Illusions

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions;
reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
- Simone Weil

Tradition is the illusion of permanence.
- the Woody Allen movie Deconstructing Harry

How strange; when an illusion dies,
it's as though you've lost a child.
- Judy Garland

Growing up is best measured in terms of illusions lost.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: All Is Not As It Appears

The Illusion of Knowledge

Practice Keen Awareness

Happy Thoughts

Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)

May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue.
And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.
- Irish Blessing

The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have,
instead of what you don't have.
- Woody Allen

Our life is what our thoughts make it.
- Marcus Aurelius

Further reading: Celebrate Whimsey Today

Feel Happier Right Now

The Secret of Happiness

Bumpy Ride

Fasten your safety belts, clench your buttocks! It's going be a bumpy ride! - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces. - Bridget Jones Diary (2001) Life's like Vegas. You're up, you're down, but in the end the house always wins. Doesn't mean you didn't have fun. - Deconstructing Harry (1997) There is no doubt that life can be a bumpy ride. But so were those roller coasters you loved as a kid. Savor the adventure. Find excitement in the uncertainty and the constant change. Even let a touch of fear add spice to your life - as you did on that roller coaster. Further reading: Celebrate Whimsey Today Joy is a Choice Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now How to Live Without Anxiety or Worry