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what we really need, when we really need it, and
when we can really afford it.
Happiness comes from within the mind, never from
without.
That is an old, old statement, but it is eternally true.
Happiness comes from self-respect, and self-respect
comes from the knowledge that we are living within
our means, that we owe no man money we cannot
eventually pay, that we are able to enjoy the changing
seasons without running in debt to keep up a variety
of expensive homes at fashionable resorts, and that we
are able to find pleasure in walking when we cannot
ride, and in keeping at work when we cannot take a
vacation.
Happiness lies in the consciousness of the privilege
of life. Until you realize apart from all material considerations what a privilege life is, you cannot be
happy.
Say over to yourself a dozen of the most familiar
names of extravagantly wealthy people in America,
and think of the miserable scandals and wretched
domestic conditions which have been associated with
some member of nearly every one of these families.
Then you will be able to reason out how little
wealth has to do with real happiness.
Happiness must rest on character, and character
building lies in the power of the poorest man on earth.
Build yourself a splendid mansion of the mind; then,
whether you live in a flat or a mansion, in a tent on
the plains, in a tenement in the city or in a cottage by
the sea, you will know the secret of happiness.
And the world is full of "new thought" literature,
which is a good foundation for happiness. Read,
think, live rightly and happiness must come.
