you’re missing the point.
You’re going to have problems and reasons to be unhappy right from the get go. The challenge is being happy despite all of this. Happiness functions like courage. It isn’t a lack of reasons to be unhappy but the ability to be happy despite everything else that could derail it.
I’d wager that being consistently happy is harder than being courageous. It is a true act of giving. When you are unhappy, you take from the world. Someone or the other has to deal with your moaning and whining and expend their energy to help you feel better. Your happiness and ensuing positive energy, on the other hand, almost always get channelled positively.
Leave the chronic unhappiness to the takers. Be happy. It’s hard.. but it is a force that helps us become sensitive to issues beyond ourselves and thus inspires us to consistently make small progress on big goals. That’s how good things get done.
And we are what we do.
A Learning a Day 