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One of my favorite lessons I learned was from a monk who said to me one day, I said to him, "What do you think happiness is?"
He said, "I don't even talk about happiness. I think we're using the wrong word. I look for peace. I look for peace and contentment."
He said, "Sometimes in your life, just pause for a moment and ask yourself how many of the things you have now were the things that you wished for a decade ago. Just pause and do that."
He said, "What you will be shocked to discover is the person that you cannot bear to have a conversation with today, that is your spouse. You dreamed one day that they would look your way in a bar. You dreamed and you yearned for the day that they would text you back."
That car that you now loathe because it has to be serviced and you have to change the tires on, there was a time when you looked at it in a catalog and you went, "That is my dream car."