Happiness is something we are.

Let your soul stand ajar, always ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. ~ Emily Dickinson

It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. ~ Wendell Berry

The world connects not by molecules. It connects through ideas, hopes, faces, dreams, actions, stories, and memories. ~ Barrie Sandord Grieff

... it is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful. ~ Brother David Steindl-Rast

Whatever the soul knows to seek, it cannot fail to obtain. ~ Margaret Fuller

We should cultivate the ability to say no to activities for which we have no time, no talent, and which we have no interest or real concern. If we learn to say no to many things, then we will be able to say yes to things that matter most. ~ Roy Blauss

Oh for the wonder that bubbles into my soul. ~ D.H. Lawrence

If you pay attention at every moment, you form a new relationship to time. In some magical way, by slowing down, you become more efficient, productive, and energetic, focusing without distraction directly on the task in front of you. Not only do you become immersed in the moment, you become that moment. ~ Michael Ray

We are boundless creatures. ~ Kobi Yamada

When we face the worst that can happen in any situation, we grow. When circumstances are at their worst, we can find our best. ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

When the body is weak, it takes over command. When strong, it obeys. ~ Jean Jacques-Rousseau

There is precious little hope to be got out of whatever keeps us industrious, but there is a chance for us whenever we cease work and become stargazers. ~ H.M. Tomlinson

Every now and again take a good look at something not made with hands -- a mountain, a star, the turn of a stream. There will come to you wisdom and patience and solace and, above all, the assurance that you are not alone in the world. ~ Sidney Lovett

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature -- trees, flowers, grass -- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence ... We need silence to be able to touch souls. ~ Mother Teresa

Always leave enough room in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, or even joyous. ~ Paul Hawken