What is Happiness?

Joy is not a constant condition. Most people manage a settled cheerfulness, but this—no matter how admirable—has nothing to do with joy, which flashes suddenly on our darkness. Like the light in an El Greco painting, joy does not merely illuminate the landscape. It transforms it. - Sr. Wendy Beckett

It is indeed a beautiful feeling to be happy. Today is one of my happy days. It's a feeling, when you don't need to laugh, but there will be a smile playing around the corner of your lip, and you feel that you are radiating warmth, even in the coldness of the night. You feel light, since all your troubles don't seem to exist, and somehow you think that you are beautiful...

Live your life so that the fear of death can never enter your heart. When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light. Give thanks for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. And if perchance you see no reason for giving thanks, rest assured the fault is in yourself.