To be glad of life  because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars  to be satisfied with your possessions  but not contented with yourself until you have made the best of them  to despise nothing in the world except falsehood and meanness  and to fear nothing except cowardice  to be governed by your admirations rather than by your disgusts  to covet nothing that is your neighbor's except his kindness of heart and gentleness of manners  to think seldom of your enemies  often of your friends  and every day of Christ  and to spend as much time as you can  with body and with spirit  in God's out-of-doors- these are little guideposts on the footpath to peace.
Henry Van Dyke
happiness