People universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will maybe descent upon you like fine weather if you're fortunate enough. But that's not how happiness works. Happiness of the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings. And once you achieve that state of that happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it, you must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it. If you don't, you will leak away your innate contentment. It is easy enough to pray when you're in distress but continuing to pray even when the crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight to its good attainment.
- Eat, Pray, Love
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