Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.
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It is possible to experience an awakening in this life through realising just how precious each moment, each mental process, and each breath truly is.
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep.
Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.
Life is itself an occupational hazard. Sometimes the things we love hurt us. Embracing and navigating around that contradiction is part of what it is to be alive.
One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.
A beautiful wake-up is one of life's most perfectly happy times.
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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