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"Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" by Richard Carlson

6 years ago
Be Grateful when You're Feeling Good and Graceful when You're Feeling Bad

"The happiest person on earth isn't always happy. In fact, the happiest people all have their fair share of low moods, problems, disappointments, and heartache. Often the difference between a person who is happy and someone who is unhappy isn't how often they get low, or even how low they drop, but instead, it's what they do with their low moods. How do they relate to their changing feelings?".

"Most people have it backward. When they are feeling down, they roll up their sleeves and get to work. They take their low moods very seriously and try to figure out and analyze what's wrong. They try to force themselves out of their low state, which tends to compound the problem rather than solve it". 

"When you observe peaceful, relaxed people, you find that when they are feeling good, the are very grateful. The understand that both positive and negative feelings come and go, and that there will come a time when they won't be feeling so good. To happy people, this is okay, it's the way of things".