The author of "The Art of Being Happy" says:
"A great secret for preserving peace of heart is to do nothing with overeagerness, but to act always calmly, without trouble or disquiet. We are not asked to do much, but to . do well. At the Last Day God will not examine if we have performed a multitude of works, but if we have sanctified our souls in doing them Now the means of sanctifying ourselves is to do everything for God and to do perfectly whatever we have to do The works that have as their motive vanity or selfishness make us neither better nor happier, and we shall receive no reward for them."
Cultivate a cheerful temper. Says the Wise Man in the Book of Proverbs: "A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones" (Prov. xvii. 22).
Look at the bright side of things.
" Two men looked out through their prison bars;
The one saw mud, and the other stars."
"A poet," writes Father Russell, "was gazing on' day at a beautiful rose-tree. 'What a pity/ said he 'that these roses have thorns!' A man who was passing by said to him: 'Let us rather thank our good God for having allowed these thorns to have roses/ Ah! how ought we also to thank Him for so many joys that He grants to us in spite of our sins, instead of complaining about the slight troubles that He sends us! "
7. — Don't Worry
Nowadays we hear and read frequently about "Don't-Worry Clubs." Membership in one of
