Hope
Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is. (Mandy Hale, blogger and author)
When life doesn’t give us all that we hope for, we may be inclined to think we have failed. That kind of mindset will surely lead to depression and unproductive living. As Hale suggests, perhaps we would be happier if we stopped wishing things were different and began to appreciate things as they are and the opportunities we may have to improve on them.
I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live (Ecclesiastes 3:12).