"How To Be Happy"

1. Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure
    in simple things.

2. Make the best of your circumstances. No one has
    everything, and everyone has something of sorrow
    intermingled with gladness of life. The trick is to make
    the laughter outweigh the tears.

3. Don't take yourself too seriously. Don't think that
    somehow you should be protected from misfortune that
    befalls other people.

4. You can't please everybody. Don't let criticism worry
    you.

5. Don't let your neighbor set your standards. Be yourself.

6. Do the things you enjoy doing but stay out of debt.

7. Never borrow trouble. Imaginary things are harder to
    bear than real ones.

8. Since hate poisons the soul, do not cherish jealousy,
    enmity, grudges.  Avoid people who make you unhappy.

9. Have many interests. If you can't travel, read about
    new places.

10. Don't hold post-mortems. Don't spend your time
      brooding over sorrows or mistakes. Don't be one who
      never gets over things.

11. Do what you can for those less fortunate than
      yourself.

12. Keep busy at something. A busy person never
      has time to be unhappy.

- Robert Louis Stevenson -