the point of losing something precious - be it happiness of material wealth - can be forgotten over time. but our missed opportunities never leave us, and every time they come back to haunt us, we ache. or perhaps what haunts us is that nagging thought that things might have turned out differently. because without the thought, we would put it down to fate and accept it.

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Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy. ― Roy T. Bennett

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Happiness is a state of mind. It’s just according to the way you look at things. – Walt Disney

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Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. ― Marthe Troly-Curtin

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Happiness depends upon ourselves. —Aristotle

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Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.

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While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery. ― Groucho Marx

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First seek happiness from within, then you will find it without. ― Ogwo David Emenike

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Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive good things and good people will be drawn to you. _ Mary Lou Retton

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One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory. — Rita Mae Brown

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