It's been a long hard week. So many cliches have passed through my boggled mind. "You can't get blood from a stone," You're between a rock and a hard place," It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving," "We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give," "Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them," and maybe the biggest, personal revelation..."Less is more!"
This prolific quote by Gretchen Rubin pretty much sums it all up:
"The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted, yet everyone takes the happy person for granted. No one is careful of his (or her) feelings or tries to keep his spirits high. He becomes self-sufficient; he becomes a cushion for others...And because happiness seems unforced, that person usually gets no credit.
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