Awendt06’s Reviews > The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World > Status Update

“And that, I realize, is the problem with ... many of us Americans and our perpetual pursuit of happiness. We may be fairly happy now, but there’s always tomorrow and the prospect of a happier place, a happier life. So all options are left on the table. We can never fully commit. That is, I think, a dangerous thing. We can’t love a place, or a person, if we always have one foot out the door.”

“Once we see life as a game, no more consequential than a game of chess, then the world seems lighter, a lot happier.”

“If you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of happiness.”
- Robert Davies

„You need to make effort, but it is effort that matters, not the result.”