Causeless Happiness
- Happiness can’t be found by a ‘if-then’ assurance. Genuine happiness is a ‘now-and-here’ skill.
- The fundamental flaw in searching for happiness ‘out there’ lies in confusing pleasure for happiness.
- The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.
- Remember, you don’t have to be happy for the rest of your life, only now. Be.
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