[00:10.10]Where is Happiness?
[00:12.38]Life is like a winding path
[00:15.51]surrounded by flowers, butterflies, and delicious fruits,
[00:19.57]but many of us spend much time
[00:21.82]looking for happiness around the next corner.
[00:24.57]We do not bend to enjoy the happiness
[00:27.76]which is ours for the taking just at our feet.
[00:31.59]We can find happiness today if we only look.
[00:35.16]Happiness is in our hearts
[00:37.09]and asks only to be celebrated and valued.
[00:40.72]It comes from within.
[00:42.66]If we fill our mind with pleasant thoughts
[00:46.10]and try to look on the bright side,
[00:48.41]we invite happiness.
[00:50.60]Our fears try to prevent us
[00:53.78]from feeling joy and pleasure.
[00:55.79]The fearful part of us would like us
[00:58.72]to be in a constant state of watching over our shoulder
[01:02.29]and of doubting the future.
[01:04.29]Imagine going to be fitted for new glasses.
[01:07.97]Your sight will be improved,
[01:10.04]and you will see things more clearly.
[01:12.10]Consider adjusting your mind in a similar way.
[01:15.35]As unproductive, unhelpful thoughts
[01:18.48]creep into your consciousness,
[01:20.17]replace them with better-fitting thoughts
[01:22.67]that focus on joy and pleasure.
[01:25.48]Happiness is all around us,
[01:27.86]but it often comes in small grains.
[01:30.42]When we gather it grain by grain,
[01:33.29]we soon have a basketful.