Once I realized it was okay for me to think about and identify what I wanted, remarkable things began to take place in my life.
~Melody BeattieDo we think we can't be happy until others are happy? Then nobody is happy. Our unhappy friends won't take our advice. They say, "Why should I do what you say? You are not happy either." And we answer, "I'll be okay when you're happy." We make them responsible for our happiness. What a mess! We can only make one person happy - ourselves. How? By living as our Higher Power leads us. By being grateful for the good things in our lives. By loving ourselves and others, just as we are. And maybe when we’re happy, our friends will learn from us. They can be happy too. But only our friends can make themselves happy.
