countering counter-intuition

"Reflect upon your blessings, of which every man has plenty, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."
Charles Dickens

for karis

"Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy."
~Abraham Heschel

hap-penis

"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere."
~Agnes Repplier