Thursday, January 1, 2026

Decide on happiness

Don’t restrict your happiness by placing conditions on it. Instead, allow more happiness by giving your intention and energy to it.

Experiencing a truly Happy New Year isn’t primarily about what you obtain or avoid in the months to come. It’s about the attitude, creativity, and resourcefulness with which you handle whatever happens.

Happiness occurs when you stop waiting and wishing, when you start doing and giving. Happiness is not something you get, it is found in the way you live.

Nothing at all, on its own, will make you happy. Yet any set of circumstances can lead you to create more happiness in your world.

It’s never life’s events or routines that are happy. The happiness you experience comes from the happiness with which you choose to live in each moment.

Happiness is not assured or required, yet it’s wonderful to have. Decide to make an abundance of it as each day of this new year goes by.

— Ralph Marston

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