Wisdon For the Road/You Can't Eat Happiness/Give Up/

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Wisdom for the Road

Cherish things while you still have them, before they're gone, and you realize

how precious they really are.

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.

Everything in life is temporary.

So if things are going good, enjoy it because it won't last forever.

And if things are going bad, don't worry because it won't last forever either.

Destiny is not a matter of chance,

it is a matter of choice;

it is not a thing to be waited for,

it is a thing to be achieved.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Never cross a bridge without knowing how to swim the tides.

If you could not add years to your life Add life to your years.

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You can't eat happiness

You can't buy it.

You can't wear it.

You can't drive it, or drink it, or sell it, or steal it.

You can't lock it away.

You can't negotiate for it.

You can't win it, you can't marry it, you can't inherit it, you can't cheat it.

You can't smoke it, or inject it, or rent it or borrow it.

You can't campaign for it or beg for it, or talk other people into giving you

theirs.

You can live happiness.

You can create it.

You can be it.

You can give it to others.

You can enjoy it.

You can share it.

You can claim it.

You can have as much as you wish.

You can enjoy it as much as you want, at any time, under any circumstance.

You can work with it, play with it, worship, travel, eat, and sleep with it.

Happiness is yours to live and yours to give, if only you will.

It comes from the inside, and the best way to experience it is to get it flowing

out.

Forget about trying and striving to get happy.

Just decide to be happy, and happiness is yours.

Ralph Marston

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Give Up

Give up complaining . . . focus on gratitude.

Give up pessimism . . . become an optimist.

Give up harsh judgements . . . think kind thoughts.

Give up worry . . . trust divine providence.

Give up discouragement . . . be full of hope.

Give up bitterness . . . turn to forgiveness.

Give up hatred . . . return good for evil.

Give up negativism . . . be positive.

Give up anger . . . practice patience.

Give up pettiness . . . put on maturity.

Give up gloom. . . enjoy the beauty that is all around you.

Give up gossiping . . . control your tongue.

Give up giving up . . . hang in there!

~ " We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a

little of each other everywhere. " ~

~ " If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the

entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand. "