Russell A. Cardwell Online

Happiness cannot be obtained by pursuing it. Happiness is a product of a life well lived.

Those who think they pursue happiness, find only pleasure. Pleasure, diversion, amusement: these are but momentary things. They thrill but do not fill.

Happiness comes from living life to the full: working well, loving lavishly, fighting fairly. It comes from doing all you can with what you have, wherever you are, day after day. Even in suffering there is happiness, if you suffer well. To suffer well is to take the trial as a test of your endurance, a test of your commitment, a test of your integrity, a means to build your character. Success, too, is a test. The challenge of success is to resist temptation, to resist pride, to remain humble, to keep your integrity intact.

Seasons change, and in each season, be it planting, watering, reaping, or lying fallow, the happiness is found in embracing the unique challenge of that season, and learning the lesson only that season can impart.

Happiness is not the finish line; happiness is running the race for all you are worth.

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