"Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind." Alice Meynell
"Happiness comes, I know, from within a person---from some curious adjustment to life. The happiest people I have known in this world have been the Saints---and, after these, the men and women who get immediate and conscious enjoyment from little things." Hugh Walpole
"I have always had a strong and shameless interest in having a good time. I have felt that something was profoundly the matter, and that desperate measures should be taken, if I was not happy." Max Eastman
"Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise, go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these I reckon will give you a good lift." Abraham Lincoln
"These things I have spoken to you that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be full." Jesus
"Rebellious heart, in the grip of fate,
Have patience, wait!
Calm you and hark to the great wind's blowing.
Bearing winged seed to your hands for the sowing.
Drive deep the plow of sorry and pain,
Turn up rich soil for the golden grain,
Spare not the tears: they are needed as rain;
Too long, too long has the field lain fallow,
Now well prepared and no longer shallow.
Please God, a soul is growing!"
Annerika Fries
Blue
Ridge Pastoral Counseling Centers™
