Happiness is the way

Are you waiting to be happy? 

Time to look at things from a different perspective!

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” ― Thích Nhất Hạnh                              

“As soon as we wish to be happier, we are no longer happy.” — Walter Landor

"There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way." — Thích Nhất Hạnh

"Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain." — Joseph Campbell

"The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet." — James Openheim

"If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the world belongs to you." — Lao Tzu

"Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling." — Margaret Lee Runbeck

"Reflect upon you present blessings, of which every man has many--not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." — Charles Dickens

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us." — Helen Keller

"Happiness is not having what you want. It is appreciating what you have." — Unknown

"Happiness is not in things; it is in you." — Robert Holden.

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” — Dalai Lama

“In today’s rush, we all think too much — seek too much — want too much — and forget about the joy of just being.” ― Eckhart Tolle

“Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.” ― William Makepeace Thackeray

"Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose." ― Eckhart Tolle

“Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy — because we will always want to have something else or something more.” — Brother David Steindl-Rast

If you want to read more on happiness, have a look at my reflection The Magic of Happiness