At some point in life the worlds beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough

When we go home to the present moment, we understand there are so many conditions of happiness that we don't need to go running after yet another one. We already have enough conditions to be happy. Happiness is entirely possible right in the here and now. The

No one longs for what he or she already has, and yet the accumulated insight of those wise about the spiritual life suggests that the reason so many of us cannot see the red X that marks the spot is because we are standing on it. The treasure we seek requires no lengthy expedition, no expensive equipment, no superior aptitude or special company. All we lack is the willingness to imagine that we already have everything we need. The only thing missing is our consent to be where we are.

I wanted to see if I could be happy without a lot of stuff. And what I found out was, yeah, I really could.

Without gratitude and appreciation for what you already have, you'll never know true fulfillment.

If you have food on your table, clothes on your back, a roof on your head, and a dream in your heart, you have everything you need in life.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

One who understands the limits of the good life knows that what eliminates the pains brought on by need and what makes the whole of life perfect is easily obtained, so that there is no need for enterprises that entail the struggle for success.19

We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.

In those days you did not really need anything, not even the rabbit's foot, but it was good to feel it in your pocket.

6Now godliness with econtentment is great gain. 7For we brought nothing into this world, 4and it is fcertain we can carry nothing out. 8And having food and clothing, with these we shall be gcontent.

It is strange that when people have so much, they are so anxious about not having enough—to do, to see, to own, to fix, to control, to change.