The US Constitution does not guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.” -Benjamin Franklin, Printer, Author, Scientist, Diplomat and Promoter of Collective Voluntary Action
“If I had my life to live over, I would have eaten the popcorn in the ‘good’ living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.” -Erma Bombeck
Happiness is like jam. You can’t spread it around without getting a little on yourself.
“The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular reason for being happy except that they are so.” -William Inge
“Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.” -Margaret B. Runbeck
My one-year-old son, Phoenix, was on the loose in my office. A cabinet was open where office supply and packing stuff lives, and he found…the bubble wrap.
I don’t even know exactly how to describe the joy with which he received this tube of bubble wrap. It was as if heaven’s doors had opened.
He squealed in delight and began throwing the bubble wrap and retrieving it. Throwing it and retrieving it. Then wapping it on the ground…wap wap wap. And again.
“If I had my life to live over, I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.” -Erma Bombeck
“If I had my life to live over, I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and more while living life. -Erma Bombeck
“If I had my life to live over, I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn’t show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime. -Erma Bombeck
“If I had my life to live over, I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.” -Erma Bombeck
