Happiness

How much the possession of happlness depends upon the point of view we choose to t.ake in seeing things! She who determines to look upon the bright side of affairs will generally find that some brightness is visible; she who wants to point out to herself and others that discouragements abound, can, as a rule, succeed, to her own satisfaction in the gloomy pursuit. There is such a thing as curbing one's natural tendency to depression and in wholesoroe fashion casting lamentable melancholy out of doors. And one means to this end is mentally and spiritually to outgrow the necessity of being happy. The less one thinks of the deprivations and lack of those conditions which are commonly supposed to be requisites of happiness, and the less one cultivates a spirit of restless pursuit of happiness- a spirit which by its very lightness and. delicacy eludes a harsh grasp - the more likely is happiness to come all unsought, particularly if one is more anxious about securing conditions of happiness for others than for oneself.