Hugh DownsA happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
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A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. This means that a happy person is not one who never has negative thoughts. The happiest people are the ones who find the good in everything and everyone. A happy person sees the glass half full instead of half empty.
Let’s look at what this means in practice. A happy person enjoys life. If he is having a bad day, he doesn’t spend it wallowing in self-pity.
He finds something good to take his mind off his troubles. A happy person does not allow things to get him down. If he has to deal with a difficult situation, he finds ways to fix it or get away from it.
He doesn’t sit there and feel sorry for himself because something lousy has happened to him or around him.
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