the point of losing something precious - be it happiness of material wealth - can be forgotten over time. but our missed opportunities never leave us, and every time they come back to haunt us, we ache. or perhaps what haunts us is that nagging thought that things might have turned out differently. because without the thought, we would put it down to fate and accept it.

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A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.

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Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Happiness is simple. Everything we do to find it is complicated. ― Karen Maezen Miller

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People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself. ― Ernest Hemingway

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It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. — Epictetus

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Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives. ― Victor Hugo

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It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.

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The end of the creation is that God may communicate happiness to the creature. ― John Piper

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The more death, the more birth. People are entering, others are exiting. The cry of a baby, the mourning of others. When others cry, the other are laughing and making merry. The world is mingled with sadness, joy, happiness, anger, wealth, poverty, etc. ― Michael Bassey Johnson

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