Take responsibility for your own happiness, do not expect people or things to bring you happiness, or you could be disappointed.

Erase from your vocabulary the word “someday.” Do not save things for “special occasions.” Take into account the fact that every day is special. Every day is a gift that we must appreciate and be thankful for. Wear your attractive clothes, wear your nice perfume, use your fine silverware and dishes, and drink from your expensive crystal glasses … just because. Live every day to the fullest and savor every minute of it.

Learn to love someone when they least deserve it, because that is when they need your love most.

Criticism is just someone else’s opinion. Even people who are experts in their fields are sometimes wrong. It is up to you to choose whether to believe some of it, none of it, or all of it. What you think is what counts.

Every day, you get the opportunity to change your life. Change what you do not want. Change what makes you unhappy.

Many people are so poor that the only thing they have is money. Cultivate your spiritual growth.