"In the West, for example, people believe they must ‘pursue happiness’ as if it were some kind of a..."

“In the West, for example, people believe they must ‘pursue happiness’ as if it were some kind of a flighty bird that is always out of reach. In the East, we believe we are born with happiness and one of life’s important takes, my mother told me, is to protect it.”

- Le Ly Hayslip
(via observando)