“Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.” Abraham Lincoln
I struggled with this quote for years. It made me angry. And my youthful hero had made the quote, and that made it all the worse. See, I wasn't very happy, and the idea that it was my fault really bugged me.
As years passed, though, I realized it's true. And the good part is, no matter what else is going on in life that I don't have control over, I do have control over how I respond to things -- including how happy or unhappy I'm going to be about a situation. Yes, it took a bit of a mindset flip for me to see it that way, but it sure has helped.
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