On How to Be Happy

OK, folks, here's the thing -

It happens to all of us.

Days that pull you in and tug you about mercilessly, as if you were on a tiny boat in the middle of stormy seas. During those days it seems there's nothing else to do but hold on for dear life, think of strategies to help calm your discomfort, and pray for smoother weather.

But every once in a while, even within the strongest of tempests, there are glimpses of hope - an idea, a new method or form, a light at the end of the tunnel.

That's the key.

Grab hold of it and hang on tight. Counteract the storm (real or imagined) with thoughts of pulling through, then decorate your thoughts - pulling through virtually scratch-free. Victoriously, heroically, magically.

And then it happens - as you knew it would.