What is the art of being happy?

The art of being happy is to be satisfied with what you have.

The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I've always gone where I needed comfort and peace. It's been the site of intense pain and the most intense feelings of joy and satisfaction. It's a relationship that has evolved over time, given me the greatest respect and love for the game. ~ Michael Jordan

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best. ~ Theodore Isaac Rubin

Challenge is the pathway to engagement and progress in our lives. But not all challenges are created equal. Some challenges make us feel alive, engaged, connected, and fulfilled. Others simply overwhelm us. Knowing the difference as you set bigger and bolder challenges for yourself is critical to your sanity, success, and satisfaction. ~ Brendon Burchard

Sometimes you have to keep smiling even when you are broken inside.

Sometimes you have to keep smiling even when you are broken inside. Sometimes you pretend to be normal even when everything is against you. Sometimes you have to show that you are strong for the people who love you because they can’t do anything without you, but knowing you are there to support them they will try… Just so they don’t let you down ~ Neena Gupta

“Listen to God with a broken heart. He is not only the doctor who mends it, but also the father who wipes away the tears.” ~Criss Jami

“To be rejected by someone doesn't mean you should also reject yourself or that you should think of yourself as a lesser person. It doesn't mean that nobody will ever love you anymore. Remember that only ONE person has rejected you at the moment, and it only hurt so much because to you, that person's opinion symbolized the opinion of the whole world, of God.” ~ Jocelyn Soriano

“Who fixes broken people? Is it only other broken people, ones who've already been ruined? And do we need to be fixed? It was the messiness and hurt in our pasts that drove us, and that same hurt connected us at a subdermal level, the kind of scars written so deeply in your cells that you can't even see them anymore, only recognize them in someone else.” ~ Leah Raeder