“Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.” And much more.. enjoy!

Awww, what did we see today and enjoy the best we could? YES, the awesome sun... and we are grateful.. and give our thanks to the creator of all things. It was a wonderful day.. thanks God, we really appreciated it and our bones did also.. 
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 The following inspiring quotes on happiness come are a variety of well-known teachers and inspiring figures throughout the world (author unknown if not listed):

• “Life is better when you’re laughing.”

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• “Being happy doesn’t mean everything is perfect, it means you have have decided to look beyond imperfections.”

• “This much is certain: when a man is happy, happy to the core and root beatitude, he is no longer conscious of himself or anything else.” –Meister Eckhart

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• ‘”The art of happiness is to serve all. To be truly happy, we must think not only of how we can help ourselves, but how we can help others.”

• “Make someone happy, then you’ll be happy too.”

• “There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.” –Thich Nhat Hanh

• “Use your smile to change the world. Don’t let the world change your smile.”

• “Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.” –Helen Keller

• “By bringing about a change in our outlook toward things and events, all phenomena can become sources of happiness.” — The Dalai Lama

• “Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have.” –Zig Ziglar

• “If you let go a little you will have a little happiness. If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.” –Ajahn Chah

• “The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise man grows it under his feet.” –James Oppenheim

• “If you are depressed, you live in the past. If you are anxious, you live in the future… If you are happy*… You live in the present.” -original quote by Lao Tzu with *peace

• “Whoever is happy will make others happy.” –Anne Frank

• “Being cheerful and affable with people is by itself half of wisdom.” –Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq

• “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” –Buddha

• “Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson

• “Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” –Omar Khayyam

• “Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.”

• “Compassion automatically brings happiness and calmness.” –The Dalai Lama

• “There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.” –Peace Pilgrim

• “We have to choose to be happy and keep choosing it.” –Henri J.M. Nouwen original quote *joy

• “Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.” –Mark Twain
  

• “Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.” — Abraham Lincoln

• “Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.” –Thich Nhat Hanh

• “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy.’ They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, I told them they didn’t understand life.” –John Lennon

• “Happiness must be shared. Selfishness it its enemy; to make another happy is to be happy one’s self. It is quiet, most easily won in moments of solitude and reflection. It comes from within.” –William Ogden

• “There is no waiting for happiness. It’s now or never. I choose NOW.” –Zia Holte

• “Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are it solely relies on what you think.” –Buddha

• “Be so happy that when others look at you, they become happy too.” –Yogi Bhajan

• “Without the understanding of life’s wholeness the search for truth or happiness must lead to illusion.” –Krishnamurti

• “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” –Dalai Lama

• “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” –M. Gandhi

• “Happiness isn’t about how much you have, It’s about enjoying how much you have already!”

• “Life is like a road trip– enjoy each day and don’t carry too much baggage.”

• “Happiness held is the seed. Happiness shared is the flower.” – John Harrigan
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• “Happiness is a decision. You are as happy as you decide to be.”

• “For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson

• “It is not happy people who are thankful. It is thankful people who are happy.” — author unknown
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• HOPE ALL OF YOU HAD A WONDERFUL DAY AND ENJOY THE DAY THAT HE MADE.. IT WAS A WONDERFUL DAY.. AND I SURELY APPRECIATE IT, AND NEEDED IT! HOPE YOU DID AS WELL!

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PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOURS TODAY AND DAILY, THAT HE WILL BLESS EACH OF YOU SPIRITUALLY, PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY, FINANCIALLY, AND WITH HIS AWESOME LOVE, GRACE, FORGIVENESS , MERCIES, GUIDANCE AND A SPECIAL BLESSING THAT ONLY HE KNOWS YOU NEED. PRAYING FOR ALL THOSE THAT ARE SICK, HURTING, GRIEVING, OR IN NEED.. THAT HE WILL TOUCH EACH OF YOU IN WAYS THAT ONLY HE KNOWS YOU NEED. AND TONIGHT AS ALWAYS, GIVING HIM MY LOVE, PRAISE, HONOR, THANKS AND GLORY IN JESUS HOLY NAME, AMEN.