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How To Be Happy
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Make up your mind to be happy.
Learn to find pleasure in simple things.
Make the best of your circumstances.
No one has everything, and everyone has
something of sorrow intermingled with
gladness of life. The trick is to make
the laughter outweigh the tears.
Don't take yourself too seriously.
Don't think that somehow you should be
protected from misfortune that
befalls other people.
You can't please everybody.
Don't let criticism worry you.
Don't let your neighbor set your standards.
Be yourself.
Do the things you enjoy doing,
but stay out of debt.
Never borrow trouble.
Imaginary things are harder to
bear than real ones.
Since hate poisons the soul, do not
cherish jealousy, enmity, grudges.
Avoid people who make you unhappy.
Have many interests.
If you can't travel,
read about new places.
Don't hold postmortems.
Don't spend your time brooding over
sorrows or mistakes. Don't be one
who never gets over things.
Do what you can for those
less fortunate than yourself.
Keep busy at something.
A busy person never has time
to be unhappy
