that "Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product." (Eleanor Roosevelt)

How did you come to believe or understand this?

I just love reading quotes thanks for sharing

I like and believe this one.I love buying books for my kids. There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.
Jackie Kennedy

I can agree with that, Angel. Sounds better than when my shrink told me I had an immature desire to be happy. A job well done can bring happiness.

Good morning Angel'

A great qoute to start off the new year!
Yes, I believe that happiness is a result of want we do for others, it has a special way of reflecting back on those who give with their hearts.

Thanks for sharing.

If I start doing the things I used to love to do, spending time with friends I used to enjoy, setting appropriate limits and boundaries, forgiving, liking and loving myself, loving and nurturing my child, choose a job that provides a good income and helps me feel competent, get back to practicing my spirituality, and start doing for myself, for a change....joy will naturally manifest.


Good morning to you all.

I can only speak for myself, but I had to find what happiness meant to ME, not what other's felt SHOULD make me happy! It seems I lived most of MY life by OTHER'S ideas. Peeling away layers and layers of what I had been TAUGHT to believe, not what I truly believed. The process of learning what I believe and finding out who I AM has been where my happiness started. When I was "chasing" something, I was never living in the moment nor experiencing what was already there!

For your own journey!!

I'm a "Yes Man"