The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything, but they make the most of everything.*
Sam Cawthorn

very happy people know a secret: a human being has a ridiculous amount of personal agency**
Donald Miller

It seems that happiness is a choice as much
as it is an emotion –
In the movie Marvellous, a true story, the hero Neil Baldwin announces
“I always wanted to be happy so I decided to be.”

This is a challenge to me,
But if it means I choose to make the most of everything and
to explore the fullness of human agency for the benefit of others then
count me in.

The fire within us can burn bright enough to warm others. The light within us can illuminate the paths for others.^

*Ryder Carroll’s The Bullet Journal Method;
**Donald Miller’s Hero On a Mission;
^Ryan Holiday’s Discipline is Destiny.