Happiness

One. push yourself to get up before the rest of the world - start with 7am, then 6am, then 5:30am. go to the nearest hill with a big coat and a scarf and watch the sun rise.

Two. push yourself to fall asleep earlier - start with 11pm, then 10pm, then 9pm. wake up in the morning feeling re-energized and comfortable. 

Three. erase processed food from your diet. start with no lollies, chips, biscuits, then erase pasta, rice, cereal, then bread. use the rule that if a child couldn’t identify what was in it, you don’t eat it.

Four. get into the habit of cooking yourself a beautiful breakfast. fry tomatoes and mushrooms in real butter and garlic, fry an egg, slice up a fresh avocado and squirt way too much lemon on it. sit and eat it and do nothing else. 

Five. stretch. start by reaching for the sky as hard as you can, then trying to touch your toes. roll your head. stretch your fingers. stretch everything.

Six. buy a 1L water bottle. start with pushing yourself to drink the whole thing in a day, then try drinking it twice.

Seven. buy a beautiful diary and a beautiful black pen. write down everything you do, including dinner dates, appointments, assignments, coffees, what you need to do that day. no detail is too small.

Eight. strip your bed of your sheets and empty your underwear draw into the washing machine. put a massive scoop of scented fabric softener in there and wash. make your bed in full.

Nine. organise your room. fold all your clothes (and bag what you don’t want), clean your mirror, your laptop, vacuum the floor. light a beautiful candle.

Ten. have a luxurious shower with your favourite music playing. wash your hair, scrub your body, brush your teeth. lather your whole body in moisturiser, get familiar with the part between your toes, your inner thighs, the back of your neck.

Eleven. push yourself to go for a walk. take your headphones, go to the beach and walk. smile at strangers walking the other way and be surprised how many smile back. bring your dog and observe the dog’s behaviour. realise you can learn from your dog.

Twelve. message old friends with personal jokes. reminisce. suggest a catch up soon, even if you don’t follow through. push yourself to follow through.

Thirteen. think long and hard about what interests you. crime? boarding school? long-forgotten romance etiquette? find a book about it and read it. there is a book about literally everything. 

Fourteen. become the person you would ideally fall in love with. let cars merge into your lane when driving. pay double for parking tickets and leave a second one in the machine. stick your tongue out at babies. compliment people on their cute clothes. challenge yourself to not ridicule anyone for a whole day. then two. then a week. walk with a straight posture. look people in the eye. ask people about their story. talk to acquaintances so they become friends.

Fifteen. lie in the sunshine. daydream about the life you would lead if failure wasn’t a thing. open your eyes. take small steps to make it happen for you.

Today I was walking with my little sister around the block
I was passing by this girl's house who sometimes says "Hi" to me when I go for runs. She asked if my little sister and I could come over her house to color chalk on the driveway with her for a while. I said "yes" and we spent the afternoon together coloring chalk with her. She told me that we were the only friends she ever had that ever came over to her house. She was telling me how it was the best day in her life that we came over to be with her because her mom is pregnant, and can't drive her around to friends' houses or give her a lot of attention. She was alone most of the time, and she was new in her school so not many people talked to her. It really made my day that just by coloring chalk with this little girl that I could make her so much happier.
And then one student said that happiness is what happens when you go to bed on the hottest night of the summer, a night so hot you can't even wear a tee-shirt and you sleep on top of the sheets instead of under them, altough try to sleep is probably more accurate. And then at some point late, late, late at night, say just a bit before dawn, the heat finally breaks and the night turns cool and when you briefly wake up, you notive that you're almost chilly, and in your groggy, half-consciousness, you reach over and pull the sheet around you and just that flimsy sheet makes it warm enough and you drift back off into a deep sleep. And it's that reaching, that gesture, that reflex we have to pull what's warm- whether it's something or someone- towards us, that feeling we get when we do that, that feeling of being safe in the world and ready for sleep, that's happiness.
I'm not sure if I'm depressed. I mean, I'm not sad. But I'm not exactly happy,
either. I can laugh and joke and smile during the day, but sometimes when I'm alone at night I forget how to feel.
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