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Good Morning. Here is a great thought for the day:

Happiness Is A State of Mind

When I started making really good money I decided to buy myself a really expensive watch. After all, I "deserved it." In the midst of my search, I stopped myself with the thought that I wasn't really being honest with myself as to why I wanted this watch. I came to the conclusion that the motive I was articulating didn't agree with what I was feeling. I said I wanted the watch because "I wanted a nice-looking, dependable timepiece." But what I was feeling inside was that I simply wanted to impress others with my achievements. I asked myself if I really needed to spend $30,000 to tell everyone I had made it. I thought of some of my family who wouldn't know a collectible-grade watch from a Timex. I came to a compromise with myself; I decided I did indeed want to reward myself with a fine timepiece, but that I would not choose a brand that was a blatant advertisement of my achievement. I bought a brand every bit as beautiful and dependable, for less than 20% of that price, though it wouldn't be recognizable to the masses. This decision started a very powerful line of reasoning that, so far, has kept me from buying a bigger house and more expensive car than I really need, and has helped to keep my materialism in check. It's like the old saying, "We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like."

Happiness is a state of mind and not a state of material ownership. If we do not settle this fact, we are destined to a maze of futility at a very high price.

I think it better not to go down that path.

Happiness is easy. Don't complicate it. If you want what you have, you are happy.

Have a wonderful day.

"Each morning is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When the sun rises tomorrow this day will be gone forever, in its place will be something you have left — may it be something good. Follow your heart, it knows what to do."

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