Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.
If you want to be happy, make others happy!
We don't develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
If depression has taught me one thing, it is this: what a rare and beautiful treasure is the simple human gift of joy. For me now, joy - our capacity to delight in one another and in the world - is the reason why we are here. It is as simple as that. And I feel compelled to spread the word.
To be happy is only to have freed one's soul from the unrest of unhappiness.
We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.
We all have experiences in our lives that change us, and we all learn from people, like my dad, but at the end of the day, it's only us. And we're only responsible to make ourselves happy.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
I understand that we cannot make other people happy when they are unhappy.
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.