Things which provide deep and lasting happiness and gratitude are the things which money cannot buy: our families, the gospel, good friends, our health, our abilities, the love we receive from those around us.
Interpretation
True happiness comes from non-material aspects of life such as relationships and health.
This quote by Thomas S. Monson emphasizes that the most profound sources of joy and thankfulness in our lives are not found in material wealth, but rather in the intangible experiences and connections we cherish, such as family relationships, friendships, and personal well-being. It underlines the idea that genuine happiness stems from love, faith, and the support of those close to us, rather than from possessions or financial success.
In practice
During a speech at a family gathering, to remind everyone of the importance of our bonds.
Mortality is a period of testing, a time to prove ourselves worthy to return to the presence of our Heavenly Father. In order for us to be tested, we must face challenges and difficulties. These can break us, and the surface of our souls may crack and crumble-that is, if our foundations of faith, our testimonies of truth are not deeply embedded within us.
We are never alone when we stand with our Father in Heaven.
The face of sin today often wears the mask of tolerance. Do not be deceived; behind that facade is heartache, unhappiness and pain. .. YOU be the one to make a stand for right, even if you stand alone. Have the moral courage to be a light for others to follow.
Gracias, danke, merci - whatever language is spoken, "thank you" frequently expressed will cheer your spirit, broaden your friendships, and lift your lives to a higher pathway as you journey toward perfection. There is a simplicity - even a sincerity - when "thank you" is spoken.
No member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who has canned peas, topped beets, hauled hay, shoveled coal, or helped in any way to serve others ever forgets or regrets the experience of helping provide for those in need.
It is necessary to prepare and to plan so that we don’t fritter away our lives. Without a goal, there can be no real success. One of the best definitions of success I have ever heard goes something like this: success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal. Someone has said the trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never cross the goal line.
And when you sense a faint potentiality for happiness after such dark times you must grab onto the ankles of that happiness and not let go until it drags you face-first out of the dirt - this is not selfishness, but obligation. You were given life; it is your duty to find something beautiful within life no matter how slight.
I have chosen to be happy because it is goo for my health.
Happiness is knowin' you've done a good job, whether it's professional or for another person.
Lead the life that will make you kindly and friendly to everyone about you, and you will be surprised what a happy life you will lead.
All happiness comes from awareness. The more we are conscious the deeper the joy. Acceptance of pain, non-resistance, courage and endurance - these open deep and perennial sources of real happiness, true bliss.
Our own true nature is Infinite Joy! _x000D_ Always happy, Always peaceful, Always free.
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