Joseph Campbell

“People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life … I think that what we’re really seeking is an experience of being alive.” ~  Joseph Campbell ~ ********

Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project

“When I find myself focusing overmuch on the anticipated future happiness of arriving at a certain goal, I remind myself to ‘Enjoy now.’ If I can enjoy the present, I don’t need to count on the happiness that is (or isn’t) waiting for me in the...

Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project

“Enthusiasm is a terrific quality. The more I think about happiness, the more I value enthusiasm. It can seem cooler and smarter to be ironic, detached, or critical, and it’s certainly much easier and safer to adopt that sort of stance. But enthusiasm is more...