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State of Being Happy

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Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.
~Eleanor Roosevelt

Thought of the Day
21 January 2014
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If you do something worthwhile there is a possibility that you become happy as a result. Happiness is something that you get from doing something really lovely to people; their happiness or good fortune makes you happy.

It can also be the result of achieving what you have wanted whether it is good or bad in a schadenfreude kinda way. Oh yes everyone is capable of feeling a fleeting happiness or joy in the misfortune of others, otherwise Charlie Chaplin would not have been such a successful actor with all his slapsticks skits. And Mr Bean, and like him, would have not tickled our funny bones (but to tell you the truth, I don’t really like Mr Bean, I find his television and film comedies too excruciating for comfort).

Whoops got a bit sidetrack there. Anyway happiness is not always the end result of something. Happiness can be found in the simplest of things. Happiness may come to you when you least expect it.

Eleanor Roosevelt – One Sensible Lady

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was once a resident of the White House. She was a First Lady to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and  the longest serving First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945.

Eleanor by all account was a very strong woman despite the despair she suffered from an erring husband.  Her humiliation only made her stronger.  Although rather unbending with her decision not to have any physical relationship with her husband after finding out about his affair, this did not stop her from caring for her husband.

Eleanor became a great  leader and inspiration to women.  She worked tirelessly to better  the status of women.  She did more to her country than most First Ladies before and after her.

Some of my favourite quotations that I try to live by are by this brilliant woman.

Let’s start a treasure chest of her gems:

A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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Friendship with oneself is all important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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If you lose money you lose much,
If you lose friends you lose more,
If you lose faith you lose all.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our won responsibility.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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Life is meant to be lived.
– Eleanor Roosevelt

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“Many people will walk
in and out of your life,
but only true friends
will leave footprints
in your heart”
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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To handle yourself, use your head;
To handle others, use your heart.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give. ”
— Eleanor Roosevelt