Happiness for Beginners

by Katherine Center

“The more you register good things,” she went on, “the more you will think about and remember good things. And since all you really have left of the past is what you remember—” “It changes the story of your life.”

Happiness is more about appreciation than acquisition.”

“Having doesn’t make you happy: appreciating does.”

I had finally come to understand that not getting what you want is actually the trick to it all. Because not getting what you want forces you to appreciate what you already have.