The secret to a happy life is not in getting what you want. It is in learning to want what you get

Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.

It's not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that make's happiness

Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

Fortunately for me, I do not hanker after victory any more, and all that I seek in painting is a way to make life bearable.

Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get

The death of contentment is comparison.

We whine about things we have little control over; we lament what we believe ought to be changed.

There's a cardinal rule in book publishing that applies equally to brain surgery and auto mechanics: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Since people are still buying the original Where Is God When It Hurts?

1. I DO SOLEMNLY RESOLVE to embrace my current season of life and will maximize my time in it. I will resist the urge to hurry through or circumvent any portion of my journey but will live with a spirit of contentment.

One of the gifts that comes with age is an appreciation for some of the more simple, more commonplace things that seem mundane earlier in one's life. As the years pass, the hidden treasure to be found in humble and unpretentious virtues becomes more accentuated—things like rest, silence, and the joy of an ordinary day. The attraction toward activity and achievement lessens, becoming slowly, steadily, and appropriately replaced by an interest in more internal matters.

I'm the type of person, you see, who rushes ahead, who often just goes through the motions of any current activity on my way to the next one. My heart and my body haven't always been good about sharing the same space. Instead of relishing each moment, each year, each opportunity, each step on the journey, I'm constantly overeager to get to the next thing, which always looks more enticing that what's currently before me. I'm rarely satisfied in full with