"When life brings you to your knees, you have the opportunity to look up and see a whole bunch of blessings that might have passed you by. Don't wait to be knocked down...sit down every once in a while and look up!"
— Michelle Wiginton
The book The Happiness Project will be released by Harper in January 2010. Stay tuned for more information!
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"When life brings you to your knees, you have the opportunity to look up and see a whole bunch of blessings that might have passed you by. Don't wait to be knocked down...sit down every once in a while and look up!"
— Michelle Wiginton
"Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself."
— Baha'u'llah
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
— Hopi elders
There's a lot we take for granted. There is much to recommend a daily ritual with nature.
"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude."
— Denis Waitley
Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you.
— John De Paolo
All I need is within me now.
— unknown
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
— AESOP
Of all the things that wisdom provides for living one's entire life in happiness, the greatest by far is the possession of friendship.
— Epicurus
Randy and I constantly take "funny faces" photos. I love them. The two of us are naturally silly together all the time and these photos remind me of that, when I'm having a tough day. They help me remember tohave fun--it keeps you feeling young.