„The thought that happiness depends on something beyond a person's cap…”

"If only such-and-such were the case, everything would be good..." "How wonderful it once was when..." So many phrases are cast into the air, giving the sense that the good depends not on us but on another era, other people, another situation. In practice, it is entirely in our hands. It is up to us to decide whether to feel the good showered upon us or to ignore it; it is up to us to choose whether to look at the half-full or the half-empty cup; it is up to us to make beauty the essence of our lives; it is up to us to change hard situations!