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Happy Wisdom- Episode IV - 40 Authors Tell Us How

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I'm So Happy!
A brilliant little gem here  from the excellent site Short  List Authors on Happiness

Basically all of these are funny and pithy, but here are my three favs.

"The supreme happiness of life consists in the conviction that one is loved; loved for one's own sake -- let us say rather, loved in spite of one's self." - Victor Hugo

“If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”  - ROALD DAHL

“I should like to bury something precious in every place where I've been happy and then, when I'm old and ugly and miserable, I could come back and dig it up and remember.” - EVELYN WAUGH

I'm particularly fond of the last one. Think about storing those happy places somewhere in your life. Maybe take a picture of that yummy dish. Or that yummy person.  Its not just going to the Super Bowl, but all the little steps towards it.  Store these things  in your heart, on line or in a notebook, and then go back on your birthday or some holiday and take a peek.  Watch for melancholy- that's not the point.  Remember that moment to propel you into a better today!

So, what happy quotes do you love?





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