Happiness is always there. You just have to choose to see it. 

There's no point dwelling in the dark and ignoring the light of the stars.

-  Carrie Hope Fletcher b.1992

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We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil. Serenity is contagious. If we smile at someone, he or she will smile back. And a smile costs nothing. We should plague everyone with joy. If we are to die in a minute, why not die happily, laughing?  

- Swami Satchidananda 1914-2002

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Happy talk, keep talking happy talk,
Talk about things you like to do,
You got to have a dream, if you don't have a dream
How you gonna have a dream come true?

Talk about the moon, floating in de sky
Looking like a lily on a lake,
Talk about a bird, learning how to fly
Making all the music he can make.

Talk about the star, looking like a toy
Peeking through de branches of a tree,
Talk about de girl, talk about da boy
Counting all de ripples on da sea.

Happy talk, keep talking happy talk,
Talk about things you like to do.
You got to have a dream, if you don't have a dream
How you gonna have a dream come true?
- Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II

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Happiness is only real when shared.
- Jon Krakauer b.1954

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